StarTech PLATE9M16 9 Pin Serial Male to 10 Pin Motherboard Header Slot Plate Adapter

Pros: Fit the standard Intel db9 pinout on the motherboard, and the serial port works as expected. I'm using it with a bottlerocket for x10, and it works with weird serial stuff that fails with usb adapters.

Cons: nil

Pros: works

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: It properly connects the motherboard's COM port pins to the external serial device.

Pros: perfect for header to DB9 internal applications.

Cons: wires are thin. very cheaply made, if i didn't have the black cover over the wires, I'm sure they would surely break. I have considered using nonconductive glue on them to make sure they never fray.

Other Thoughts: I used this to connect to an internal rs232 remote console unit. This does work as described, but it is very cheaply made. The black housing is cheap plastic, and the nuts molded in the plastic are cheap too. they ended up spinning while trying to righten the screws on the connector. I ended up having to remove them from the plastic to get anywhere with attaching it.

Pros: Works flawlessly so I can now use my older serial gadgets like my old Sharp organizers and it runs on Win7 64 bit. You do need a serial header on your MB and my new Intel board has one again.

Cons: Non that I have found

Pros: This serial port cable is a life saver for someone who NEEDS serial port capability and the motherboard manufacturer did not include a port on the boards I/O plate. The board did have a header however.

Cons: NONE

Other Thoughts: Many people still need serial port capability so I cannot understand why the manufacturers are slowly deleting them.

Pros: Plug it into your board if you have an empty com port header. Motherboard automatically uses Com 1 if you have it set in Bios.

Cons: none.

Pros: As easy as Plug And Play, all you have to do is plug it into a empty PCI slot and install the software easy as pie. Configures as default Com 1 if com port isn't already being used.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: As newer computers are starting to eliminate Serial Ports it's nice to be able to plug one in and hassle free.

Pros: Nothing to it, just plug it into your Mobo and your done. Works great no problem installing, and is made quite well.

Cons: none.

Pros: Works as expected.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Using on a linux system to console into a cisco router.

Pros: Ordered it on the March 1st and received on March 5th. Thank you Newegg for the 3 free business day's of shipping.
16 inch cable is long enough to reach from slot to com header on motherboard and room to spare. Had to work it around my Ram and Ram cooler but still some play in the cable.
Works great with my Cisco 3548XL Switch

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Needed this to have access to my recently bought 48 port switch. The Cisco roll over cable worked with no problems and everything was plug and play. Verrrry Niccce!!!