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Solve : Kvm cs62us? |
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Answer» Right i bought this KVM switch in the hopes that i could hook up 2 computers to the one Monitor and im having an issue when everything is plugged in.. that the monitor wont start Is that the reason everything isnt working correctly? ..to my understanding its not standard vga port because its not blue whereas the xp's machine is blue While most are blue, the color designation doesnt really make a difference as for there are black, white, beige, grey, and other colors in addition to blue used with VGA connections. Blue is the more COMMON "modern" color for a VGA plug end though where as in the past there was no color standard. The video card in that one system has a Dual Video splitter cable. This is more common for lower end video cards for use in SFF systems ( slim desktops ) where dual video is needed, but the system can not take a full height card and doesnt have a neighboring slot to be converted to take up 2 x half height card slots. When it comes to KVM's I have had some that were picky before with certain VGA outputs such as a GeForce 6150SE integrated on a lower end BOARD that when switching from this system running the GeForce 6150SE to another system you would hear a "da-dunk" sound from the speakers as if there was a USB device unplugged. What the problem was is that the video card was disabling the VGA output on this motherboard in which now there is no video output. And in order to get it back I had to reboot the system with the focus of the KVM remaining on this system. Whenever the focus was changed to another system of the 2-port KVM, you'd hear a da-dunk sound and the integrated video was gone. I ended up having to get rid of this motherboard as for I tried everything to solve the problem including buying a different 2-port KVM and the problem remained. For some reason when the focus was no longer set to this system, it would shut off the video out. The fix in the end was to eventually SWAP out the motherboard with a different motherboard which solved the problem. When a KVM switched from one system to another they are suppose to maintain a handshake with the system so that the system does not detect a loss of connection to a keyboard, video card, or mouse. This one motherboard was not happy with a Linksys and a Belkin KVM for some reason. You may find that the system with the VGA Y splitter is the cause of the issues. Do you have a 3RD computer to test with? I'd hook up 2 systems that have normal VGA outputs and see if the problem is solved. If you dont have a system to test with maybe a friend can bring their system over to help you test with. Lastly KVM's can be picky when added to live systems, so both computers should be completely powered off before the KVM is added. Then BOOT up one system at a time and you shoul get video right away to 1 of the 2 systems booting on the display. Also if you boot the system that does not have this VGA Y-cable up with the KVM connected to it and no other connection from the KVM to the system with the VGA Y-cable, it should default to normal single system use in which the KVM acts as a passive device for the keyboard, video, and mouse communications. It could be a bad/defective KVM, but its more than likely a KVM that is not liking the system with the VGA Y-Cable config. If this system with the VGA Y-Cable config has integrated video option which is VGA, you could remove the video card and see if it will be happy just running off of integrated video, however there may be a performance impact if this system was used for gaming etc and the integrated video being weak compared to that of the video card that was added. |
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