Forwarding message for VE7BZ --Paul, KK4HD
The day finally came when the old XP machine that has powered DX4WIN for so many years died -- and it was replaced with a Win7 box. While I have most things restored, I am stuck with an LPT port problem. I thought I could simply install a PCI (Express) LPT port card and get going once again, but such is not the case due to the manner in which Win7 or the card -- I'm not sure exactly which handles the port addressing. The card in question is a StarTech model called PEX1P and according to their tech support person it's not mappable -- so they could not tell me the real port address. When I look at the card in Device Manager the Resource tab tells me the I/O Range is D010 - D017 and D000 - D003. Again according to StarTech, the only card they can give a real address for is a mappable model such as their PCIPM card -- but it's not available in PCI (Express) -- only straight PCI. One more thing. I am running DX4WIN v8.05, but when I run the 'lptdriver.exe' file from within the Drivers folder the executable always suggests installing the program in a folder labeled c:\dx4w803 -- not 805. I have restarted the computer according to the instructions given when installing on a 64-bit system but DX4WIN always starts with an error message saying it can't find the LPT port. So -- yes I need some help to sort out the problem. If you've had experience with this issue I'd sure appreciate your insight and or suggestions. 73 de Paul, VE7BZ ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
