Despite the fact Profilic clearly states that these chipset are not supported with the latest Windows, forcing users to purchase new adapters powered by their new chipsets, we’ve proven that this is not true and showed how to make the old Profilic USB-to-Serial adapter work with the drivers available on Firewall.cx.
This article showed how successfully install your old USB-to-Serial adapter based on the Profilic PL-2303HXA & PL-2303X chipsets on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 operating systems.
Once complete, Windows will confirm the successful installation of our driver as shown below:Ĭlosing the window, we return back to the Device Manager where we’ll notice the exclamation mark has now disappeared and our old ‘Unsupported’ USB-to-Serial adapter is fully operational:įigure 8. windows 8 does not support Prolific usb to serial driver what is the solution We want to use windows 8 but due to this driver problem, we are not buying windows 8 Figure out when the hardware device manufacturer will be providing you with drivers for the hardware you want to use under the OS you want to use. Next, select the driver version 3.3.2.102 dated as shown below and click Next:įigure 6. Select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer Next, browse to the folder where you’ve unzipped the provided drivers, click on the Include Subfolders option and select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer:įigure 5. Select Browse my computer for driver software Next, select Browse my computer for driver software from the next window:įigure 4.
Prolific Adapter Error Code 10 Getting that Good-old USB-to-Serial Adapter to WorkĪssuming you’ve successfully downloaded and unzipped the Profilic Windows 8/8.1 圆4bit drivers from our Administrative Tools section, go back to the Device Manager and right click on the Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port with the exclamation mark and select Update Driver Software:įigure 3. Prolific Adapter in Device ManagerĪ closer look at the properties of the USB-to-Serial adapter reveals the popular Code 10 error which means that the device fails to start:įigure 2. As expected, the operating system listed the hardware under Device Manager with an exclamation mark:įigure 1. We took our old USB-to-Serial adapter and plugged it in our ultrabook running Windows 8.1. Make sure to download our Profilic Windows 8/8.1 圆4bit Drivers from our Administrative Tools section The truth is that PL-2303HXA & PL-2303X chipsets are fully supported under Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 and we’ll show you how to make use of that old USB-to-Serial adapter that might also hold some special sentimental value. With the arrival of Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and upcoming Windows 10, Profilic has announced that these operating systems will not support USB-to-Serial adapters using the PL-2303HXA & PL-2303X chipsets, forcing thousands of user to buy USB-to-Serial adapters powered by the newer PL-2303HXD (HX Rev D) or PL2303TA chipset. The most common USB-to-Serial adapters in the market are based on Profilic’s PL2303 chipset. We or the computer original equipment manufacturer (OEM) may not provide technical support for some or all issues that could arise from the usage of this generic version of software drivers.Thanks to the absence of dedicated serial ports on today’s laptops and ultrabooks, USB-to-Serial adapters are very popular amongst Cisco engineers as they are used to perform the initial configuration of a variety of Cisco equipment such as routers, catalyst switches, wireless controllers (WLC), access points and more, via their Console Port. To avoid any potential installation incompatibilities on your OEM system, We recommend that you check with your OEM and use the software provided via your system manufacturer. However, computer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) may have altered the features, incorporated customizations, or made other changes to the software or software packaging they provide. The software drivers provided on this page are generic versions and can be used for general purposes. System manufacturer - System Product Name (System Version) This download is valid for the product(s) listed below: The following operating system has used this driver: Prolific USB-to-Serial Comm Port (COM82) is a windows driver.