Thanks Ryland !! that was the problem exactly !  I've been working 
with routers and switches too long. I'm losing my PC hardware 
knowledge. 
 
Thanks to Ian and Joe for responding also. I'll keep your 
suggestions in mind as well. 
 
- Tom U 
  
> Nice laptop! My company sells an IBM Mainframe emulator that runs  
in  
> linux on this laptop.    
>   
> I haven't had any problems with the serial port, other than the  
fact  
> that it is turned OFF in the bios by default. Forgive me, if you  
already  
> checked this, but it sounds exactly like a mistake I would make  
>   
 
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