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    ASUS G50VT-X1 Serial Port?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Thomp238, Jan 30, 2009.

  1. Thomp238

    Thomp238 Newbie

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    Could someone please clarify if this model has a serial port or not.? I read on the Best Buy website that it has a serial port. The sales guy at Best Buy tells me that it doesn't. I am just a little confused about this now. I need the 9 pin serial port for programming plc's. I have tried a usb to serial but it doesn't work. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    Thomp238
     
    Thomp238, Jan 30, 2009
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  2. Eragon16x

    Eragon16x Notebook Guru

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    Mine does not have a serial port, just a vga port
     
    Eragon16x, Jan 30, 2009
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  3. aethelbert

    aethelbert Notebook Evangelist

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    No G50 series models have a serial port. Sorry.
     
    aethelbert, Jan 31, 2009
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    Thanks for clearing that up......

    Thomp238
     
    Thomp238, Jan 31, 2009
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    Serial and parallel ports seem to have gone the way of the dodo, at least on laptops. But no fear, you can buy USB to 9 pin serial adapters quite cheaply. They work just fine, we have this setup at work so that we can run two instruments simultaneously.
     
    Delta_CT, Jan 31, 2009
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