KVM disaster

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board2death986

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Ok not a disaster but financially it would be reaching that point. Originally i had boughten a PS/2 KVM switch for my old setup and that worked fine until i got my saitek eclipse a ways back, so then i moved onto the USB version and figured "what the hell, it should work fine right?" WRONG. As soon as I plug my keyboard in the backlighting flashes and doesn't respond. So basically I need a good quality KVM switch with a wall a/c reliant power source that should work with both the mx 1000 and saitek eclipse, since i figure those draw too much power for the iogear USB KVM switch :(
 
those kvm switches really are quite pricey for the nice ones

any reviews on newegg help you?
 
Does Saitek support using their keyboard with a KVM?
 
You gain very little to nothing using a usb keyboard. Just get one of those USB->PS/2 adapters.

Then just use your mouse with the usb.
 
Menelmarar said:
You gain very little to nothing using a usb keyboard. Just get one of those USB->PS/2 adapters.

Then just use your mouse with the usb.
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that defeats the purpose, the point is using one set of keyboard and mice for a set of two computers. None of this has really helped at all.

Newegg reviews haven't told me if any specific KVM would work with my keyboard no.

And there is no problem with support, it's a power issue i said that in my initial post, the keyboard gets partial power so it works for a few seconds at a time before the lights flash and it resets, these KVM swithces run off the USB for power, and that is simply not enough my devices which are just a little more power hungry.
 
I'm using synergy right now, but that's only a temporary solution, it eats bandwith and it doesn't work well with games.
 
My Raritan can be powered by an a/c adapter that isn't included, and works great with ps/2. They're a little pricey but very high quality. Not sure if it'll work specifically with your keyboard, but it has individual channels (as opposed to one single chip for the whole kvm as most kvms do) so it should function just like any other keyboard.
 
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