Biostar M6VLA User manual

M6VLA
Federal Communications Commission
(F.C.C) Statement
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation of this
device is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not;
cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any
interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.
Accessories: This device has been tested and found to comply with the
limits of a Class B digital device, the accessories associated with this
equipment are as follows:
1. Shielded serial cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets)
2. Shielded printer cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets)
3. Shielded video cable. (Can be obtained from multiple retail outlets)
4. Shielded power cord. (Provided by manufacturer)
These accessories are required to be used in order to ensure compliance
with FCC Rules. It is the responsibility of the user to provide and use
these accessories properly.
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of
a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses
and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not
occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful
interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct
the interference by one or more of the following measures:
1. Reorient / Relocate the receiving antenna.
2. Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
3. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that
to which the receiver is connected.

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4. Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
Caution: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.
Disclaimer
The Vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the
contents here of and specially disclaims any implied warranties of
merchantability or fitness for any purpose. Further the Vendor reserves
the right to revise this publication and to make changes from time to time
in the contents here of without obligation to notify any party beforehand.
Duplication of this publication, in part or in whole, is not allowed without
first obtaining the Vendor’s approval in writing.
Trademarks and Remarks
MS-DOS, Windows, Windows NT, and Windows 9x,Windows ME
and Windows 2000 are products of Microsoft Corp, with its ownership of
trademark, and are distributed by the Vendor under a license agreement.
All trademarks used in this manual are the property of their respective
owners.
Copyright(C) 2001
All Rights Reserved
Canadian D.O.C. Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise
emissions from digital apparatus as set out in the radio interference
regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.
Cet appareil numbérique n’emet pas de bruits radioélectriques
dépassant les limites appliqués aux appareils numbériques de Class B
préscrits dans le reglement du brouillage radioélectrique edict par le
ministere Des Communications du Canada.

Contents
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Introduction ................................................................................1-1
1. Motherboard Description ......................................................1-2
1.1 Features...................................................................................................1-2
1.1.1 Hardware.........................................................................................1-2
1.1.2 Software ..........................................................................................1-6
1.1.3 Attachments.....................................................................................1-6
1.2 Motherboard Installation.........................................................................1-7
1.2.1 Layout of Motherboard ...................................................................1-7
1.3 Motherboard Connectors.........................................................................1-8
1.3.1 Front Panel Connectors (JPANEL1) ...............................................1-9
1.3.2 Hard Disk Connectors (IDE1/ IDE2) ............................................1-11
1.3.3 Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1)....................................................1-11
1.3.4 ATX Power Connector (JATXPWR1)..........................................1-12
1.3.5 AT Power Connector (JATPWR1)................................................1-12
1.4 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports.........................................................1-13
1.5 CPU Installation/Jumper Setting...........................................................1-19
1.5.1 CPU Installation Procedure...........................................................1-19
1.6 Jumper Settings.....................................................................................1-20
1.6.1 CMOS Function Selection: JCMOS1............................................1-21
1.6.2 Wake-On-LAN Header: JWOL1 (Optional).................................1-21
1.6.3 CPU Fan Power Connector: JCFAN1...........................................1-22
1.6.4 System Fan Power Connector: JSFAN1 (Optional)......................1-22

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1.6.5 USB Connector: JUSB1&JUSB2(Optional).................................1-22
1.7 DRAM Installation................................................................................1-23
1.7.1 DIMM ...........................................................................................1-23
1.7.2 How to install a DIMM Module....................................................1-24
1.8 Audio Subsystem ..................................................................................1-25
1.8.1 CD Audio-In Connector: JCDIN1 / JCDIN2 ................................1-26
1.8.2 Telephony Connector: JTAD1(Optional)......................................1-26
2. BIOS Setup..............................................................................2-1
2.1 Main Menu..............................................................................................2-3
2.2 Standard CMOS Features........................................................................2-6
2.3 Advanced BIOS Features........................................................................2-9
2.4 Advanced Chipset Features...................................................................2-14
2.5 Integrated Peripherals ...........................................................................2-17
2.6 Power Management Setup ....................................................................2-22
2.7 PNP / PCI Configuration Setup.............................................................2-26
2.8 PC Health Status ...................................................................................2-30
2.9 Frequency Control.................................................................................2-31
3. Software Setup........................................................................3-1
3.1 Software List...........................................................................................3-1
3.2 Software Installation...............................................................................3-2
3.3 Using Software........................................................................................3-4
4. Trouble Shooting....................................................................4-1

