Re:It's never easy, is it?

[Adam <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 From          : klug>klug-request
 To            : adam
 Subject       : Re:It's never easy, is it?
 Date          : 08/06/99 14:06


>>>> When you switched IRQ's did you move the modem or the mouse to a
>>>>diffrent IRQ.~
>>>COM1=irq4 and COM2=irq3 in case you didn't know.~
>>I didn't know this.  I moved the modem.  The modem was on cua4, IRQ3.  I~
>>moved it to cua4, IRQ4.  (Note, I see a conflict here, considering your~
>>above statement.)~
>Okay, I discovered that my mouse was attached to cua1/COM2 and not cua0/COM1~
>as I had presumed.  So, I moved my modem to cua2/COM3 and set the IRQ to~
>whatever setserial told me cua2 should be (I think it was 4.)~

Note that you now have a potention conflict between cua2 and cua0 in that~
they both use irq 4.  If you have nothing plugged into cua0 or cua0 is~
disabled you probably won't have a problem, till you hook up that serial~
terminal, GPS device, cell phone, or X-10 home automation controller anyway.~

>Also, while I was digging around in the guts of my PC, I discovered another~
>modem (Where'd that come from!?) and ripped it out.  It's probably a 14.4~
>so I don't want it.  (What do you do with obsolete cards anyway?) Well, with~

You donate them to your local usergroup.  That way,  when you have enough~
junk, someone can get a presentation on resolving resource conflicts.  But~
we need soem to use the resources before we can make a conflict.~

>all the conflicts gone and that extra modem outta there, you'll never guess~
>what happened.  I got connected at a decent speed with no mouse lockups!~
>What a surprise, huh?~

I originally went to college to be an electrical technician,  trust me, it~
is a pure miracle that any of this stuff ever works.  I've been doing this~
for seven years and am still amazed at times.  How do they get 10Mbps down~
that ethernet wire anyway?~

>It still took about 3 tries before I got connected.  I
>thought that was kinda weird, so I'm still not convinced it works just right.
>But a great big thanks for all the help you all provided!  I'm happier now