HP Pavilion xg900 - Desktop PC Manual

HP Pavilion
home PC
Information
Important
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Connecting
Equipment to Your
Serial Ports
What is a Serial
Port?
Connecting Equipment to Your Serial Ports
Important: Your PC will not be able to find these ports and you will not be able to
To use the ports:
down to see this option.
ports can now be used.
What is a Serial Port?
Your PC finds these ports and may label them with different numbers. The
7. When the Confirm Device Removal screen appears, click OK. If you
6. Right-click the communications port, for example, Communications
8. Click the Action menu and then click Scan for hardware changes.
Port (COM1), and then click Uninstall.
4. Select the Hardware tab and then click the Device Manager
button.
3. Click the System icon.
2. Click Performance and Maintenance. You may have to scroll
1. Click Start on the desktop and then click Control Panel.
5. Click +(plus symbol) next to the Ports (COM & LPT) device.
have two ports, repeat steps 6 and 7.
use them until you do the following procedure.

HP Pavilion
home PC
Information
Important
Web
Updates
Connecting
Equipment to Your
Serial Ports
What is a Serial
Port?
What is a Serial Port?
Your HP Pavilion home PC comes with one or two serial (communications)
ports. These ports allow data to be transferred from a serial device, such as a
digital camera or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), to your PC.
Your equipment may use USB ports. Refer to the documentation that came
with your equipment to determine which port is used.
Connecting Equipment to Your Serial Ports