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As specified in the title, I try to connect my Rpi 3 running Raspbian Jessie Lite from 2017-07-05 to my Windows 10 PC using puTTY on serial mode with this cable.

I tried to follow a few tutorials which led me to put :

enable_uart=0
dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt

in my /boot/config.txt file and remove 

console=serial0,115200

from my /boot/cmdline.txt file.

Cables wiring according to the amazon webpage :

Red +5V, Black GND, Green TXD, White RXD

I plugged my red cable on pin #4, black on pin #6, green on pin #8 and white on pin #10

Pin numbers according to this image enter image description here

Nothing appears on my puTTY window, and I become desperate.

If someone already faced the same problem or, at least, knows how to solve it, I'd be glad he helps me !

Please excuse my english, this isn't my first language.

Edit : The cable works fine on my Android Things Rpi3, so it's not coming from the cable

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    Forget whatever dodgy link you followed (which disabled BOTH Bluetooth AND serial) and enable serial from raspi-config. I STRONGLY suggest that you DO NOT connect the USB serial adapter 5V to the Pi 5V pins.
    – Milliways
    Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 10:49
  • So I remove every edits I did and ONLY use raspi-config ?
    – Maskim
    Commented Jan 18, 2018 at 10:50

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You plugged the cables wrong. You have to plug RX to TX and TX to RX. Also plug ground to ground.

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  • Thank you, I changed it, and used only raspi-config as @Milliways suggested and it works !
    – Maskim
    Commented Jan 19, 2018 at 9:11
  • @Maxime.D Please mark this as the accepted answer - there is a tick you need to click under the voting buttons to the left
    – Quintin B
    Commented Jan 19, 2018 at 10:26

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