ASUS is notorious for this. Intel numbers the serial-9 like this:
1 3 5 7 9
 2 4 6 8

and ASUS does this
1 2 3 4 5
 6 7 8 9

[or is the other way around? i'm at work & can't check ;D]

...but usually ASUS has a little pin-block on the corner pin on its connectors.
that means connecting an ASUS connector [incorrectly] on a non-ASUS board can't
happen, but the reverse is possible.

To be fair, actually [i was told] ASUS came-up w/ the serial-9 specification
*before* Intel came-out w/ theirs, but Intel did it different & everybody copied
Intel.

hth. daVe

Doug Simmons wrote:

> 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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