modem, serial port & laptop

[Frank Shute]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:42:42AM +0000, adyas at twowaytv.co.uk wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> I've had the same problem with a Thinkpad 600.  In my case it happens 
> when the serial port has been disabled.  The only way I've found to 
> enable it is via the Windows software that came with the machine.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Alex..
> 

Thanks Alex, you were spot on. I can enable it in the BIOS; haven't
tested the modem yet but dmesg looked a lot more hopeful so I'm
quietly confident :)

I suppose there must be a reason for being able to enable/disable the
serial port but I'm not too sure what it is. You might want to look
around IBM's site for an upgrade for your BIOS.

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 Frank 

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