What kind of cable did you use to connect the second com port? Was it delivered with your motherboard? There is no standard layout for the cable connectors on motherboards and you'll have to make sure to use a matching cable for the connectors on your particular motherboard.
You might start with comparing it to the cable attached you your other com port - or you might even use this cable for test purposes... Uwe. rt> Hi, rt> My MOBO is equipt with 2 COM Port,COM1 is build in rt> into the board,soldered directly into the mobo,and rt> there is a provision to add a second port,COM2. rt> As my need increases for port, I just installed rt> another COM port,COM2 via a cable with build in rt> connector. rt> I set my BIOS to auto assign IRQ for my PORT but I rt> can't make it work. rt> I go to Device manager for any conflict in my IRQ but rt> found nothing. rt> I used a diagnostic program that uses a LOOPBACK Plug rt> to check my COM2 and the software told me that COM2 is rt> Sending Data but not receiving it.. rt> Is the fault in my MOBO?? rt> Thanks rt> ===== rt> Ronnie B. Tabanao rt> Everything Electronics Services rt> #06 Juan Luna St.,La Castellana,Negros Occidental rt> 6131 Philippines -- Author: Uwe Zimmermann INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