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Introduction
System Overview
Thanks for buying this product! This manual was written to help you start using
this product as quickly and smoothly as possible. Inside you will find adequate
explanations to solve most problems. In order for this reference material to be of
greatest use, refer to the “expanded table of contents” to find relevant topics.
This board incorporates the system board, ISA I/O, and PCI BUS, IDE interface
into one board that provides a total PC solution. The motherboard, a processor
based PC/Baby AT system, and ISA Bus, and PCI Local Bus to support upgrades
to your system performance. It is ideal for multi-tasking and fully supports
MS-DOS, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Novell, OS/2,
Windows9x, UNIX, SCO UNIX etc. This manual also explains how to install the
motherboard for operation, and how to setup your CMOS configuration with the
BIOS setup program.

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1. Motherboard Description
1.1 Features
1.1.1 Hardware
CPU −Supports the CeleronTM processor (PPGA) and the Pentium®
!!!
Micro-Processor for high-end workstations and servers.
−CPU Socket 370.
−Runs at 66/100/133 Mhz Front Side Bus frequency.
DRAM Memory
−Supports two 8/16/32/64/128/256 MB DIMM module sockets.
−Supports Synchronous DRAM (3.3V).
−Supports a maximum memory size of 512 MB with SDRAM.
−133Mhz Bus frequency.
Internal Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Controller
−AGP v1.0 compliant.
−Pipelined split-transaction long-burst transfers up to 533 MB/sec.
−Eight level read request queue.
−Four level posted-write request queue.
−Thirty-two level (quadwords) read data FIFO (128 bytes).
−Sixteen level (quadwords) writedata FIFO( 64 bytes).
−Intelligent request reordering for maximum AGP bus utilization.
−Supports Flush /Fence commands.
−Graphics Address Relocation Table (GART).
−One level TLB structure.
−Sixteen entry fully associative page table.
−LRU replacement scheme.
−Independent GART lookup control for host /AGP /PCI master
accesses.
−Windows 95 OSR-2 VXD and integrated Windows 98 / NT5 miniport
driver support.

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Sophisticated Power Management Features
−Independent clock stop controls for CPU / SDRAM,Internal AGP and
PCI bus.
−PCI and AGP bus clock run and clock generator control.
−Low-leakage I/O pads.
General Graphic Capabilities
−64-bit Single Cycle 2D/3D Graphics Engine.
−Supports 2 to 8 Mbytes of Frame Buffer located in System Memory.
−Real Time DVD MPEG-2 and AC-3 Playback.
−Video Processor.
−I2C Serial Interface.
−Integrated 24-bit 230MHz True Color DAC.
−Extended Screen Resolutions up to 1600x1200.
−Extended Text Modes 80 or 132 columns by 25/30/43/60 rows.
−DirectX 6 and OpenGL ICD API.
High Performance rCADE3D™ Accelerator
−32 entry command queue,32 entry data queue.
−4Kbyte texture cache with over 90% hit rates.
−Pipelined Single Cycle Setup / Texturing /Rendering Engines.
−DirectDraw™ acceleration.
−Multiple buffering and page flipping.
Setup Engine
−32-bit IEEE floating point input data.
−Slope and vertex calculations.
−Back facing triangle culling.
−1/16 sub-pixel positioning.
Rendering Engine
−High performance single pass execution.
−Diffused and specula lighting.
−Gouraud and flat shading.
−Anti-aliasing including edge,scene,and super-sampling.
−OpenGL compliant blending for fog and depth-cueing.
−16-bit Z-buffer.
−8/16/32 bit per pixel color formats.

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Texturing Engine
−1/2/4/8-bits per pixel quality non-palletized textures.
−16/32-bits per pixel quality non-palletized textures.
−Pallet formats in ARGB 565,1555,or 444.
−Tri-linear,bi-linear,and point-sampled filtering.
−Mip-mapping with multiple Level-Of-Detail (LOD) calculations and
prespective correction.
−Color keying for translucency.
2D GUI Engine
−8/15/16/24/32-bits per pixel color formats.
−256 Raster Operations (ROPs).
−Accelerated drawing: BitBLTs,lines,polygons,fills,patterns,clipping,bit
masking.
−Panning,scrolling,clipping,color expansion,sprites.
−32x32 and 64x64 Hardware Cursor.
−DOS graphics and text modes.
DVD −Hardware-Assisted MPEG-2 Architecture for DVD with AC-3.
−Simultaneous motion compensation and front-end processing
(parsing,decryption and decode).
−Supports full DVD 1.0,VCD 2.0 and CD-Karaoke.
−Microsoft DirectShow 2.x native support,backward compatible to
MCI.
−No additional frame buffer requirements.
−Dynamic frame and field de-interlace filtering for high quality
playback on VGA monitors(Bob and Weave).
−Tamper-proof software CSS implementation.
−Freeze,Fast-Forward, Slow Motion, Reverse.
−Pan-and-Scan support for 16:9 Sequence.
Super I/O Built-in onboard
−Support one multi-mode Parallel Port.
(1) Standard & Bidirection Parallel Port (SPP).
(2) Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP).

