Re: [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback

[Vargster <vargster@xxxxxxxxx>]

Does the PS2 port support a laptop style Y adapter?

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Encouragingly it mentions Asus laptops...



On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM, Paul Gordon <paul@xxxxxxx>wrote:

>   Well, by jove, I think I may have cured it... :-)
>
> I'm not entirely certain how, - I haven't changed any hardware, or
> changed any drivers or software, I just poked around tweaking various
> configuration settings in the Windows display properties and the
nvidia
> display manager, *and* in the plasma menu's...
>
> I just viewed a number of DVD passages, including ones where I'd
> previous noticed the artifact was very obvious, and thus far I haven't
> observed it happening once. I've also got both MCE and the windows
> desktop pretty much perfectly scaled & centred on the plasma.
>
> The only problem I now need to overcome is the missing PS2 port on the
> ASUS mobo, - I have the keyboard plugged in to the single
"combo" port,
> which works fine, but I *Need* a PS2 mouse as well, since it goes
> through the KVM in the rack which doesn't support USB.. I just tried a
> USB-PS2 adapter, which curiously, *seemed* to work when I first
plugged
> it in, but since I rebooted no longer appears to... I'll play with
that
> a bit more when I have the time/inclination...
>
> :-)
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions along the way.
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>


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