Problem with Readfile() call during COM communication.

Hey all,

   I'm working on a module for a larger project that is designed to detect the presence of a GPS device attached to a tablet computer.  The GPS may be on any of the COM ports 1-4 (changes depending on exact hardware specs of the tablet but will never be on a com port larger than 4).  It operates at 4800 baud, with 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity, and no handshaking.  The problem I'm having is that, no matter how I set my timeouts, DCB structure, or overlapping, the readfile() call never returns.  If the code is not overlapped (which would be my preference), then the program just hangs, waiting for the readfile() call to return.  If it is overlapped, the call is made, but no events from the call ever occur and no data is ever returned.

The following is the applicable code, in its current incarnation:

            //GPS DETECTION AND TESTING
                  cout << "\n    Detecting GPS . . . ";
                  fputs("\n    Detecting GPS . . . ",auditLog);
                  bool GPSFound = false;
                  HANDLE COMHandle;
                  DCB COMConfig;
                  char COMString[9];
                  char COMBuffer[512];
                  DWORD bytesRead = 0;
                  DWORD COMErrors = 0;
                  COMMTIMEOUTS timeouts;
                  COMSTAT COMStatus;
                  timeouts.ReadIntervalTimeout = 100;
                  timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutConstant = 0;
                  timeouts.ReadTotalTimeoutMultiplier = 0;
                  timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutConstant = 100;
                  timeouts.WriteTotalTimeoutMultiplier = 0;
                  for(int i = 1; i <= 4; i++)
                  {
                        sprintf(COMString,"\\\\.\\COM%i\0",i);
                        COMHandle = CreateFile(COMString,GENERIC_READ,0,NULL,OPEN_EXISTING,NULL,NULL);
                        if(COMHandle != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
                        {
                              if(GetCommState(COMHandle,&COMConfig) && SetCommTimeouts(COMHandle,&timeouts))
                              {
                                    COMConfig.BaudRate = CBR_4800;
                                    COMConfig.fParity = false;
                                    COMConfig.Parity = NOPARITY;
                                    COMConfig.StopBits = ONESTOPBIT;
                                    COMConfig.fBinary = true;
                                    COMConfig.fOutxCtsFlow = false;
                                    COMConfig.fOutxDsrFlow = false;
                                    COMConfig.fDsrSensitivity = false;
                                    COMConfig.fOutX = false;
                                    COMConfig.fInX = false;
                                    COMConfig.fRtsControl = RTS_CONTROL_DISABLE;
                                    COMConfig.fDtrControl = DTR_CONTROL_DISABLE;
                                    COMConfig.fAbortOnError = false;
                                    //if(SetCommTimeouts(COMHandle,&timeouts) && SetCommState(COMHandle,&COMConfig))
                                    if(SetCommState(COMHandle,&COMConfig) != 0)
                                    {
                                          cout << "\n        COM Port " << i << " opened successfully!";
                                          //for(int i = 0; i < 1000 && bytesRead == 0; i++)
                                          while(1);
                                          {
                                                ClearCommError(COMHandle,&COMErrors,&COMStatus);
                                                if(COMStatus.cbInQue > 0)
                                                {
                                                      if(ReadFile(COMHandle,&COMBuffer,sizeof(COMBuffer),&bytesRead,NULL))
                                                      {
                                                            cout << "\n        Read:" << COMBuffer;
                                                      }
                                                      else
                                                      {
                                                            cout << "\n        Error:" << GetLastError();
                                                            Sleep(10);
                                                      }
                                                }
                                                else
                                                {
                                                      cout << "\n        No data to read.";
                                                }
                                          }
                                    }
                              }
                              else
                              {
                                    MessageBox(NULL,"ERROR SETTING TIMEOUTS/CONFIG INFO","ERROR",NULL);
                              }
                        }
                        else
                        {
                              cout << "\n        Error opening COM" << i;
                        }
                        CloseHandle(COMHandle);
                  }
            //END GPS DETECTION AND TESTING


I've tried everything I can think of: I've spent hours fiddling with the configuration and timeout settings, I've tried making overlapped calls, I've tried using "FILE_FLAG_NO_BUFFER" and "FILE_FLAG_WRITE_THROUGH", I've tried checking that there's data to read before making the call (the checking of COMStatus.cbInQue).  All to no avail.  Anyone see what I'm doing wrong, or have any suggestions?  Any help at all would be much appreciated.