Hello Ronnie, I also had a look at the manual of your board, which I found on the net. The com2-layout appears to be the only connector which they don't describe in detail - damn!
However, after doing some more searching, I found this site, listing only two different cable assemblies and stating that it should be either or... See #10 on http://www.infonewsindia.com/pinout/ Uwe. Monday, February 9, 2004, 3:44:22 PM, you wrote: rt> Yeah,yeah.. you're right..It might be the cable.. rt> my MOBO is a P4MFM made by Jetway of Taiwan, rt> unfortunately there is no available extra cable for rt> this model and I used the COM port cable from Asus rt> MOBO.. rt> I was thinking that they are of the same rt> standard.."PLUG AND PLAY???" rt> I reviewed the user manual and find an illustration of rt> my COM2 Header, but there is no detailed description rt> of which pin is which.. rt> Too bad.. rt> What kind of cable did you use to connect the second rt> com port? Was it rt> delivered with your motherboard? There is no standard rt> layout for the rt> cable connectors on motherboards and you'll have to rt> make sure to use a rt> matching cable for the connectors on your particular rt> motherboard. rt> You might start with comparing it to the cable rt> attached you your other rt> com port - or you might even use this cable for test rt> purposes... rt> 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 rt> but rt>> found nothing. rt>> I used a diagnostic program that uses a LOOPBACK rt> Plug rt>> to check my COM2 and the software told me that rt> 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 rt> -- rt> Author: Uwe Zimmermann rt> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] rt> Fat City Hosting, San Diego, California -- http://www.fatcity.com rt> ===== rt> Ronnie B. Tabanao rt> Everything Electronics Services rt> #06 Juan Luna St.,La Castellana,Negros Occidental rt> 6131 Philippines rt> __________________________________ rt> Do you Yahoo!? rt> Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. rt> http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html -- 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).
