Yes, I've tried it disabled and enabled.
I have sp1
sernum.sys 5.1.2600.0(XPClient 010817-11-48
serial.sys 5.1.2600.1106 (xpsp1.020828-1920)
John
interesting, i have both drivers from the same version,
maybe this produces troubles at your side.
tiwag
It's strange that both the Device Manager and DELL diagnostics say the port is ok. Btw, on my old machine where COM1 is not working with the termial app and COM 2 does work, both ports have FIFO enabled.
I'll forget it for now, there does not seem to be an obvious solution.
John