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    Com Ports in Device Manager

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by bluheadted, Nov 17, 2004.

  1. bluheadted

    bluheadted Newbie

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    I am not able to view any of my com ports or LPT ports in my device manager. They simply are not there. Is there a fix for this? I have an m6811 with XP home.

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    bluheadted, Nov 17, 2004
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    olyteddy Notebook Deity

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    The only com port is the modem. There is no LPT port. You do have 4 USB and one Fire Wire port, which should show up. If they don't, you probably need to re-install the VIA drivers from your restore disk (dvd or cd #3).

    First PC = Vic-20, 8" 128KB Home-Brew Floppy Drive ... Current Rig = eMachines m6805 ... Quantum Leap?
     
    olyteddy, Nov 17, 2004
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