Uwe is right. A friend of mine runs a computer shop and he told me that there's at least three different types of cables for the COM ports.
Joe At 05:29 AM 2/8/04 -0800, you wrote: >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). > -- Author: Joe R. 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).
