COM Port Woes

[fiberglasscivic]

I have a Gateway G6-350. PII 350MHz, 448MB RAM. I recently updated this to XP Pro and lost support for my second COM port. The original MB has 2 serial ports and a parallel port. Only one of the serial ports shows up in my device manager. Is there any way to fix this problem and would I be able to use both ports at the same time if it can be fixed?

[Mijzelf]

Yes, you can use both ports in the same time.

Is one of the ports disabled in the BIOS?

[fiberglasscivic]

I didn't see a port turned off in the BIOS when I first noticed the second port wasn't shown in the device manager, but I'll check again.

Edited September 12, 2007 by fiberglasscivic