ok. I've got an open 9 pin com port. I plug the adapter in.....and it wont find it(adapter not found...)
any ideas? Do i have to buy a 25pin adapter? i dont wanna!

Do you have another device that you can plug into the 9 pin port to confirm that it's not a bad port?

i just tried plugging in an old mouse 9 pin i had laying around - but nothing has popped up yet... so i'll keep trying. btw - why would the com port go bad - this system isnt older than 8 months. The motherboard is an asus P4c800 deluxe. 9800 video card. Audigy 2 sound card.

OK. i plugged in the mouse - went to device manager in the control panel - went to the mouse part - hit update - and presto, the 9 pin mouse showed up.

So then i uninstall the mouse and put the adapter in , then i try antother search and nothing......

Well there is something not right with your com port prolly. Do you have another computer to try the progam on to determine whether the cable is bad or not. You have to assign a certain IRQ to the comport, I'm just not sure which one it is?

Where did you purchase your AFP?

well if it needs a certain irq - then i can go into bios and trial and error for a while till it finds it? I guess its worth a shot...

I dont have another computer here....

Right now my COM port 1 is on irq 3
and my COM 2 is on irq 4

do you know if thats right?

whats yours? i check from - control panel - system - hardware - device manager - (ports) - then right click on port and hit Properties - then find it in Resources. (if you didnt already know

ok tried every combination - still nothing -

I was looking thru my motherboard manual and found i have another serial port - so i searched thru the graveyard of old computer junk and found the serial cable. Hooked it up - plugged in the mouse and it found it - plugged in the aerofly adapter and nothing........ When you plug yours in does windows detect it right away and give you an icon on the bottom? did i miss something?

windows does not detect the device. only the program dectects the device when you start the program. so don't expect windows to detect the device at all like a joystick or anything. it won't do that. also have you updated your patch? if not i have it on the homepage at www.aeroflypro.com

my 9 serial is using comport 1 - IRQ 4 - I/O Range 03F8/03FF

Thanks STLPilot! It turned out that i just needed to download the patch! (duh) Thanks again!!!

Happy to help!

Let me know what you think about it!

Thanks

Dion