Thanks for that info, Matt. Did not know that. No controls in the BIOS anyway. I'll just have to live with it I guess. Fortunately, I can use VOX for TX control and don't really need to use the RS-232 control signals.
Bill W5WVO Matt Zilmer wrote: > Bill, even if you make BIOS changes to a port it won't affect the > port's operation under Windoze, since it's all controlled by a kernel > mode driver. > > matt W6NIA > > On Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:18:17 -0600, you wrote: > >> Julian, G4ILO wrote: >> >>> Have you tried looking in Device Manager at the properties for the >>> serial port? On mine, on the tab where you can set the baud rate >>> etc. there is a button marked Advanced Settings... >> >> Yes. The advanced settings have nothing to do with the RS-232 >> control signals, unfortunately. And there is no replacement serial >> driver. Googling various combinations of key words turns up nothing >> related to this bug. Apparently this Dell RS-232 design error is so >> arcane relative to what virtually all laptop users use their >> computers for, that nobody has ever complained about it. :-) >> >> My last step is to go into the BIOS and see if there are any >> controls in there that live below the level of the OS. >> >> Oh well. >> >> Bill W5WVO >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
