XP Home Port Recognition

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I have now installed two different modems in two different PCI slots, and Windows sees the modem and says it is working o.k., BUT diagnostics cannot activate either modem. Looking in i/o ports, 2 serial ports and a printer port are there, but no Com 3 modem port. Shouldn't XP show this port show this port? How can I get it to see it?
 
why do you have 2 modems installed? they are by default probably using the same com port and it is conflicting.
 
Sorry - I was not clear. I only have one modem in at a time -- as in install software for modem, install modem, uninstall modem software and modem, install second modem software after checking to be sure all traces of the old modem are gone, and then install second modem, only to have the same result: XP sees the modem each time and says it is working properly, but in diagnostics the test fails saying "the modem failed to respond", and in device manager/ports com 3 does not appear.
 
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