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Hi, I've just received and installed the KVM-A8. However, I'm having trouble getting the USB MSD to work.

To switch the MSD between the DVD and Flash mode it is necessary to physically re-plug the internal USB cable. Clicking on Connect main USB does not do the trick (nothing happens on server, verified using udevadm monitor).

Questions: - Does the KVM-A8 not have the USB circuit breaker controlled by the GPIO pin like PiKVM V3? - When powering with PoE switch an orange warning is displayed (underpowered during boot). The switch is 30W PoE+ (af/at). Is this not enough? - Why does the PCIe bracket cover two USB-ports on the Pi?

Additional observations: - The fan on the unit is *very* loud. Will replace it with heatsink 165-B soon. - One side of the supplied HDMI cable can not be fully inserted into the port, the cable often fails (sync error). I replaced the cable with another one and now it works OK. - The motherboard GA-Z87X-UD3H with latest BIOS 10b can't see the MSD as boot option (even when enabling CSM/legacy/BIOS). Even with Ventoy. This requires me to rely on plugged-in USB drives to the server. - The MSD mode switching could potentially be circumvented by using a PoE switch controls to force-restart the RPi and reconnect the USB (default MSD mode should be changed before the restart). Will verify this method.

Otherwise the (Pi)KVM-A8 works great. The video latency is superb and the unit overall well designed.