Buy StarTech 4 Port Black USB KVM Switch Kit with Cables and AudioStarTech 4 Port Black USB KVM Switch Kit with Cables and Audio Product Description:
- 4 Port Mini USB KVM Kit with Cables and
- 4 Port Mini USB KVM Kit with Cables and Audio Switching
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Startech 4 PORT MINI USB KVM KIT WITH CABLES AND AUDIO SWITCHING UK SV411KUSB KVM Switches KVM Switches
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Works but flawed
By Pete
I finally thought I had a reasonable USB KVM switch which would alllow me to start upgrading to Win 7 and USB keyboard/mouse. The KVM switch is okay, looks like a spider with cables exiting at all angles and was working fine in my exisiting setup so I bought a new core-i7 machine with Win 7 that I had my eye on and thats when things started to go astray.The KVM would switch between the Win 7 and XP machines without issue but switching back to the Win 7 machine it would lose the screen resolution setting and needed manually resetting, this rapidly became a pain so started investigating. The XP machines have the monitor defined correctly in windows but the Win 7 machine just thinks it is a default monitor, tried updating monitor driver but Win 7 just said not valid for 64bit OS, wasted time with the PC/monitor vendor to no benefit.Finally it seems that Win 7 keeps sending/requesting EDID data via the Display Data Channel (DDC) which is not supported by the KVM switch so switching between machines is seen as a disconnect/re-connect of the monitor, XP does not do this repeatedly so once it is happy with the monitor, switching is okay but not Win 7.I could buy a EDID/DDC emulator but that is expensive and is needed for every Win 7 machine so I have ordered another KVM switch which the manufacturer says is Win 7 compatible so fingers crossed it will work..If buying a KVM switch for use with Win 7 check it supports fulltime EDID/DDC emulation otherwise you'll be frustrated, as usual Microsoft is at the bottom of all this with no easy/cheap fix so everyone has to spend money unnecessarily on new hardware
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
excellent kit AND there is after sales support!
By sweepy
I was a bit reluctant to buy this - I've tried KVM switches before and they haven't worked too well. But this one worked immediately - brilliant bit of kit. AND I had a question about it (is the software that comes with it - for using hot keys instead of the switched on the unit - available for windows 7 64 bit) - so I went to the manufacturer website and found you could either contact them by email or use Livechat. I tried "Livechat" (not feeling very optimistic) and someone was actually there - within about 20 seconds. Unfortunately the software for windows 7 isn't yet available (the switch still works with win 7 - you just can't use the hot keys on the win 7 machine) - but I was amazed to find this sort of immediate tech support these days - impressive.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.Nearly flawless - excellent value
By M. R. Hudson
Switching can take a few seconds and occasionally one of the connected laptops, the one running Vista, flips back into local screen mode while it is not the machine being used. This is easily remedied by cycling the display (the familiar Fn F7 or Fn F8 or some similar combination on most laptops) and does not happen often enough to be a real irritation. I am running a desktop XP machine, a Vista laptop and an XP laptop through the switch and it is a blessing. Video quality on a high-spec BenQ 24 inch monitor at 1920x1200 is indistinguishable from a direct connection. The StarTech runs cool and, in my case at least, requires no external power - hoorah! All installations proceeded without need for the supplied software, which I have not yet bothered to investigate. There was a bit of a delay during auto-installation in some cases which made me think things were not working; but they were. Have not tried the audio but confident it will work. The switch looks a bit untidy with the cables to the monitor, mouse and keyboard coming out of the front, but this is the price of having such a compact unit. Overall very satisfied especially as this is a cheap example of such a KVM switch. This StarTech product makes my life easier every day, came with all the cables it needs of decent quality and reasonable length, and causes no trouble - what more to ask? I don't think any of the drawbacks are severe enough to withhold the final star, particularly at the price.
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