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Old 03-20-2001, 08:52 PM   #1
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I have just installed a new creative labs modem. When I
go to launch my internet services it comes up with
"The port is already open" ??????What did I do wrong???
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Old 03-20-2001, 10:10 PM   #2
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Old 03-21-2001, 12:21 PM   #3
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You have an IRQ conflict. Disable com 1 and 2 in bios,this will free up irq 3 and 4, reboot the machine and the modem should be on it's own IRQ. This assumes you are not using com 1 and 2 for anything.
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