Please Help!!! I have an older computer with an ISA combo modem/sound card. I was trying to install a new 56k PCI modem. The plug and play feature installed it on COM4 but there apparently was a interrupt conflict. Instead of changing the interrupt setting I tried reinstalling the new modem on COM 2. When I went to re-boot the computer, I received an error message that there is a 3F8 COM address conflict and windows 95 will not finish loading for me to reset things. Others have told me to remove the old modem/sound card combo and to disable both serial ports in setup. If I do that and windows 95 will finish loading, what should I do next? Go thru device manager and uninstall the old modem and sound card? How? How do I reset everything to the way it was before? How do I proceed to install the new modem and a separate new sound card. Is it best to install a new ISA or PCI sound card? Thanks!

Remove the old sound card and modem in Safe Mode, to avoid having "ghost drivers" which can cause headaches later. Remove ALL of each device listed.

Installation of the new modem depends on whether it's hardware or software based. For hardware modems, just put it in a slot and let Windows find it. If it wants COM4 by default disable COM2 in BIOS, it uses the same IRQ. (3)

For software modem often you have to install the software first, then shut down and physically install the modem. Check the manufacturer's website, they should have instructions. If not, look for a setup.exe or install.exe in the driver files.

PCI or ISA sound card is mainly choice and slot availability. Usually an ISA card will do fine, especially in an older computer. LAst time I checked into it sound cards were still 16 bit, the numbers on Sound Blasters (AWE32, AWE64 etc) refer to the number of voices the card will simultaneously reproduce. That confused some people, it lloks like it's a 32 or 64 bit card. Nope, that's voice reproduction.

I would think since you say this is an older computer go with an ISA card and install it last, sound cards sometimes grab the IRQ the modem wants, and it's not easy to get it ironed out. Istallation should be fairly simple, put it in the slot and power up, windows should find it.

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