[Ham-Computers] LPT-1 - problem solved

[Mike D.]

The problem was solved by turning on the parallel port in BIOS. I flashed a
new bios and the default setting is to disable the parallel port. Assume
nothing. Thanks for the suggestion to look in bios.

Also, I took Aaron's advice to download and install the latest chipset
drivers from Via, rather than from Asus, the motherboard manufacturer. These
drivers were a lot newer than the ones provided by Asus.

73 de Mike, N9BOR
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My designated driver is a 12BY7A. 

> XP Pro SP2
> Asus A8V Deluxe MB (socket 939)
> 
> LPT-1 doesn't seem to be working. I can't find it in Device 
> manager, but under PRINTERS, FILE, SERVER PROPERTIES, PORTS, 
> I can see LPT-1. 
> 
> I discovered this while trying to install a printer driver 
> and during the install, the LPT-1 port couldn't be found.
> 
> Any suggestions? Thank you.