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Serial Port Card
LockedI installed a two port serial card in a ladies computer. She needed an extra port for an attachment to her sewing machine. Anyway windows 98 recognised the card and in device manager says Com port 1,Com port 5 and Com port 6. trouble is when she tries to use this attachment says cannot connect to serial port. I read through manual for this sewing device and when you open a window it has a drop down Communication window. This allows you to state which com port you want it to use. At present itsays Com 1, it then gives you a choice of Com 1,2,3 or 4. Trouble is the com ports in device manager are recognised as 1,5,6.
Why did windows consign these numbers and not 2,3,or4. Did I do something wrong when I first set up the port card to makewindows set this as 5 and 6. Most important question is how do I change this to either port 2,3, or 4. there is nothing in the bios about extra com ports. So how do I go about this as the sewing attachment will only accept 2,3,4. Greatly appreciated thank you