Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!ukma!uflorida!stat!kerce From: kerce@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Kingsley F. Kerce) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: COM3, modem, and 386 enhanced mode Summary: modem on COM3 won't respond in 386 enhanced mode Keywords: windows 3 modem 386 enhanced COM ports Message-ID: Date: 19 Jul 90 02:52:02 GMT Sender: news@stat.fsu.edu Distribution: comp.windows.ms Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Lines: 39 I'd be grateful for suggestions concerning the following problem. Email responses if possible, please--summary may follow. Problem: Modem doesn't respond to software when machine is operating under MS Windows 3.0 386 enhanced mode (or standard mode). Works fine under real mode. Software: MS Terminal, Telix 3.12 (ProComm clone), Win 3.0, MS-DOS 4.01 Hardware: 20MHz 80386 Gateway 2000 w/ BT-3MM (SMT) motherboard, ATI 2400etc modem Symptoms: Running Windows under the 386 and standard modes results in a MS Terminal startup message saying "COM3 assigned to another application" and asking if I'd like to reassign it to the current process. My `yes' response causes another message to appear saying that COM2 and COM1 will be tried if I click `OK', and then I'm allowed access to the Terminal session--answering `no' results in Terminal continuing as it would normally. In any event, attempting to dial out locks the machine, forcing cold reboot. If I use Telix instead of Terminal, Telix displays the familiar "Initializing Modem" message and then freezes. At this point, I can `Terminate' the Telix process to regain control to Windows. Running Windows under real mode brings about none of the above symptoms. Unsuccessful fixes: First I tried DIP switching the modem to other COM ports, etc., to no avail. Next, I saw the 34instal program posted on c.b.i.p and ran 34ins before starting Windows in 386 mode. This resulted in no startup alarms from MS Terminal, but dialing was a failure. Telix simply froze at modem init time as before. Anyone experienced this? Thanks in advance, -- Kingsley Kerce USnail: Dept. of Computer Sci. (or Dept. of Psych.) Email: kerce@nu.cs.fsu.edu Florida State University Work Phone: (904) 644-5436 Tallahassee, FL 32306