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by ffontan1

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I boot my PC I keep getting this "pci communicat device" I can find it.
Can you tell my what this mneand and how to fix it. ?
Windows 98se on my PC

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by heml0ck

That means that the driver for a piece of hardware is missing. Is ther anything not working on your PC like sound etc?

by ffontan1

No driver hardware missing.
Is there anything not working on your PC like sound etc? no modem is not working.
yes I have re-installed driver and update.
I when into control panel / system, click on device manager. Look for any devices with a to if yellow exclamation mark, no mark. They are no duplicate entries to remove. I can see anything wrong in the device manager, I have boot into safe mode and have a have look there and on all is OK.
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by edlockett

It is probably your modem that does not have drivers correctly installed.
Go into control panel / system, click on device manager. Look for any devices with a yellow exclamation mark. If there are duplicate entries remove them. If you need to update the appropriate driver.
If you can't see anything wrong in the device manager, boot into safe mode and have a look from there.

by ffontan1

no driver hardware missing. Is ther anything not working on your PC like sound etc? no modem is not working.
yes I have re-installed driver and update.
I whan into control panel / system, click on device manager. Look for any devices with a yellow exclamation mark. no If mark. They no are duplicate entries remove them. If you can't see anything wrong in the device manager, i have boot into safe mode and have a look from there all is ok.

by willcomp

PCI communication device = modem 99+% of the time. Check to see if you have an on-board modem enabled on your motherboard (go to BIOS setup). Some mobos have AMR slots that need to be disabled.

If not an on-board device issue, Windows is having problems with your modem. Is modem functional? I do not mean listed in device manager. Can you dial out and connect?

Dalton

by ffontan1

Modem, can find com ports 1, 2 ,3 ,4 modem not functional. I have look to see if a list of com ports 1, 2 ,3 ,4 are in there. OK listed in device manager. No I Can dial out to connect.

by edlockett

If your modem is not working then you must have an incorrect driver installed. Software modems often do not use one of the standard COM ports.
Look at the modem and determine which chipset it is using. Try downloading a different / generic driver for that chipset.

by ffontan1

I gat error "cannot read port name form registry" and how I fix this.
I have a soyo mainboard.

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