Bought an Avocent Switchview DVI KVM.
XP Display turns off after switching to Win 7 display
The XP machine an an ATI RADEON x600 card
The Window7 machine has an ATI RADEON HD 4350.
When setting up the switch, I go back and forth -- the Windows 7 machine always displays, the XP machine never displays after the switch has been used.
Search for WIN 7 & KVM switch issues... you will find thousand of hits, because WIN 7 has one unique feature where it disables internal and external ports if these are not in use.
In a KVM solution setup this would mean, while you are connected everything is fine, now when you switch over to your (Lets say) WIN XP and work for 30 minutes on it... and then switch back, WIN 7 might have already scanned and seen that the USB port where the KVM cable comes in is IDLE... so it disconnected it... you cannot get it back until you reboot your WIN 7 system. Its not the KVM solution is one of those Microsoft wonder weapons that breaks what has worked for 20 years
If you are having problems with your video card
the drivers might not be installed correctly you might
have to uninstall the graphics card restart your computer then reinstall the
graphics card and its drivers
If your computer
came with a motherboard disc the drivers could be on it
Click start control
panel administrive tools computer management device manager scroll to display
adapters + to expand you might see a yellow question mark ? or exclamation mark
! or a red x right click select reinstall drivers or
you might need to
download one
http://download.cnet.com/video-ati-ati-radeon/3000-2108_4-175861.html
This package
supports the following driver models:
Hope this helps
you
You should download the manual located here:
http://www.avocent.com/Resources/Manuals_and_Tech_Bulletins.aspx
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