com port 1

[danny678]

hi guys anyone help with this problem when i try to flash dbox with with ifa it says cants open com port 1 error code 5 is it a problem with the motherboard
thanks danny

[car19]

COM 1 stuck?

Sorry to saythis but the same thing has happened to me and Ive aske on this forum and others with no suggestions it seems that one of the programme you(we) download causes the port to be grabbed by that programme and you can not remove it Ive tried

[kmac5587]

device manager

Can you not change the port that you use from com1 to a port that is free?

[danny678]

hi kmac5587
for some reason it gives the same error wioth different ports

thanks danny

[plasterer]

Have you tried Rennies Portable ifa
It runs from Ram without installing on your PC
May be worth a go .......Paul

[danny678]

thanks paul

hi guys
i think i have sorted the problem out i did a clean install of xp and all seems fine now

thanks for all your replys