At 4/14/00 12:53 PM +1200, Nicki Gemmell wrote:

>   I have found a motherboard which fits the case and  has all the
>right bits working.
>
>Another I/O problem.  If the bios reports the comm port addresses, does that
>mean that it has detected them and the ports are active?  I am having more
>trouble with mice, trying to attach a serial mouse to a motherboard, via the
>comm port adapter.  I have never experienced a ribbon failure before but
>wonder if this is the case.

A while back I replaced an older motherboard with a different and newer
motherboard like you did.  The 9 pin DIN serial port connector from my old
motherboard was the same as the new and the motherboard connector on the
"other" end of the cable was the same, *but* the pins were not wired the
same between the two connectors.  I had to find the pin-outs for the
motherboard connector and re-arrange them to go to the right pins in the 9
pin DIN connector to make it work.  If you have the cable and connectors
that were supplied with your replacement motherboard, I would recommend
using them instead of your old ones.

HTH and good luck,

Doug

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