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The reason is that Prolific USB/Serial chip 'clones' are often used in generic USB programming cables and the newer Windows drivers actual detect this and refuse to work. The older drivers do not do this and so they will continue to work. Prolific 2303 USB to serial converters are not working with windows 8 and 10 USB To Serial Driver so here the right fix. Windows 32 and 64-bit Operating Systems – Prolific PL-2303 Driver Fix (VID067B&PID2303). Jul 31, 2019 If the driver was not installed Remove the Serial adapter then run “PL2303DriverInstaller.exe again. Follow directions in Device Manager to download the correct driver The three solutions listed in this article have proven to be quite helpful in fixing a Prolific USB to Serial driver not working on Windows 10. They may appear confusing at. Dec 24, 2014 There are a number of Prolific Serial drivers and these have been listed below. There is also an explanation here (USB to RS232 Driver) which also uses a Prolific USB driver. If the Prolific USB to serial drivers below do not work then see the USB to RS232 driver for more information as it uses more than one option.
I'm trying to use a Gigaware USB -> Serial adapter that worked fine on Windows XP on Windows 8. It's not working and I get
in device manager. It says the drivers are up to date. What should I do?
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Fix prolific usb to serial comm port for windows 8, windows 8.1. Download Prolific USB to Serial Driver for Windows 10 7 8 8.1 Vista XP 64/32 Bit. Fix Prolific usb to serial com port for. Prolific also prohibits the distribution of any PL-2303 drivers (including download links) without written permission from Prolific. Prolific advices end-users to only purchase vendor branded cable products with company name contact information for service and support. Prolific does not sell cables with Prolific brand and packaging.
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If this is your adapter - then it is based on Prolific PL2303 chipset and your best bet would be to use the drivers from the chipset manufacturer. But if your adapter contains an old revision of the chip - it is just not compatible with Windows 8:
Windows 8 is NOT supported in PL-2303HXA and PL-2303X EOL chip versions.
Alex P.Alex P.
This tool WILL work if you are receiving the (Code 10) error. Despite all the comments about it not working on Windows 8/8.1, there is a simple way to make it work: Fake PL2303 – how to install on Windows 8.1
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You need to downgrade the driver to the 2008 3.3.2.102 version and choose it specifically as per this page:
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I found that this was needed when using the ADAfruit USB-to-TTL adapter cables.
The only issue is that every time you remove the device you will have to go through the same painful exercise as Windows doesn't retain the driver association details.
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Download this driver from the Windows Update Catalog. Then manually add the driver using Device Manager.
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I also download the driver listed (AMD64_X86-en-20357822_453c563f64689a47c9be3972b95db24900db3798.cab)above from Microsoft and manually added it. You must remove the Svk2pl.inf from the .cab, disable the device, select the .inf file. After you are done the will show up as Gigaware USB to Serial Cable (COMx) x=port. If you move the connection to another USB port you have to make the same change or you will still have the problem. The device works great now. I used the PL203CheckChipVersion.exe to verify my chip version, I am using PL-2303 XA / HXA chip. This tool will not work if you are receiving the (Code 10) error.
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The adapter you are referring to is not compatible with Windows 8, and even updating the drivers will not make it work either since it most likely has the old version of the Prolific chipset. A solution would be using an FTDI based USB-to-serial converter which has better drivers and is compatible with Windows 8.
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I also just had this problem, and I downloaded the 'Windows Update Catalog' after uninstalling and reinstalling driver. I went to Device Manager and updated the driver with the file I downloaded.
It works great now.
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