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(3) Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).
−Supports one serial port, 16550 UART with 16 byte FIFO.
−UART data rates up to 1.5 Mbaud.
−Supports one Infrared transmission (IR) port.
−Supports PS/2 Mouse.
−Supports 360KB, 720KB, 1.2MB, 1.44MB and 2.88MB floppy disk
drives.
Direct Sound Ready AC97 Digital Audio Controller
−Dual full-duplex Direct Sound channels between system memory and
AC97 link.
−PCI master interface with scatter / gather and bursting capability.
−32 byte FIFO of each direct sound channel.
−Host based sample rate converter and mixer.
−Standard v1.0 or v2.0 AC97 Codec interface for single or cascaded
AC97 Codec's from multiple vendors.
−Loopback capability for re-directing mixed audio streams into USB
and 1394 speakers.
−Hardware SoundBlaster Pro for Windows DOS box and real-mode Dos
legacy compatibility.
−Plug and play with 4 IRQ, 4 DMA, and 4 I/O space options for
SoundBlaster Pro and MIDI hardware.
−Hardware assisted FM synthesis for legacy compatibility.
−Direct two game ports and one MIDI port interface.
−Complete software driver support for Windows 95, Windows 98,
Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows ME.
Dimensions (Baby AT form-factor)
−21.82cm x 22cm (WxL)
Power Management
−Supports both ACPI (Advanced and Configuration and Power
Interface) and legacy (APM) power management.
−ACPI v1.0 Compliant.
−APM v1.2 Compliant.
−CPU clock throttling and clock stop control for complete ACPI C0 to
C3 state support.

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1.1.2 Software
BIOS −AWARD legal & user-friendly BIOS.
−Supports PnP functions.
Operating Systems
−Offers the highest performance for MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows NT,
Windows 2000, Windows 31 / 95 / 98, Windows ME, Novell, UNIX,
SCO UNIT, and others.
1.1.3 Attachments
−HDD Cable.
−FDD Cable.
−COM1 / Printer Cable.
−VGA Cable + PS2(Mouse).
−AudioGame Port Cable.

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1.2 Motherboard Installation
1.2.1 Layout of Motherboard
Model No.M6VLA
CPU
Socket 370
CPU1
JCFAN1
JUSB1
JKB1
JCOM1
JATXPWR1 JATPWR1
JWOL1
JAUDJOY1 JPRNT1 JVGA1 U6
BAT1
JCMOS1
AMR1
JCDIN1
JCDIN2
JTAD1
PCI1
PCI2
PCI3
ISA1
U17
ROM1 JPANEL1
JSFAN1
IDE1 IDE2
FDD1
DIMM1
DIMM2
BIOS
FLOPPY DISK CONN.
SECONDARY IDE CONN.
PRIMARY IDE CONN.
PCI BUS SLOT
PCI BUS SLOT
PCI BUS SLOT
AMR SLOT
ISA SLOT
VT8601A
VT82C686A
/82C686B
JMS2
1
2
9
10
1
1
1
1
JUSB2
11
1
2
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1.3 Motherboard Connectors
A. USB Connector (JUSB1) M. PCI Bus Slot (PCI1-3)
B. Keyboard Connector (JKB1) N. ISA Bus Slot (ISA1)
C. Com Port (JCOM1) O. CMOS Function Selection (JCMOS1)
D. Mouse Connector (JMS2) P. Front Panel Connector (JPANEL1)
E. Wake On LAN (*JWOL1) Q. System Fan (*JSFAN1)
F. Game / Audio Port (JAUDJOY1) R. IDE Connector (IDE1-2)
G. Print Port (JPRNT1) S. Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1)
H. AMR Connector (AMR1) T. DIMMs (DIMM1-2 )
I. CD Audio-In Connector (JCDIN1) U. CPU Fan (JCFAN1)
J. CD Audio-In Connector (JCDIN2) V. VGA Connector (JVGA1)
K. Telephony Connector (*JTAD1) W. AT Power Connector (JATPWR1)
L. USB Connector (*JUSB2) X. ATX Power Connector (JATXPWR1)
NOTE: The “ * “mark represent the function is optional.
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1.3.1 Front Panel Connectors (JPANEL1)
Pin
No. Assignment Function Pin No. Assignment Function
1
Spe
aker
2
+5V
VCC
3 NC 4Ground Ground
5 Ground 6NC NC
7 +5V
Speaker
Connector
8Power LED
(
+
)
9 HDD LED
(
+
)
10 Power LED
(
+
)
11 HDD LED(-) HDD Drive
LED 12 Power LED(-)
Power LED
13 Ground 14 Power Button
15 Reset Switch Reset
Button 16 Ground ATX Power Button
17 VCC 18 Slee
p
Switch
19 IRRX 20 Ground SLP
21 Ground 22 NC NC
23 IRT
X
IrDA
Connector
24 +5V VCC
25 NC NC 26 NC NC
1
226
25
SPK HLED RST IR NC
V G NC PWR-LED PWR SLP NC NCV

