Parallel port address problems

[niabi]

Hello, my onboard parallel port chip burned out (don't ask me how 😀) and i bought a separate controller for it, the card is detected fine the drivers work great, but the address asigned to the port are D000-D02F the printer works fine, the problems comes on an old DOs program i need (and the Drivers to conect the PSX pad tp the parallel port) they don't seem to see that addres as valid, they allways reply as if i had no parallel port, is there a way to change the parallel port address to a standar one? like 0x378, 0x278, etc., because XP seems to own that and i cant change it if i go into Device Manager 🙁

please any help will be apreciated

TIA

 

[Lonman]

Have you tried disabling it in device manager?

 

[niabi]

why would i disable it? if i need it?

😀

 

[Lonman]

The one you burned out? I guess if you need it 😕

 

[niabi]

ohh that one, yes i have disable it, but the new one is the one with the wierd address 😀

nIabi

 

[Lonman]

I was thinking if you disabled the old one, XP might free that address up and let you assign it somewhere else. That's all I got.

 

[niabi]

thanks but no, it does not assign it 🙁 freaking XP 😀

 

[niabi]

please?

anyone else got any ideas? if i go fro ACPI to Standar PC could i be able to change the I/O address???


Thanks