From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 13 23:58:32 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA05680 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 23:58:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from cygnus.ci.uc.pt (cygnus.ci.uc.pt [193.136.200.36]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA05500 for ; Thu, 13 Mar 1997 23:54:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from student.dei.uc.pt by cygnus.ci.uc.pt; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/19Sep95-0913PM) id AA17483; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:53:15 GMT Received: from localhost by student.dei.uc.pt; (5.65v3.2/1.1.8.2/08Jan96-0605PM) id AA21527; Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:53:14 GMT Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 07:53:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Pedro Vapi To: Doug White Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: My dear sio1 (COM2) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Doug White wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I am going to put here a question not exactly about freebsd, but i am > > desperated... > > I have mysteriously losed contact with my sio1. Suddendly, it started to > > say, sio1: not found at [????] > > > > > I have instaled a modem in the same COM and IRQ. Does it matters? > > YES! They conflict! Either change the modem or the BIOS to use another > port. > > > I have removed the modem, but it still says it doesn't exists... > > Have you checked your BIOS settings? Yes... and you know what? I have an option for Serial Port 2. The option for that is, Auto, disable, [...], 2F8,[...] When i remember to see my bios (after send my mail) i noticed that that option was DISABLE!!!! So I changed it to 2F8h You know what happen?? When I started FreeBSD or DOS and don't use sio1, no trouble happen, and BIOS keeps unchanged. When i used my sio1 (i tried to put my mouse there) THE BIOS CHANGE!!!! It automatically changes to DISABLE!!! I suspect that it is the marvelous PnP... Doug: thx for ur sugestion but, pleazzzzz, does you have any other sugestion??? Damn... i can't believe i have to change my board... Thx in advance... again... > > > Does i need to change my Motherboard? > > Ah, using DOS or W95 the problem is the same... also, if the problem > > exists in W95, i wouldn't be surprised, but in FreeBSD it means that a > > real problem is going with my dear sio1!!! :(((( > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major > ()'s Pedro Vapi --------- vapi@student.dei.uc.pt PGP @ finger