4 port dvi kvm - any suggestions?

Zirax · 10-11-2012, 16:33

Hmmm, I am having a forced upgrade

It appears that win 7 won't play ball with a dual-port dvi solution and a vga monitor through a kvm

You can either have full 2540* res or 1980* res, it will not force a res through without a digital connection.......

Soooo...... The time has come for a kvm upgrade. It needs to be 4 ports with usb and dvi switching. The best I have found thus far are:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com...2560792&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/CubiQ-CS1784.../ref=de_a_smtd

Neither are cheap but they'll be kept for years, like my other one. Any other ideas?

Zirax · 10-11-2012, 21:00

Got the aten

Mark · 12-11-2012, 09:59

Please let me know how you get on with it. I should probably upgrade my old VGA KVM!

mejinks · 17-11-2012, 01:51

Funny you should mention it.... My KVM has stopped working nicely with my latest acquisition

Zirax · 18-11-2012, 18:11

Well after a horrendous amount of faffing with windows 7..... we are now cooking on gas

Who thought that getting two displays talking in a dual screen configuration at their native res was so hard! The faff was windows no fault of the kvm.

I got the Aten this week and set it all up today. I have to say I'm impressed. It switches keyboard and mouse but interestingly also a USB port. So you could say share a scanner between the machines. There is a nice touch which is you can just switch the keyboard or audio separately to the video.

All in all its black and housed in a nice proper metal box unlike Belkin! Bit pricey but it does support high resolutions without issue and you'll keep it for years.

10-11-2012, 16:33	#1
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	4 port dvi kvm - any suggestions? Hmmm, I am having a forced upgrade It appears that win 7 won't play ball with a dual-port dvi solution and a vga monitor through a kvm You can either have full 2540* res or 1980* res, it will not force a res through without a digital connection....... Soooo...... The time has come for a kvm upgrade. It needs to be 4 ports with usb and dvi switching. The best I have found thus far are:- http://www.amazon.co.uk/StarTech-com...2560792&sr=1-3 http://www.amazon.co.uk/CubiQ-CS1784.../ref=de_a_smtd Neither are cheap but they'll be kept for years, like my other one. Any other ideas?

10-11-2012, 21:00	#2
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Got the aten

12-11-2012, 09:59	#3
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Please let me know how you get on with it. I should probably upgrade my old VGA KVM!

18-11-2012, 18:11	#5
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Well after a horrendous amount of faffing with windows 7..... we are now cooking on gas Who thought that getting two displays talking in a dual screen configuration at their native res was so hard! The faff was windows no fault of the kvm. I got the Aten this week and set it all up today. I have to say I'm impressed. It switches keyboard and mouse but interestingly also a USB port. So you could say share a scanner between the machines. There is a nice touch which is you can just switch the keyboard or audio separately to the video. All in all its black and housed in a nice proper metal box unlike Belkin! Bit pricey but it does support high resolutions without issue and you'll keep it for years.