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Old 23rd January 2003 | 11:01
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Ronbmy
 
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Gender Bender

To quote Mac the Knife...

You should be able to find a little dongle adaptor that converts 9-pin to 25 pin D-subs.

Care should be excercised when using a gender bender with some motherboards. If the 25 pin connector is soldered directly to the m/b then use of a gender bender plus the normal cable can put too much strain on the m/b connection. If the solder reflow system used in manufacture was not perfect then the chance of a dry joint - and intermittent working - increases. The number of new m/bs returned for reworking is enormous.

Best use a 25 to 9 cable. This is the cheapest good option

Better still...roll your own.
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