I have a ASUS A8N-VM CSM board. Try to find a serial cable that works. The ones a had did not. I used a test prog and the data comes out on the wrong pin of the DB9 connector. Who has a pinout schematic of the 10 pin connector on the board? Or a cable layout. Regards, Hijker. PS, don't undersatnd why such a basic thing is not listed in the manual. Even the website of ASUS is very poor in this.