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Your problem is probably related to the order in which the devices are being
loaded.
Remove whatever you have to so the box has a clean com port to use. Then
reinstall the removed
devices and they should be able to use the redirected irqs and/or share the
resources.
Chuck
No, I'm not a geek but try it anyway.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Augustine <RonAug@xxxxxxxx>
To: edandrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <edandrea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
<omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 29, 1998 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: Conflicts
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>Don't even think of trying to solve these problems yourself!
>
>Unfortunately, Win-95 Plug & Pray is probably at the root of your problem
>and you need a qualified Hardware Geek to solve it --
>
>It may turn out that you need to sacrifice a Modem or a Sound Card to get
>things working properly (hopefully not, if your beloved Geek is
particularly
>talented), but if you're using TS to take profits out of the markets, you
>should be able to sacrifice one or both of these components (neither needed
>by TS) in the interest of making money.
>
>I wish the news were better, but the real world is not always pretty--
>
>Good Luck!
>
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>At 08:00 pm 1/29/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hello,
>>I have a problem with connecting the BMI cable box to my computer that
>>both BMI and Omega refuse to help with. It seems that computers have
>>only "x" numbers of IRQ's for the small amount of Com ports. I get the
>>impression that you cannot have a mouse, modem, and cable box hooked up
>>at the same time. The BMI guy said the cable box refuses to share a
>>com/irq, and one "generous" hint that an Omega techie gave me was that I
>>shoud get a Ps/2 mouse and that would free up an IRQ, seeing as how my
>>current mouse is the "serial" type. I am running a windows 95 system. I
>>am totally shellshocked that I have spent literally all day just to get
>>BMI into my computer (which I did fine when I disabled the Modem) and
>>the three (Mouse, Modem, Cable Box) will not operate together. I had
>>hoped to use the winbeep software, but if the cable box is running the
>>computer refuses to open the modem. It says it's already being used.
>>Anyone else have these problems?
>>Thanks in advance,
>>Eddie
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