Asus A7N8X-E and 2nd Serial Port

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I have a need to use 2 serial ports. I found several old serial port
connectors and tried to connect and use them on the A7N8X-E. They
connected just fine but the second port is never recognized. As far
as I know serial port pin-outs have not changed in the last 10 years.
Looking at BIOS the 2nd serial port even has the right address. I see
no reason it shouldn't work. Any ideas?

Owen

 

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> I have a need to use 2 serial ports. I found several old serial port
> connectors and tried to connect and use them on the A7N8X-E. They
> connected just fine but the second port is never recognized. As far
> as I know serial port pin-outs have not changed in the last 10 years.
> Looking at BIOS the 2nd serial port even has the right address. I see
> no reason it shouldn't work. Any ideas?

Has UART2 been set to IR by mistake?

A7N8X Deluxe was supplied with an additional serial port that worked, but
not the A7N8X-E Deluxe, shame...
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Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe (Revision 1.01, BIOS 1008)

 

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Ojon wrote:
> I have a need to use 2 serial ports. I found several old serial port
> connectors and tried to connect and use them on the A7N8X-E. They
> connected just fine but the second port is never recognized. As far
> as I know serial port pin-outs have not changed in the last 10 years.
> Looking at BIOS the 2nd serial port even has the right address. I see
> no reason it shouldn't work. Any ideas?


You could go with USB-to-Serial adaptors. Works very well for me and
does not need so many resources (IRQ etc...).

http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/USA19W/
or
http://www.serialio.com/products/adaptors/usb_serial.htm
or
simply google for additional offers.

-Gernot