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by nessy48 1 view

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I just installed a KVM switch on our home PC and wanted it to work with my husband's laptop. Everything with the switching works fine, but the keyboard and mouse is not working. They work for the PC, but not the laptop. We have a trendnet TK-209K. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

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by smartvmusa

I think there was a problem with the port and hardware configuration. Otherwise please reinstall your kvm switch. If again you have problem i will provide you the complete information.

by oh smeg

Leads to the Desktop and see if the NB works now.

If it doesn't check that you have the NB and Desktop computers connected to the correct ports on the KMV Switch.

Also check to see if you need to use Keyboard Short Cuts on the NB's Keyboard to switch these devices to External Mouse/Keyboard.

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by tobif

The spoon is of most value in time for supper (Russian Saying).
Original Poster has hopefully solved the problem a couple of years ago. :)

by robo_dev

That KVM gets power from the USB port.

Desktop PCs tend to send more power to the USB ports than Laptops.

Things to try:

a) fiddle with the power settings on the laptop to make sure that the USB ports are powered on all the time, and not powered-off to save battery.

b) try a different USB port on the laptop

c) sometimes you have to fiddle with the USB settings in the BIOS of the PC or laptop to enable what's called 'legacy USB support'. Legacy USB support helps the KVM to wake-up, and makes sure that the keyboard works in DOS and in the BIOS setup screen.

d) Some USB KVMs are just flaky, and doing things like having one PC go into sleep mode will totally hose the KVM.

e) Some KVMs do not support using using a wireless keyboard/mouse, if that's what you' re doing.

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