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Speaker Connector
An offboard speaker can be installed on the motherboard as a manufacturing
option. An offboard speaker can be connected to the motherboard at the front
panel connector. The speaker (onboard or offboard) provides error beep code
information during the Power On Self-Test when the computer cannot use the
video interface. The speaker is not connected to the audio subsystem and does not
receive output from the audio subsystem.
Reset Button
This connector can be connected to a momentary SPST type switch that is
normally open. When the switch is closed, the motherboard resets and runs the
POST.
Power LED Connector
This connector can be connected to an LED that will flashing when the computer
is sleeping.
Hard Drive LED Connector
This connector can be connected to an LED to provide a visual indicator that data
is being read from or written to a hard drive. For the LED to function properly, an
IDE drive must be connected to the onboard hard drive controller.
Infrared Connector
After the IrDA interface is configured, files can be transferred from or to portable
devices such as laptops, PDAs, and printers using application software.
Green (Sleep/Resume) Switch
When APM is enabled in the system BIOS, and the operating system’s APM
driver is loaded, the system can enter sleep (standby) mode in one of the
following ways:
•Optional front panel SMI button
•Prolonged system inactivity using the BIOS inactivity timer feature
The 2-pin header located on the front panel I/O connector supports a front
panel SMI switch, which must be a momentary SPST type that is
normally open.
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the processor, which immediately goes into System Management Mode
(SMM).While the computer is in sleep mode it is fully capable of
responding to and servicing external interrupts (such as an incoming fax)
even though the monitor turns on only if a keyboard or mouse interrupt
occurs. To reactivate or resume the system, the SMI switch must be
pressed again, or the keyboard or mouse must be used.
Power On Button (Use ATX Power)
This connector can be connected to a front panel power switch. The switch must
pull the Power Button pin to ground for at least 50 ms to signal the power supply
to switch on or off. (The time requirement is due to internal debounce circuitry on
the motherboard.) At least two seconds must pass before the power supply will
recognize another on/off signal.
1.3.2 Hard Disk Connectors (IDE1/ IDE2)
The motherboard has a 32-bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO
Mode 0~4, Bus Master, and Ultra DMA 33 / 66 functionality. It has two HDD
connectors IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary). You can connect up to four
hard disk drives, a CD-ROM, a 120MB Floppy (reserved for future BIOS) and
other devices to IDE1 and IDE2. These connectors support the IDE hard disk
cable provided.
•IDE1 (Primary IDE Connector)
The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1. IDE1 can connect a
Master and a Slave drive. You must configure the second hard drive on IDE1 to
Slave mode by setting the jumper accordingly.
•IDE2 (Secondary IDE Connector)
The IDE2 controller can also support a Master and a Slave drive. The
configuration is similar to IDE1. The second drive on this controller must be set
to slave mode.
1.3.3 Floppy Disk Connector (FDD1)
The motherboard provides a standard floppy disk connector (FDC) that supports
360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88M floppy disk types. This connector
supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cables.

