flashing dreambox from laptop usb to rs232 lead help wher to buy the lead?

[aldo20569]

hi can anyone recomend a usb to rs232 lead that i can buy to flash a dreambox500s from a laptop ebay?, i know it doesnt always work from a laptop but would like to try it anyway cheers for replys

[dick b]

I bought a usb to serial adaptor a "newlink"one from Cabling4Less: Audio Visual Cables, specialising in hdmi, vga and cat5/cat6 network cables and it worked 1st time no problem comes with a driver disc for varios operating systems.
you still need a null modem cable as well