Customer Reviews

Targus PAEPR090U Mobile Port Station

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3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

If you read the manual, it will tell you that the main product limitation comes from having to share one USB 1.1 port with many different devices-- your mouse and keyboard interactions will be guaranteed to hiccup every 3 seconds. I thought it was a great idea until I tried it out myself.

I bought two of these, one for home and one for the office for my Dell laptop. Works like a champ with USB mouse and PS/2 keyboard. In addition to these two, at the office I use the network port and at home the parallel port. Plugging in one cable instead of three plus reducing clutter on my desk are very nice. I did have to download the 2.3 driver from Targus. It worked better than the 2.4 driver that came in the package.

I bought this unit to interface my Palm V's serial cradle to my new notebook that has only USB ports. Not a good choice. The unit "features" a MANUAL RESET BUTTON which must be pressed for 5 seconds every time the computer comes out of sleep mode to restart the ports. Its drivers are not smart enough to do this by themselves. (Forget about putting the hub out of sight to eliminate the clutter)

Even with the reset button, I often had to exit and restart the Palm Hotsync manager to get it to talk to the Palm.

Also, the unit requires its own power brick, adding to the clutter on the desk.

Avoid this unit unless you really need all the ports

Very unreliable piece of equipment. Works for awhile, but looses ports, keyboards, etc... on a regular basis. Only buy this product if you like rebooting your computer to get your keyboard, mouse, or other ports back again every few hours. Also, some vendors are pretending this is a "docking station" it is not. It is only a port replicator.

I tried to use this with XP - forget it! No drivers at Targus, their search did not even find the hub! Most of the connections kind of worked, but not the serial port which was what I wanted to use it for in the first place since my notebook has none and I needed to support my Palm Pilot.

I at least expected a support note, but came up with zip. If this is the way they support their products I won't buy a Targus brand product again. Don't waste your time.

NO Support from Targus.

Doesn't work correctly with the ethernet connection.

Can't find out if it actually supports USB 2.0- probably does not, from what I've managed to find.

I did finally get the ps/2 and keyboard ports to work, which is what I really wanted/needed it for.

I purchased this from an amazon reseller, and I'll try (yeah, right) to return it. What a piece of junk. Mine came used, scratched, with no original driver disc.

If I could go lower than one star I would. This thing keeps locking up the computer. The audio keeps shutting down. The USB ports keep going down. It has been nothing but a headache. Better off getting a good USB hub.

For low usage and low port requirements this *may* do the job for you. My experience with this product has been a terrible waste of time. LAN port drops connection on a regular basis. Had to replace the unit 4 times, 3 for the LAN problem and the 1st one for a K/B and Mouse drop off. Having to reset this device on a regular basis is a nasty little solution. I am looking elsewhere for a reliable product personally. PS have also tried the new *updated* version of this port replicator the PA095U and has the same problems with a slightly different logo on the front to stare at while ripping your hair out!

Unit is a little larger than it appeared in the picture. It seems to work well, with the exception of the Ethernet port, which will not work with my Windows 7 operating system.

Bought it less than two years ago with my Dell Laptop and it's failed already. Looks like it doesn't have enough parts to make it break so quickly. More than frustrating. I've been had! But do I have a choice if I want to have a printer and a mouse and a keyboard and a scanner and a Cardscan and a separate disk drive and a Palm?