How to add COM port to Windows 7 for Magellan GPS 320, thank You!

Boza48

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Windows 7 do not have, anymore, COM ports.
Magellan GPS 320 request COM port to be "seen".
What to do?
 
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You could get a USB to serial adapter. Windows does have COM ports if the hardware has them. Many motherboards do not have COM ports built-in.
If you r motherboard has COM ports they might be disabled in the BIOS. But if you don't have a DB9 port on the back, your COM ports stop at a header on your motherboard.

kanewolf

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You could get a USB to serial adapter. Windows does have COM ports if the hardware has them. Many motherboards do not have COM ports built-in.
If you r motherboard has COM ports they might be disabled in the BIOS. But if you don't have a DB9 port on the back, your COM ports stop at a header on your motherboard.
 
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