seeing double characters

[Don]

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I hooked up a Belkin KVM switch betwen my Win 98 desktop and my Win XP
laptop, but when I switch to my laptop I'm getting double characters in all
my programs...... for example.... if I try and type something in Microsoft
Word all the letters appear twice......... The desktop is working fine......

 

[Guest]

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On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:22:01 -0400, "don" <don@panix.com> put finger
to keyboard and composed:

>I hooked up a Belkin KVM switch betwen my Win 98 desktop and my Win XP
>laptop, but when I switch to my laptop I'm getting double characters in all
>my programs...... for example.... if I try and type something in Microsoft
>Word all the letters appear twice......... The desktop is working fine......

You are seeing reflections due to low quality cables. Use proper 75
ohm cabling between your KVM switch and each PC. I had the same
problem until I made my own cables by cannibalising two old monitors.


- Franc Zabkar
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[Don]

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ok, thanks for the tip

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@optussnet.com.au> wrote in message
news:acnd80dqu6t3lgf0nim5ffk73pornregse@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:22:01 -0400, "don" <don@panix.com> put finger
> to keyboard and composed:
>
> >I hooked up a Belkin KVM switch betwen my Win 98 desktop and my Win XP
> >laptop, but when I switch to my laptop I'm getting double characters in
all
> >my programs...... for example.... if I try and type something in
Microsoft
> >Word all the letters appear twice......... The desktop is working
fine......
>
> You are seeing reflections due to low quality cables. Use proper 75
> ohm cabling between your KVM switch and each PC. I had the same
> problem until I made my own cables by cannibalising two old monitors.
>
>
> - Franc Zabkar
> --
> Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.