I’ve been seeing a lot of scattered questions lately regarding the Ch352ss Ea3 driver. If you landed here, you probably just bought a no-name PCI/PCIe serial (RS-232) or parallel (LPT) card off Amazon or eBay, the included mini-CD was either blank or corrupted, and Windows is showing a yellow exclamation mark for an "Unknown Device."
Cheers.
sudo modprobe parport_pc sudo setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x3E8 irq 5 Check dmesg | grep ttyS – you'll likely see the card as ttyS2 and ttyS3. Ch352ss Ea3 Driver
if you're still stuck, and I'll link the exact .inf file you need. Let's archive this before the driver CDs rot away completely. I’ve been seeing a lot of scattered questions
| Symptom | Likely Fix | |--------|-------------| | Driver installs but ports don't work | Go to BIOS → Disable onboard COM1/COM2 | | Blue screen (BSOD) after install | Uninstall, then use the CH352_Win10_fix driver (disables parallel port in INF) | | Parallel port works, serial doesn't | Check jumper settings on the card – some need a jumper to enable 5V/12V on pin 9 | | Error 10 (Device cannot start) | Manually set I/O range in registry (not recommended – just return the card and buy a Startech) | if you're still stuck, and I'll link the exact