Not recognizing COM ports in add/rem hardware

[Jayden]

I have a IBM A22 laptop with a Lucent WinModem installed
on it. Windows does not seem to be recognizing it.

I have one port, COM1, with no conflicts. I tried to
install new hardware, but when I get to the end and it
asks me to select the port I wish to use, there are no
ports listed. I installed a new port (COM3), rebooted, and
tried to install modem again. No COM ports listed...again.
So this time I uninstalled both COM1 and COM3, rebooted,
amd let Windows install COM1.

I once again tried to reinstall the modem (standard
56kFlex modem), and once again...no COM ports listed.

Any ideas?

 

[rrodgers]

The Winmodem card may have gone bad thus not letting windows see it as a
valid com port device. Also check to make sure the card is installed
correctly and has not came out of it's connector on the main board.

 

[Pavel A.]

I have a IBM A22 laptop with a Lucent WinModem installed
on it. Windows does not seem to be recognizing it.

Please ask on the Thinkpad support forum http://pc.ibm.com They are helpful and competent.

I have one port, COM1, with no conflicts. I tried to
install new hardware, but when I get to the end and it
asks me to select the port I wish to use, there are no
ports listed. I installed a new port (COM3), rebooted, and
tried to install modem again. No COM ports listed...again.
So this time I uninstalled both COM1 and COM3, rebooted,
amd let Windows install COM1.

I once again tried to reinstall the modem (standard
56kFlex modem), and once again...no COM ports listed.

All this doesn't make sense

- PA

 

[bimbom]

just a hint: the modem provides a COM port by itself, so no need (but a
big mistake) to assign it to any existing COM port.


bimbom

 

[bimbom]

just a correction, if this is an external modem, then you have to say
which COM port it is connected to. Internal modems provide the port
just like i wrote above.


bimbom