Sabrent USB 3.0 Sharing Switch for Multiple Computers and Peripherals LED Device Indicators (USB-SW30)

I highly recommend reading this article if you are thinking of buying this device and want to assure that your computer continues to function! I was very pleased with the first impression I had of this product. A great set of cables are included, and it is constructed very well. An input line of four is connected to my input system I use a three-port USB hub made by the same company (connected to a mouse, keyboard, and a webcam) with two outputs a Surface book 2 and a self-contained computer Building a PC with hardware that is about 2 years old This is his third year. I have a Surface Book and I find the hub works well with it. Devices connected via USB are easy to use and fast to connect. Sometimes, my keyboard would disconnect if left on for a long period of time, but other than that everything worked fine. I have given this a 5 out of 5. It was the connection to my PC that proved to be problematic. It seemed that some of my devices were not consistently connecting, especially when my computer started up. I have a lot of experience with PC building, so I tried to address the problem. A major issue with this device is that it interferes with the PC's BIOS, causing the device's driver to not communicate with USB devices, and that it even prevents the machine from starting. My PC has been slower to start up sometimes when using this USB device, and it has even fooled my BIOS at times by changing the boot order to something else. On many occasions, the fans will only run for a few seconds, and then turn off when the computer is turned on. I have to disconnect this device in order to get the pc to come on and run. Occasionally, the device will connect to the computer and it will power on, but I will then encounter a fatal OS error. In addition to this, even when my PC boots perfectly, I continually receive the error "Your USB device is not working properly", and the lights on my keyboard and mouse flicker as they try and fail to connect. I have not encountered this issue with any other USB device connected to Based on the comments for USB 2, it appears that the USB 2 is working well. Some people have reviewed the USB v. 0 version of this device, and reported that the device pushes a back voltage to computers, which violates USB specifications and is hazardous to the machine. An error of this kind would be truly unacceptable, as it could cause a great deal of trouble for me, and could eventually cause my computer to malfunction. Despite my experience as an engineer and PC builder, I have come to distrust this device in general. BUYER BEWARE! Do not make a purchase. A refund will be given to me when I return my device.

Ahmed Boyd

| Jul 14, 2021

Don't be foolish. As soon as I connected my docking station to my laptops, switching between them worked like a dream. Eventually, though, unplugging one laptop would send a surge of power to the other and would cause it to power off right away. During that period of time, my computer would randomly power off multiple times throughout the day while connected to the docking station. In order to fix the behavior, I had to disconnect the dock from the computer. Now that I've been up for a week without a random power outage, I really appreciate your help. This item will be returned to you. The only thing I'm glad about is that my computer wasn't destroyed.

Nala Valdez

| Jun 17, 2021

The ability to switch between work and personal laptops without the need for a second setup is one of the purposes of a simple switch. As far as I can tell, the only issue I have is that it's too light and won't hold its place if it's pulled, shifted, or twisted. In conjunction with a WavLink universal docking station, I am using this. To clarify, cables ARE included in the price. Since I didn't know that from the description, that was a huge win for me. The overall purchase is a good buy if you're after this kind of quality.

Jefferson Galloway

| Jun 12, 2021

My laptop and desktop were connected and switched to a docking station using this. It seems that the desktop stayed on, but the laptop kept disconnecting every two minutes The time is three

I tried to switch the cables but it did not work. I had an external hard drive connected to it and it caused it to crash due to constant connection problems. It is not necessary to enable this switch to operate the docking station. The product I have reviewed is not recommended.

Rene Pope

| Jan 01, 2021

Considering the sale price of $15. 00, it is questionable if it is worth it to purchase. This is what I've been using Usually, I use KVM switches, but the new Displayport 1 from my preferred brand works great. Since I couldn't use the 4 models on my WD19TB dock, I decided to use the HDMI and DP ports on my monitor as a hub, so I could switch between computers and something like this. Although I had a small number of problems with it, I eventually got past most of them. My laptop dock went into port A, and my desktop went into port B. I connected a USB hub to the input for this. One or two other devices were plugged into the USB hub, as well as my mouse, keyboard, and gamepad. Due to the fact that this is a powered hub, power consumption should not be an issue A problem exists. I. 1. I regularly found that something would simply stop working unless I unplugged it from the hub and plugged it back in again. No matter what I try, no matter whether it is the same model or a completely different unit, it always causes the same problem. 1. *br. It will automatically select one kind of at random. This is not random switching - that would be much worse - but I leave the desktop off most of the time. If I shut down or unplug this from my laptop dock, it sometimes defaults to switching to the desktop and sometimes it doesn't. This is not an issue, just unexpected when I'm doing projects as simple as rewiring (Shelter at Home and starting to work from home have led to a lot of 'what if I moved it' possibilities. These are known as "situations"). 1. 2. 3. By getting a separate, dedicated USB hub switch for my keyboard, mouse, and gamepad, and plugging it directly into my USB audio DAC, I was able to overcome some of these issues. it would be nice to be able to leave my audio on the dock of my laptop if I needed to switch over to my desktop for a brief period. In my laptop dock, I plugged a Sabrent USB hub that's a high wattage into the Sabrent USB hub, and I plugged this USB switcher into the Sabrent USB hub. As I was testing it, I observed that USB audio would just stop playing before a song had finished playing. Powered it on by plugging it in to a USB port A C adapter mounted on my laptop dock (which has very few USB ports) first worked for a little while, then stopped working after *30 minutes This was the second time in 45 minutes that the timer stopped. I have it unplugged right now. It's likely I will keep tinkering with it, I honestly think most of the issues are due to the fact that it draws power from the host device that it's connected to. The idea seems logical, but I don't like the way it is implemented. There are some issues with this, especially if you need something simple or are going to use for an uncommon device. You may need to play around with it a lot, but it should work for the most part. A few users report that it blew I'm fairly certain it's a power draw issue, so I'm not surprised by it.

Cleo Ibarra

| Oct 25, 2020