When I go to device manager, it doesn't even have a selection for ports...
what am I missing?
com ports not found in Vista Home Premium
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geno368
, Sep 14 2007 02:17 PM
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 02:17 PM
geno368
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When I go to device manager, it doesn't even have a selection for ports...
what am I missing?
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 03:05 PM
Neil Jones
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Are they turned on in the BIOS?
There is native support for COM ports, virtual and otherwise, in Vista no problems at all.
There is native support for COM ports, virtual and otherwise, in Vista no problems at all.
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 04:00 PM
geno368
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how do I turn them on in the bios??? Thanks
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Posted 15 September 2007 - 02:09 AM
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Normally press F1, F2, F10, Del or Esc to enter BIOS. Then find an appropriate option in one of the sub-menus. Every laptop is different so I can't be more specific.
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Posted 17 September 2007 - 08:36 AM
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I figured it out...I went online to search for drivers for the cable connection to the stb..it found one and installed it..I then went to device mgr and found the port using com 4..I then reconfigured the loader com port and it uploaded...
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