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| Thread ID: 31528 | 2003-03-24 23:10:00 | Win95 modem-mouse conflict | Clueless (181) | Press F1 |
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| 130609 | 2003-03-24 23:10:00 | I'm setting up a win 95 machine from scratch. It has an external KTX FM-56K-VSE modem and a serial mouse. the problem being that the moment the modem has established internet connection, the mouse ceases to work. This is irritating. The modem uses com1 and the mouse com2 I was unable to find the correct drivers for the modem, and have it set up as a "standard modem 28K" with a maximum speed of 56K. which seems to work for getting it on the net. .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 130610 | 2003-03-24 23:35:00 | Hi Clueless, Have you tried these KTX FM-56K-VSE (www.modem-drivers.com) drivers? They might help. |
Gorela (901) | ||
| 130611 | 2003-03-25 00:27:00 | Hi Gorela, I did indeed try those "drivers", sadly they were no help at all. .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 130612 | 2003-03-25 00:51:00 | try changing the com port address settings in the bios | zip1nz (2251) | ||
| 130613 | 2003-03-25 01:04:00 | Just checked my old Win 95 computer, for the serial mouse it has the following drivers C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\msmouse.vxd v4.00.950 C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mouse.drv v 9.01.0.000 Are yours same? Just checked COM 1, 2, 3. They are all serial drivers. |
FrankS (257) | ||
| 130614 | 2003-03-25 01:10:00 | Try changing the Com port that it the mouse is plugged into.. The Actualy Port Number itself in the Hardware properties... I know you can do it... I'd say that the modem's trying to use Com1 as well, so try switching that in the Hardware properties, or there may be a jumper on the actual modem itself which can be changed. HTH Chilling_Silence |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 130615 | 2003-03-25 01:25:00 | Chill... No jumpers, this is an external modem :( The hole its plugged into on the back of the computer conects via a peice of ribbon directly to a plug on the mobo that is labelled "COM 1" the mouse hole conects via a peice of ribbon directly to a plug on the mobo that is labelled "COM 2" All poking around settings shows that modem is installed on COM 1 as well. I'm off to have breakfast.. will get back to this one shortly. BTW.. goldwave is great! .Clueless |
Clueless (181) | ||
| 130616 | 2003-03-25 01:31:00 | > All poking around settings shows that modem is > installed on COM 1 as well. Yeah, That's why it'd only kill the mouse when you try connecting to the net. Try doing a diagnostic query to the modem and the mouse will die as well! You should be able to simply specify what port the mouse is using in the Hardware manager :-) > BTW.. goldwave is great! :D |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 130617 | 2003-03-25 01:33:00 | As already suggested check the IRQs for COM1 and COM2 in BIOS. COM1 should be 3F8, IRQ4; COM2 should be 2F8, IRQ3. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 130618 | 2003-03-25 01:33:00 | Sounds like the Modem & Mouse have claimed the same IRQ and I/O address. Regretfully, I can’t remember how to check this in Win95 but I’m sure someone else will. The usual problem was Com1 & Com3 trying to use IRQ4, which was often a default setting. The solution is to allocate a spare IRQ to the Modem and make sure it has a separate I/O address. |
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