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 Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://nospin.com/pc/pcbuild.html