Enhance Your System's Connectivity with IO Crest 4 Serial Ports PCI-e Controller Card: Fan-Out Cable and Low Profile Bracket Included Review

Costs $10.54 even for the 4 to 1 cable alone and it has the same pinout as Startech but with nuts instead of screws huh more is typical for terminal/pin side.

Installed in Dell Optiplex 3050 SFF Win7Pro 64-bit. Device Manager reported that the drivers are working properly. The basic connection seemed to work, but later found that the status of the DSR line was not being transmitted. If your application needs to control the DSR line, avoid this card.

Pros: After installing the driver, the card works fine. Cons: You almost have to use a CD to install the driver. My new system doesn't have a DVD/CD drive - I haven't needed one in years. When I went to the website for the driver, the download list was confusing to say the least. Please note that I am a Cisco/Juniper Network Engineer with over 24 years of experience. I literally could not find a card model that is NOT listed on the box or on the card itself. So I borrowed an external DVD/CD and

Works great. Use it as a console for routers and switches. Download the driver from the company's website! The drivers from the CD do not work.

This device failed miserably on my 64-bit Win 7 machine. It showed up once in Device Manager, then not at all. After a few hours of trial and error, I gave up and ordered a four-port (PCI) serial card from Star Tech, which worked right away.

I know it didn't say it supports Windows Server 2008 R2 but figured it might work as most use Windows 7 drivers. My fault is what I think. Lost a star as it should support him!

This card fits my PC and is a great replacement for the PCI card in my old computer. As an update, the card failed after upgrading to Windows 10 for lack of a compatible driver.