CompTIA
220-301 · Question #750
A technician has a jumpered modem that can only take the standard COM1 or COM2 Ports. What helps when installing the modem in a Windows 9x PC?
The correct answer is B. disabling the secondSerial Port in CMOS. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
A technician has a jumpered modem that can only take the standard COM1 or COM2 Ports. What helps when installing the modem in a Windows 9x PC?
Options
- Ausing manual settings for COM1 and setting it to IRQ 5
- Bdisabling the secondSerial Port in CMOS
- Cfreeing the IRQ tied up by the floppy drive controller
- Densuring that the second and third USB devices are not conflicting with the modem's IRQ
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