HP OmniBook 5500 HP OmniBook 5500 - User Guide, Windows 95 - Page 80
Serial and Infrared Communications Problems
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If a PC card doesn't work properly in a card slot • Try removing and reinserting the card. • Try inserting the card in the other card slot to check the connector. • Try removing a PC card from the other card slot, if another card is present. • For a data storage card, check that you're using the correct drive letter. • If a data storage card doesn't work properly, check if it has a write-protect switch and that it is set properly. • If a modem card doesn't work properly, in Windows Help use the modem troubleshooter. If a floppy drive doesn't work • Check to see that the floppy disk drive configuration is correct. Note that the floppy drive will not work on the dock parallel port-only on the OmniBook parallel port. 1. Press FN+F2 to start the Software Configuration utility. 2. From the Disks menu, click Floppy Disk Drive. 3. Select 1.44 Mb and click OK. 4. From the Exit menu, click Save and Exit. 5. Click OK. Serial and Infrared Communications Problems For serial and infrared problems • If a modem doesn't work properly, in Windows Help use the modem troubleshooter. If an application can't access a serial port • Check that the COM name you're using is actually assigned to the port you're using-in OmniBook Tools click Connections and COM Ports. • If an application doesn't support the COM port number you're using, change the port names-in OmniBook Tools click Connections and COM Ports. • Check whether another application is preventing access to the port-even if it's not actively using it. • Check in the communications application that you haven't changed the address and interrupt for the OmniBook port-for settings, see "To specify serial port settings." If the OmniBook stops responding after accessing a serial port • If the OmniBook stops working, try turning it off and on. • Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot. If nothing happens, see "To reset the OmniBook." If errors occur at serial speeds of 9600 baud or higher 80