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Instant Usb Recognition
Customers have mixed feelings about the instant USB recognition of this USB to Serial Adapter from Benfei. While most report that their computers recognized the adapter immediately, some users encountered issues with non-genuine Prolific chipsets and had trouble using it on Linux systems or Mac OS X.
Easy Driver Installation
Customers have had varying experiences with the driver installation process for this USB to Serial Adapter. While some found it to be simple and straightforward, others encountered issues requiring them to download and install drivers.
Pinout Compatibility
Customers have reported inconsistent pinout compatibility issues with this USB to Serial Adapter. While some users were able to successfully connect it to their devices, others encountered difficulties due to incorrect pinouts and incompatibility with certain chipsets.

Highlights
Quality
Cable converter is electrically great and the driver install is perfect.
Pretty sure it was plug & play, no drivers required.
The mechanical fasteners are the wrong gender, they are threaded standoffs, and no thumb screws to attach the cable securely to the device.
The threaded standoffs had to be removed to allow the cable to mate with the device and now no secure mechanical connection .
Competitiveness
This adapter works better than other usb to serial adapters i have used.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
prolific, port, great, female and serial. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 830.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 7,682 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 20 2025.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ran out of management cables at the office so having this was a god send
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I bought this so i could connect my wideband o2 sensor to my laptop to sync with nistune
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Easy to install on computer monitors but will need to know the made and model of your monitor
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The mechanical fasteners are the wrong gender they are threaded standoffs and no thumb screws to attach the cable securely to the device
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The threaded standoffs had to be removed to allow the cable to mate with the device and now no secure mechanical connection
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The product i received has a pl2303ta chipset which per prolific is not certified for windows 11
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Windows device manager will report this same information under ports
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Going to device manager i found that the adapter appeared as com3 96008n1 on both machines
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