RE: [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know, - I did think this might be the case, and I tried to
find
out before I bought the mobo. I couldn't get a definitive answer, it's
not mentioned in the mobo manual, & no-one here could say for sure. In
the end I decided to get the mobo anyway & figure out a way round this
later... - shouldn't be hard right?

I'm actually now giving serious consideration to changing the KVM to a
dual-standard one... the KVM I have is good, but it's fairly old now..
It's a "proper" server KVM from Compaq, rackmount, 8-ports. - but
it
only supports PS2, and doesn't support what might now be considered
normal desktop resolutions... And because I've made a lot of headway in
the last few years in terms of reducing the number of servers I run, I'm
actually only using 2 out of the 8 ports, so I could very easily manage
with a 2-port KVM, just so long as I can get the same ease of use, and
support the "proper" compaq rack keyboard that I currently use
(also
PS2)..

Something like this would seem to fit the bill....

http://www.kvmchoice.co.uk/detail_switch.asp?id=10392

which is cheap as chips!

or, http://www.kvmchoice.co.uk/detail_switch.asp?id=10511

which isn't vastly more expensive...

Paul G.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Vargster
> Sent: 28 January 2009 15:56
> To: UKHA Group
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] [OT] Vista MCE DVD playback
>
> Does the PS2 port support a laptop style Y adapter?
>
> Ebay item: 150222812783
>
> 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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