G5 keyboard fails on certain Belkin Omniview KVM switches

Oct 20, '03 11:06:00AM

Contributed by: chrispar

With the arrival of my 2x2 G5 (yipee!), I bought a Belkin Omniview SOHO USB KVM 4-port Switch with Audio (F1DS104U) so I could remove two keyboards and mice from my desk and switch between the G5, a G4/733 and a PC running Linux.

When I started it up with the new, white G5 keyboard attached it emitted a continuous sequence of three beeps and the port 1 LED flashed. There's nothing on the Belkin website to explain this, but an email from Belkin support explained that the KVM couldn't find a keyboard to use. I then tried it with the older, black G4 keyboard and it worked. Belkin support have now confirmed that this KVM doesn't work with the G5 keyboard.

Hope this helps someone else...

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