NO MACH3 contact to my GECKO G540 controller- Configuring problem

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My MACH3 system was running fine under Windows7. It was a Desktop system configured with one Port supporting my Sherline Mill and the other Port supporting my Sherline Lathe. Do to hardware failures I had to replace the mother board. Since installing the new mother board; I have been unable to contact the G540 controller through the Parallel Port. Neither old nor new Mother board provided any Parallel Port support. So, for Parallel port support I have been using PCI cards I bought from CNC4PC and they worked fine. After installing new Mother board nothing works in an attempt to solve the problem, I bought new PCI Parallel Port cards and replaced the ones I had. Still no luck.

Then it was pointed out to me today that the port was defined as LPT3. I had assumed that PORT 1 and PORT2 terms in the MACH configuration were generic terms and if the HEX address was correct then things would work. Things don’t work. I am attaching a
jpg copy of the expanded device table. Can anyone tell me how to make the ports consistent either in MACH3 or windows 7? Also is hex A010 the correct address.

[Hood]

LPT* reported by windows doesnt matter like you suspected, its just the address that has to be correct. Do you have A010 entered for the port?
Hood

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Yes I have a010 hex, all motor outputs are set to drive & step port 1, the parallel port is a msa9865 with the latest driver. I still get no responce how can I complete replace all the MACH3 code short of reinstalling winnows 7. If I were to rename the MACH3 folder and reinstall would that get it. Prior to this problem I had several crashes which caused the system to lock up and I had to reboot to get out of it. Maybe I clobbered something and my reinstall efforts have misse4d it.

[Hood]

Just deleting the mach folder and also the driver in device manager should be enough to wipe out Mach.
Hood

[Hood]

You are using W7 32 bit I presume?
Hood

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It isw a 32 bit system