Review on 🔌 StarTech Keyboard Splitter Adapter, Model KYC1MF, Enhanced for SEO by Jose Smith

The so-called standard for combining a PS/2 mouse and keyboard into a single PS/2 connection to a computer or docking station doesn't seem to be implemented in the same way be from all manufacturers. The discrepancy relates to how one of the devices' data and clock signals are remapped to the two nominally unused pins (2 and 6) of the same 6-pin mini-DIN connector on the computer. If this Y-cable doesn't work when a keyboard and mouse are plugged into the designated ports, try swapping them, ie plugging a mouse into the keyboard port and a keyboard into the mouse port. However, this method may still not work for all installations, as this particular splitter cable routes all 6 pins from the keyboard jack to the connector, rather than carrying connections for pins 2 and 6, which are remapped for mouse and clock data. signals. So if something plugged into the keyboard port has internal connections to these pins, it can interfere with the signals being sent by the device plugged into the mouse port and cause one or both of the devices to not work. It would be better if Star Tech left pins 2 and 6 of the keyboard connector unconnected.