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| Targus ACP50US Universal Notebook Docking Station with Video | 
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| Brand: Targus
Category: CE
List Price: $139.99
Buy New: $29.00
You Save: $110.99 (79%)
New (49) Used (7) Refurbished (1) from $29.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Floppy Disk Drive: None
Modem: None
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 10 x 4 x 7
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: ACP50US
Model: ACP50US
UPC: 092636214586
EAN: 0092636214586
ASIN: B0007LXRB6
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Ran Fine Until Recently September 1, 2008
I bought one of these 2 years ago, running a Dell 700m laptop, SVA brand monitor, wireless mouse & keyboard and audio speakers off it. I never had any problems with it. It was a snap to install and configure by plug & play. No keybd or mouse problems, nothin! About a month ago, I started having problems with starting up Windows (XP Pro). It would not boot the system, would go to blank screen about a minute after the Windows XP logo screen, then just power down and stop. It started to take several hard stops and starts before XP would start. After running all the diagnostics on Windows and my Dell, I isolated it to the ACP50 since nothing else appeared to have any problems. Uninstalled it, reinstalled from the beginning and now cannot install the hardware, with an error message that says it the hub) is malfunctioning. I have contacted Targus but have not heard back (and don't expect to). Anyone else have a similar problem, write it here please.
 video does not work due to power surge July 13, 2008
i have purchased 2 of these now and have had problems with the video and power problems. both times computer does not recognize device.
 It didn't work. December 31, 2007
This product did not work well at all. It slowed my computer down to a snail's pace. It first of all came partially opened already as if it had been returned previously. I was very unhappy with this product and returned it immediately to the vendor. I did get a full refund though less shipping charges.
Not recommended December 6, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
While the product does work as advertised, the mouse tracking is slow with the bundled ver 7.01 of the drivers. I uninstalled and downloaded/installed the latest 7.12 from Targus. The mouse worked better, but still shaky. The video MUST be set to USB-Primary otherwise it can't share the video with the laptop (I'm using a brand new Dell Vostro 1500, 2Gb RAM, WinXPSP2). Worse, the video seems to be an extended desktop, so on the external monitor, if you move the mouse too far right, it begins to appear on the laptop's screen and gets annoying when trying to bring it back over.
In all, I would not recommend this product as it appears that the single USB connection cannot carry all the data of video, sound, mouse, kybd, etc sufficiently. I hope that Targus redesigns the product with a faster 'backbone' in future models.
~Greg
IT Consultant (18yrs+ experience)
 Best Generic PC Notebook Docking Station available! November 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unless your brand of PC Notebook has their own model specific docking station design for it, you can't beat this one. With a simple and single cable (USB 2.0), the Targus Dock is ready to go, including the Video Monitor Output, Sound, Network and other USB devices like your mouse or printer. If your notebook supports higher than 1024x768 video out, you might still want to plug the notebook directly into your monitor.
All for a lot less than the docks sold by HP, Compaq, Toshiba, Sony and the others.
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