Re: [PCWorks] 64 Bit Laptop And Serial Port

  • From: Tom <tjd@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:18:21 -0400

Go figure indeed!  I seem to remember that Dell uses 
proprietary hardware and maybe even software so perhaps 
that's the case with the serial port.

Anyway, thanks for the response.

Tom

** Message Separater **
>I recently saw a car tune-up hardware item work with an HP 
>notebook and then not work with a Dell notebook. The car 
>tune-up hardware connected via serial port and both notebooks 
>were running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. Manipulation of 
>the serial port's resources did not help with the Dell. The 
>serial ports were enabled in the BIOS and in Windows. Go 
>figure. Try it with a different laptop is a weak answer, but 
>may provide some insight.Chuck

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