OPEN BOX - StarTech.com 8 Port 1U Rackmount DVI USB KVM Switch - USB DVI KVM Switch - DVI KVM Switch - USB KVM Switch (SV831DVIU) USB 8 port DVI

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Right out of the box, I noticed that if I left this device plugged in overnight, the USB mouse and keyboard would stop working. I tried different keyboard and mouse combinations and different PCs, but it just seems to lose connectivity if left on. I have to disconnect each PC, disconnect the power, and plug everything back in again to get it to start working again. Unfortunately, because I didn't need this item as soon as I got it and it took me a while to diagnose that it wasn't the mouse, keyboard, PC's but the KVM, I've missed my return window so I'm stuck resetting this thing every morning. My advice is that you test this device as soon as you get it! We have three more of these and they appear to work fine on the same models of PCs so It just seems to be this one device.

Needed this for a new area of Mac and PC servers. Excellent product and comes with all the cables, meaning no extra costs. Already own two of these and they are a great KVM at a reasonable price.

Ok, it does work, and the single cable VGA/USB connections are nice. BUT .... The unit doesn't pass monitor information to the PC's that are connected, so the PC's can't tell what resolutions are supported. The KVM switch pretends to be a monitor, and you can only use resolutions in its pre-programmed list. Those are selected by a hot-key menu. The default is 1024 x 768 and you can set it higher, but you may find that it doesn't support the native resolution of your monitor ... if that's the case, you'll be stuck with a fuzzy picture. It's especially a problem in Windows 7, where the PC controls the screen resolutions you're offered. If I'd known this upfront, I wouldn't have bought it.

Does pretty much what you'd expect. Allows you to share one keyboard, mouse and montior between 8 computers. I like how they've designed it how there's only ONE VGA looking cable going from the back of the KVM unit to each computer. On the computer side, that same cable terminates into a USB and VGA connection. This reduces cable clutter and saves on space. If you need to extend your cable, use extensions on the VGA/USB end of the cable.The only con to this product is that it takes about one full second to switch between computers. Not a big deal. I didn't need to use the power adapter on the unit. Nor did I need to turn off all the computers/servers when attaching the cables.I currently only have 6 different computers connected on this unit. 3 of which are Windows 2008 servers, one networked DVR (Windows XP Embedded), and 2 Windows XP desktops.