From: David Ross (ross_at_math.hawaii.edu)
Date: Thu Jul 11 2002 - 04:48:29 EDT
> Thanks Bruce. Blew me away. Never heard of a plug and play BIOS
> before. It said I cannot change the I/O address range from
> the existing 03BCh-03BFh to a base address of 0378h.
> As required by BackPack.
The LPT port on my 560X is at 0378h, so of course you can do it. Assuming you're in windows 95 or 98:
In safe mode, delete the port altogether from insdie the device manager (probably not necessary, but better safe than sorry).
Reboot in regular mode - windows will find the port, tell it to install. Possibly it will install it to 0378, in which case just proceed. If not, then go back into the device manager (if you left), uncheck the 'use automatic settings' box, then change the value manually. If it won;t let you, then you have a conflict - some other device is using this address, and you have to change
*that* device's settings, etc.
BTW, the Iomega drive should have worked too, at least in W98 or above. Assuming you have latest drivers etc on your machine. USB on the 560X works very well.
- David R.
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