ou_tigger
10-20-2005, 02:01 PM
My mother has a computer built by a friend in 1999 running '98. It works great for the things a 72 year old person needs. The motherboard does not have any usb ports on it. She bought a 4 in 1 scanner, printer etc. and brought it home only to discover it is usb. I bought a pci card with 2 usb ports to drop into the motherboard. But when the card is in, the modem will not work. As soon as I remove the card, the modem works. When I look at the resources, it says the modem and the card are not using the same IRQ and that there are no conflicts. I am not computer savy enough to figure this out. Is there a simpler way of fixing this? Is there such thing as a usb to serial cord. I know you can get a cord that goes from a serial printer to a usb computer port but is there a cord that does just the opposite? Can I get a cord or adapter that will go from a usb printer to a serial computer port? My mother is on a limited budget and really does not want to buy a new computer if I can fix this. Help.