Author Topic: LPT 1 Command And Data Port.............FAILED  (Read 11291 times)

Offline Nassra

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please note, i was test my laptop ThinkPad X300 by PC doctor (Golden key Lenovo Field Service Solution - 7.5.5602.01)
and the result motherboard test is : LPT 1 Command And Data Port.............FAILED
 but my laptop not has LPT port.
atherways i replaced the motherboard with a new one. but the failed is still.
can you advise me please?

Offline fwilson

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Nassra,

This can happen when the chipset used has a parallel port but is not implemented (fully) on the motherboard.  The parallel port is not completely turned off in the BIOS.  It may not appear in the BIOS setup screen but the code in the BIOS has the parallel port (mostly) there.  PC-Doctor sees this, enumerates it and when it tries to test it fails because it is nonfunctional.

The only fix for this is a BIOS update with all the LPT port registers turned off.  Please contact the BIOS vendor for this.

In the interim simply do not run the test on this system as the failure can be safely ignored because there is no external parallel port.

-Fred
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.”  ~ J.C. Watts

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Offline fwilson

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Nassra,

You are most welcome.

-Fred
“Integrity is doing the right thing, even if nobody is watching.”  ~ J.C. Watts