![]() Prolific also prohibits the distribution of any PL-2303 drivers (including download links) without written permission from Prolific. Prolific will take proper and severe actions to cease and confiscate these counterfeit products. Please be warned that selling counterfeit products are illegal and punishable by civil and criminal courts according to the trademark, copyright, and intellectual properties laws and regulations. We issue this warning to all our customers and consumers to avoid confusion and false purchase. Counterfeit IC products show exactly the same outside chip markings but generally are of poor quality and causes Windows driver compatibility issues ( Yellow Mark Error Code 10 in Device Manager). ![]() Please be warned that counterfeit (fake) PL-2303HX (Chip Rev A) USB to Serial Controller ICs using Prolific's trademark logo, brandname, and device drivers, were being sold in the China market. Log-in to our Support webpage to download more files: Prolific recommends to use PL-2303GC chip.ĭownload: PL2303 CheckChipVersion tool program.Windows Vista, XP, 2000, 98 and Windows ME driver technical support are discontinued.Run PL2303 CheckChipVersion tool program in Windows XP/Vista/7 to check chip version.Windows 11 and higher are NOT supported in PL-2303HXA/ TA/TB/HXD/RA/SA/EA (EOL chip version).Windows 8/8.1/10 are NOT supported in PL-2303HXA and PL-2303X EOL chip versions.Installer supports silent install (add "/s" parameter when running program) Includes Certification Report, User Manual, Driver Release Notes, CheckChipVersion Tool ![]() Installer Language Support: English (default), Auto-download driver via Windows Update (Windows 7, 8.1, 10) Windows Vista, 7, 8.1 Certified WHQL Driver ( For PL2303 HXD, SA, TA, TB, RA GC, GS, GT, GL, GE, GD, GR versions) Auto-download driver via Windows Update (Windows 11) Windows 11 Certified WHQL Driver ( 22H2 versions) ( For PL2303 HXD, SA, RA GC, GS, GT, GL, GE, GD, GR versions) From there just follow the prompts and you should be up and running in moments.Windows Driver Installer Setup Program ( Win7 / Win8.1 / Win10 / Win11) What you need to do after installing the older drivers is go to the properties for the device in your device manager, go to Update Driver Software, Browse My Computer, then Let Pick from a List and select the older version of the driver and hit next. In my case I didn’t even know I had a knock off but I downloaded the older drivers and installed them and voila, I was up and running!Īnd just another quick tip, since if you’re here you’ve probably already installed the newer drivers and your system will default to those each time you try to plugin the device. With a bit more digging I found out that this was a common error for knock-off Prolific chips as in recent driver versions they have been blocking cloned or pirated chips. However I could not get it working on any of my personal computers or even my work computer.Īfter receiving the same error on each machine I started to think it wasn’t the device nor the computer but the drivers. ![]() I recently dug an old PL2303MDL programmer out of a tackle box of electronics and tried to get it working so I could flash some Sonoff devices with tasmota firmware. ![]()
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