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    No Com1 In Device Manager

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by MATADOR473, Jan 21, 2007.

  1. MATADOR473

    MATADOR473 Newbie

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    I Need Help With This Situation Im Not Very Knowledgeable . When I Open Device Manager Thereis No Com1 Or Lpt Port Shown . I Went Into The Bios There Are No Port Listed So I Can Enable/disable . Yet I Have A Parallel Port In The Back . I Need To Use This Port . Is There Anything I Can Do To Get My Port Back . I Tried Add/remove Hardware
    To See What It Found. Nothing . I Have A Dell I6000 . That I Reformatted To Get Rid Of Dell Junk . Everything Works Fine . I Just Needed A To Use The Port And Find Out The Port Missing From Device Mgr. I Really Would Apprecite Anybody And Everybodys Help With This
    '. Thank You All ........
     
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  2. PCModifiers

    PCModifiers Notebook Consultant

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    You need to look in the bios there would be a section that shows intergrated components make sure that LPT and Serial (COM) are enabled.
     
    PCModifiers, Jan 21, 2007
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    From what I can see on the net, the Inspiron 6000 doesn't have any serial or parallel ports.
     
    WackyT, Jan 21, 2007
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    Theres Nothing In The Bios At All To Enable/disable Ports.
     
    MATADOR473, Jan 21, 2007
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  5. PCModifiers

    PCModifiers Notebook Consultant

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    Well that makes sense!


    MATADOR473 the port on the back is probably a VGA output not a Parallel (LPT) port


    Check the following picture I know this isn't your laptop...but the port you have on the back of your laptop is like the blue one in the middle right?

    [​IMG]

    Purple: Parallel port (LPT)
    Blue: VGA Output
    Green: Serial (COM)



    Dell Inspiron side views
     
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    Yes Exactly . The Blue One . So If I Dont Have A Port There How Can Use Serial Cable. ? Do I Need To Use An Adater To Convert Usb . Is
    This The Only Way .
    Thanks For Helping .
     
    MATADOR473, Jan 21, 2007
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    Either something like this or a USB to RS232 adapter.
     
    WackyT, Jan 21, 2007
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    Than You .. Thats What I Will Do
     
    MATADOR473, Jan 21, 2007
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    gridtalker Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes you need to get a adapter. Radio Shack sells them for like $15
     
    gridtalker, Jan 22, 2007
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