Reply With QuoteSorry 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
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4th January, 2009, 06:57 PM #1Newbie
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com port 1
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
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5th January, 2009, 06:04 PM #2Junior Member
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COM 1 stuck?
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5th January, 2009, 06:07 PM #3Newbie
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device manager
Can you not change the port that you use from com1 to a port that is free?
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5th January, 2009, 10:17 PM #4Newbie
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hi kmac5587
for some reason it gives the same error wioth different ports
thanks danny
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6th January, 2009, 12:48 AM #5V.I.P. Member
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Have you tried Rennies Portable ifa
It runs from Ram without installing on your PC
May be worth a go .......PaulIf your Happy with the Help push the Thanx button
PAUL
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12th January, 2009, 07:20 PM #6Newbie
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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
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