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1.3.4 ATX Power Connector (JATXPWR1)
This connector supports the power button on-board. Using the ATX power
supply, functions such as Modem Ring Wake-Up and Soft Power Off are
supported on this motherboard. This power connector supports instant
power-on functionality, which means that the system will boot up instantly when
the power connector is inserted on the board.
PIN Assignment PIN Assignment
1 3.3 V 11 3.3 V
2 3.3 V 12 -12 V
3 Ground 13 Ground
4 5 V 14 PS_ON
5 Ground 15 Ground
6 5 V 16 Ground
7 Ground 17 Ground
8 PW_OK 18 -5 V
9 5V_SB 19 5 V
10 12 V 20 5 V
Warning: Since the motherboard has the instant power on function,
make sure that all components are installed properly before
inserting the power connector to ensure that no damage will be
done.
1.3.5 AT Power Connector (JATPWR1)
PIN Assignment PIN Assignment
1 PW_OK 7 Ground
2 5V 8 Ground
3 12V 9 -5V
4 -12V 10 5V
5 Ground 11 5V
6 Ground 12 5V

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1.4 Serial and Parallel Interface Ports
This system is equipped with one serial ports and one parallel port. Both types of
interface ports will be explained in this chapter.
The Serial Interface Port
The serial interface port is sometimes referred to as a RS-232 port or an
asynchronous communications port. Mice, printers, modems and other peripheral
devices can be connected to a serial port. The serial port can also be used to
connect your computer with another computer system. If you wish to transfer the
contents of your hard disk to another system it can be accomplished by using each
machine‘s serial port.
The serial ports on this system have two types of connectors, one 9-pin and one
25-pin. Some older computer systems and peripherals may only have a 25-pin
connector. Should you need to connect your 9-pin serial port to a 25-pin serial
port, you can purchase a 9-to-25 pin adapter.

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Connectivity
The many ways that a serial port can be used make it necessary to be familiar with
the pinout diagram. The following chart gives you the function of each pin on the
9-pin connector. This information can be used when configuring certain software
programs to work with the serial port.
Signal Name DB9 PIN DB25 PIN
DCD Data Carrier Detect 1 8
RX Receive Data 2 3
TX Transmit Data 3 2
DTR Data Terminal Ready 4 20
GND Signal Ground 5 7
DSR Data Set Ready 6 6
RTS Request to Send 7 4
CTS Clear to Send 8 5
RI Ring Indicator 9 22

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The Serial Interface Port-II : JCOM1
Signal Name IDC PIN
DCD Data Carrier Detect 1
RX Receive Data 2
TX Transmit Data 3
DTR Data Terminal Ready 4
GND Signal Ground 5
DSR Data Set Ready 6
RTS Request to Send 7
CTS Clear to Send 8
RI Ring Indicator 9
Special Applications
There are two types of serial devices that can be connected to a serial port. One of
the devices is called “DTE” (Data Terminal Equipment) and the other device is
called “DCE” (Data Communications Equipment). If a modem is connected to a
computer, for example, the modem is called the DCE and the computer is called
the DTE. In situations such as this, the pins on the serial ports can be connected
straight through.
In instances when there are two DTE devices connected together, such as a
computer and a printer, a special adapter called a “Null Modem” is needed to
make communication between the two devices possible.
When using the serial port to communicate between devices, one problem in
particular may arise. Some manufacturers use one set of signals to begin
communication with another device and other manufacturers do not use these
signals to initiate communication. If you encounter a communication problem that
cannot be resolved using a null modem, it can generally be assumed that one
device is using the initialization signals and the other device is not. This can
usually be resolved by wiring the RTS, CTS, and DCD pins together.
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Serial Port/COM Port
The one serial port on the computer is called JCOM1, respectively. If you wish,
two more serial ports can be added onto the computer using optional hardware.
Should you choose to add the extra Serial ports (COM ports), they would be
called JCOM3.
When using serial ports to communicate with a peripheral devices, be sure to
assign only one COM port number to each device. For example, if a printer and a
scanner are both connected to your computer through serial ports the printer must
be assigned one COM port (i.e. COM1) and the scanner must be assigned the
other COM port (i.e. COM2). No two devices can be assigned to one COM port.
Each peripheral must have its own COM port.
NOTE: Two serial ports may be installed on the computer. However,
no more than two ports can be used simultaneously.
*If you have installed an internal modem, be careful not to assign a COM port
number that has already been assigned to another device. This error is common.
When installing a device that is going to require the use of a serial port, use a
diagnostic program to find out which ports are available. It may be necessary to
remove expansion cards that have serial ports in order to check their jumper
settings. The jumper settings will indicate which COM port the card has been
assigned. Checking the expansion card will eliminate mistakes in overlapping
COM ports. Once you have completed the installation of peripheral devices using
the serial ports, be sure that the communication parameters such as baud rate,
parity bit, etc. are matching. If your computer is set for a baud rate of 9600 and
your modem is set for a baud rate of 2400, you will not be able to send messages.
The manuals that accompany the peripheral devices will inform you on the
procedure for setting their parameters. Software manuals will also have
instructions on setting parameters.