The selected com port already exists, Windows 3.x troubleshooting – Intel LAN+Modem56 PC Card PRO/100 User Manual

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Windows 3.x/MS-DOS Installation 4-51

The selected COM port already exists

The COM port is already in use by another device. Assign a different I/O

port for the COM port.

Windows 3.x Troubleshooting

Important

For application notes covering installation and configuration

issues pertaining to specific computers, Card and Socket

Services, and communications software packages, see Chapter 5.

Utilities and Applications.

A driver failed to load, and I’m using Card
and Socket Services

Card and Socket Services are a set of drivers designed to support the PC

Card (PCMCIA) standard. These drivers are generally supplied by the

computer manufacturer. Among other functions they

•••••

Hide the PCMCIA socket hardware implementation from the PRO/

100 PC Card driver.

•••••

Control the allocation of resources (memory windows, I/O ports,

interrupts) to the PRO/100 PC Card.

Recommendations for Use of Card and Socket Ser-
vices with the PRO/100 PC Card.

A. If the memory manager EMM386.EXE is being used, verify that the

memory required for the PRO/100 PC Card has been excluded from use

by the memory manager in the CONFIG.SYS. The memory exclusion

required when using Card and Socket Services is generally larger than the

exclusion needed by the

PRO/100 PC Card alone. The safest setting when troubleshooting is to

“remark out” the entire “C” and “D” memory ranges, as follows:

DEVICE=C:\PATH\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=C000-DFFF

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