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Thread ID: 53017	2005-01-05 08:46:00	BIOS and com port help please	tedheath (537)	Press F1

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310905	2005-01-05 08:46:00	I have bought a DSE serial port Infrared adaptor to use with my new 6210 phone. In the instruction book it says to disable the ACPI function in the BIOS. Only problem is I cant find it as a setting to disable it. I have a 1200 Gigapro cpu AMD 900 integrated W98 SE OS. My BIOS is called AMBIOS. Second problem how do I know which port is COM1 or COM2 one port looks like it is used by monitor. There is a spare one but there are no numbers next to it. The instructions say select the port the IRDA adapter is physically connected to to. Do I have to enable the serial port in the BIOS to get it live. Couldnt find anything in BIOS that looked like it. I had 3 choices usb adaptor, motherboard adaptor or serial port. I went for serial port because I have run out of usb ports and noone could tell me if my m/b has header attachment for infrared. Thats why I went for serial port. :badpc: tedheath Thanks for any help	tedheath (537)
310906	2005-01-05 09:21:00	Try 0800 373 373 - Dick Smith's help line At the risk of souding facitious, read the motherboard manual or use google to locate software to establish the motherboard manufacturer and search the manufacturer's website . By the sounds of your questions, you are well out of your depth, so option 3 is take the computer in for servicing . Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws - Plato	merlin (256)
310907	2005-01-05 09:34:00	Thanks for your contribution Merlin. I am sure there are people who know about BIOS settings and COM ports here. As far as getting out of my depth well thats the way I am. I am a scuba diver, private pilot, mountainer,done some caving. I am not scared of technology whats the worse thing that can happen if I stuff up a BIOS setting? I have goback its saved me heaps of time. tedheath	tedheath (537)
310908	2005-01-05 09:48:00	as for your ACPI settings, i am not sure about that but it may not be needed, it may be just the the makers like that to be set. as for com ports. most new system come with only 1 as standard and if you want a second then you need to get a plug to go on to the system board. pulg the IR device into the one com port you can find and give it a go. report back with any errors.	robsonde (120)
310909	2005-01-05 09:53:00	here to help id your serial/com port www.cyberwalker.net	beama (111)
310910	2005-01-05 19:52:00	I am not scared of technology whats the worse thing that can happen if I stuff up a BIOS setting? I have goback its saved me heaps of time. Goback won't save your hide if you stuff up your BIOS. ;)	FoxyMX (5)
310911	2005-01-05 20:04:00	Unless you are flashing it, you can't stuff it by altering settings sensibly. Also very easy to revert back. Not a very helpfull comment. Bye	Peter H (220)
310912	2005-01-05 20:10:00	Do not confuse the monitor port with a COM port, they are different (in number of pins and in function) even though the frame size is the same. If you only have 1 serial port available on the computer it's certain to be COM1 in 95% of the cases. They are not labelled. Unless it has purposely been disabled in the BIOS I would not expect that you need to enable it, as it should be active by default.	godfather (25)
310913	2005-01-05 20:40:00	Unless you are flashing it, you can't stuff it by altering settings sensibly. Also very easy to revert back. Not always easily, Peter. I once changed an "innocent" setting in my BIOS and thought I had lost my hard drive when the computer rebooted. It took a lot of sweat and fiddling to get it back again with the consequence that I am very nervous about going in there now. :D You are right though, it is flashing the BIOS that is the most risky and what I was actually referring to. Was just stirring the pot a bit, is all.... :p	FoxyMX (5)
310914	2005-01-06 01:02:00	What is "flashing" the BIOS. tedheath	tedheath (537)
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