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I have an internal fax modem (pace microlin fx34) which works configured on com2 in windows 3.1. When I upgraded to win95 I am unable to configure the modem on com2, com3 or com4, the four possible configs allowed by the card.<br />
If configured for:<br />
com2 &nbsp;error is: could not open port<br />
com3 &nbsp;error is: device already open (although no other programs are running)<br />
com4 &nbsp;error is: hardware not available<br />
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If I reboot to windows3.1 the card works ok on com2.<br />
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Any ideas?
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I have an internal fax modem (pace microlin fx34) which works configured on com2 in windows 3.1. When I upgraded to win95 I am unable to configure the modem on com2, com3 or com4, the four possible configs allowed by the card.
If configured for:
com2  error is: could not open port
com3  error is: device already open (although no other programs are running)
com4  error is: hardware not available

If I reboot to windows3.1 the card works ok on com2.

Any ideas?

internal modem/com port problems

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.