I have here a Compaq Presario 1200 with Windows 98 SE installed. The computer worked fine for over a year but developed a problem that, among other things, prevents the modem from being used. The modem is properly detected (and I have successfully reinstalled the drivers before), but upon attempting to dial up, the modem acts as if it is already in use or disconnected. When running a diagnostic in Control Panel/Modems/Diagnostics/More Info..., I got the message 'Port already open.' (It is set up for COM2, and I have not seen any opportunity to change this.) Also, when the computer starts up, I hear two regular-length POST beeps and receive a message: 'Resource Conflict - PCI on Motherboard | Bus:00, Device:09, Function:00', along with the option to boot or go to the rather unhelpful Computer Setup. (In Windows 98, the modem uses IRQ 9, and so does the graphics card, as well as two IRQ steering modules.) Again, the modem worked just fine a year ago and no technical changes have been made by anyone.
I'm not sure what could be the issue here. When I've encountered Win98 problems that prevented a modem from being properly used, I could just move the modem to a different PCI slot and it would work fine. This is completely impossible with this hard-to-open devil, and I wouldn't have anywhere to move the thing anyway.
What can I do?
I'm not sure what could be the issue here. When I've encountered Win98 problems that prevented a modem from being properly used, I could just move the modem to a different PCI slot and it would work fine. This is completely impossible with this hard-to-open devil, and I wouldn't have anywhere to move the thing anyway.
What can I do?