# testing comm1 port on laptop???

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [April 14, 2007, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-comm1-port-on-laptop/27627 "2007-04-14T09:47:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2007, 4:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/testing-comm1-port-on-laptop/27627/9 "2007-04-15T16:59:35Z")

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[quote=“IIIQuaZIII,post:8,topic:27627"”]

Serial ports almost never go bad…unless you pipe voltage into them! Heh.

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yea, thats kinda what i figured. I even went out and bought a usb-\> serial adapter and the standalone still didnt work, so i figurerd id look elsewhere for my problems.

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