Iogear 4 Port Dual View KVM Switch with audio & USB Peripherial Sharing

Average customer rating: 3.5

Tech Support Woes
Works fine with Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and Dell Dimension E510 and HP nc6000 laptop
Doesn't work with Nforce motherboards

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Iogear 4 Port Dual View KVM Switch with audio & USB Peripherial Sharing

Manufacturer: IOGEAR
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0009JR3UM

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Product Description

The Dual View GCS1744 USB KVMP Switch brings dual head video functionality to IOGEAR's USB KVM switch technology. Now four dual-display computers can be accessed and controlled from a single console that consists of a USB keyboard, USB mouse, and two VGA, SVGA, or Multisync monitors. In addition, the GCS1744 allows the computers to share USB peripherals connected to the USB peripheral ports, such as printers, scanners, portable hard drivers, etc. Recognizing the importance of sound, this switch is also audio-enabled. A single microphone can provide audio input to each of the computers, and you can enjoy the audio output of each computer on a single set of speakers.

Customer Reviews:

Tech Support Woes.......2007-03-22

The switch now works as promised. Their tech support is horrible and just wants to RMA everything even though it works on an identical system they claimed it was bad. It took me 6 days worth of calls and having to go through the same tech support script with each person to get escalated to their development team to determine the issue. By the way the development team is in California and their Tech Support is not.

Works fine with Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and Dell Dimension E510 and HP nc6000 laptop.......2005-12-07

I think the previous reviewer has a very specific issue that is not related to all hardware. This product has worked well with my hardware (as I suspect it does for most other folks). It's a great solution if you have two PCs with dual monitors.

Doesn't work with Nforce motherboards.......2005-10-15

Only after purchasing one and fighting with skipping and sticking keystrokes for a day did I find out from Iogears tech support that not only does this KVM not work well with multimedia and internet style keyboards (and good luck finding a non-multimedia USB keyboard these days) but it also doesn't work with Nforce motherboards, regardless of version. Thats gotta be close to half the desktops that are made now-a-days that this KVM won't work with. As of this writing they do not have a firmware fix and no ETA on when one will be released. What would possess them to release a KVM in such a buggy state is beyond me.

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