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Ports not showing up in Device Manager

2 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/ports-not-showing-up-in-device-manager.48644/

piyushp_20
piyushp_20 Original post #1
Feb 6, 2007 at 2:42 PM
Hi,
I have a modem connected to the COM3 port of my HP dv2114 laptop,
the problem is that it is disabled so i am not able to connect to the internet, when i open up the device manager it does not show the 'ports' tab, so how do i enable the COM3 port.
plz help me out, I am in real troyble.
Ill be very thankful to u.
wizrulz
wizrulz #2
Feb 6, 2007 at 8:16 PM
If a laptop's internal modem has failed, the answer might be to get a PCMCIA modem card..or if already connected i guess u have to get new one...