I'm looking for my best option for a sound card that will drive 4 small outdoor weather proof speakers (no sub or mid range boxes). The space is small and the volume will be low.
The speakers will be positioned about 15' from my computer on the outside of a concrete masonry wall. If some...
I have a feeling that adding resistors might really be the ticket. I'm no Engineer either, but everything seems to point to interference being transferred between the KVM's and then the keyboard signal get garbled. I might revisit the whole thing again next week or sometime....
Man, thanks for all your help with this...
BUT, I'm going to take a brake on this for awhile. I've lost a little of my ambition!
(my other idea was to try a different brand KVM -a simple IO gear just to switch the 2nd monitor. Didn't really help much but I thought it was worth a try...)
We'll do. I have one other crap shoot thing that I'm going to try....
Btw- I think you are right about the resistors. The cable works fine when plugged in to only one KVM.
If anyone knows what size of resistor I would need to solder onto each connection, please let me know!
Well, quicker than that...
No change. Works great for about 20 cycles. Then I get problems. If I unplug and replug the keyboard it resets everything for another 20 cycles.
I'm about at the end of play time...
Alright, well, curiosity got the best of me and I went ahead and spliced together try #2, twisting the cables like you said. I was a little more meticulous this time and the solder job was definately an improvement. I'm typing on the spliced cable right now. Just wrapped them real quick with...
Hmmmmm, I'm almost inclinded to go with the male-female/female splitter route and get a 2 male/male couplers, and then splice a female/female coupler. Seems that the chances of interference would be minimized a little with just one female coupler on the keyboard side of the equation... maybe...
Hmmmm, well I was wrong about something...
after 20 or so rotations, both the KVM hotkeys AND the keyboard within windows doesn't recognize the right keys.
When I run into this KVM switching problem and then try to type in Notepad or somewhere, the keyboard keys start giving different...
Well, crapola... what happens is this: I can use this setup and toggle between the 2 monitors and PC's about 20 times. Then, for some reason, the keyboard hotkey fails to switch the monitors. If I unplug the keyboard PS2 plug and reconnect it, it works beautifully again... for another 20...
Yeah, the wife made me eat dinner!
Anyway, I soldered all the connections and left the wires bare just to do a quick test and I'm stunned to report that it worked great! There was just a slight fraction of a second difference in the monitor switching. Not enough to bug me and much better...
Problem with that is I dont need a male/female (gender change), I need one female/female and 2 male/males. The male/male is easy to find but try and find a female/female.... I can't.
The reason is the KVM's have female connectors, the keyboard end is male, and the Y adapter is male split...
Just cut open the cable a minute ago. Had several male/female 6" PS/2 extensions that were useless 2 minutes ago!
I'll admit, I've never completed a sucessful solder job and it's been years since I've even tried. I have a kit, so maybe I'll give it a shot. I was thinking about just...
I know it sounds like a mess, but it really does work perfectly. The KVM's are the same model and switch exactly at the same time. The hard thing to find on KVM's is one that supports both microphone and speaker switching. Usually they just come with one option. By ditching the microphone...
Knew I would need to explain this....
I have 2 PC's that are both dual monitor setups... One of the monitors is hooked up to a Belkin KVM. The other monitor has an input switch that I can use to go back and forth between PC's, but I'm getting sick of it. I would much rather use the one...
THe OCZ.
Put it in with a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum. Haven't done any overclocking with it yet... still trying to get all the apps. loaded.
Otherwise, it's all running fast as hell!
Has anyone found good pricing on Lightscribe CD's and DVD's anywhere?
I'm used to burning only on FujiFilm DVD+R's (Taiyo Yuden's) and haven't a clue what other brands that support lightscribe would be recommended....
Looking to purchase the BenQ DW1655 DVD writer and noticed the lack of analog audio output connectors.
I would like to put it in a system with a MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum mobo, but will I be able to play DVD's and hear sound?
Very confused!!!
Can't figure this one out...
I have an Adaptec SCSI Card (39160 DUAL Channel U160-64Bit PCI Card) coupled with a Seagate Cheetah SCSI 15k hard drive and the bus speeds only read 8 bits wide.
The motherboard isa MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum (with PCI-e)
Why would I only get 8 bits instead of 16?
Here's what I have done...
On PC#1, I have a 40 GB Hard Drive and a 120 GB hard drive.
Not knowing the program very well, I created an image of the 40GB hard drive to backup (which I need to wipe clean to install into another system-PC#2).
There was about 50GB of storage on the 120GB...
Yes, that is correct.
I still do not understand how an Opteron can be recognized with an earlier BIOS (known not to recognize the Opteron dual core) without Booting and Flashing up from a floppy.
If the mobo can't recogize the chip to begin with, can you transfer the flash file from an...
No, I agree, Bob. It is very wishy-washy. My only guess is that in the average situation, it is best to flash from within windows (seems like quite an arguable statement to me).
In the case of the Neo4 not able to recognize an Opteron, unless you happen to have the luxury of having an...
I?m in the middle of setting up a Neo4 Platinum with an Opteron 165. It?s 99% built, just waiting on the RAM to be shipped here tomorrow, so I can?t tell you yet which BIOS it ships with.
The one thing you do NOT want to do is boot from a floppy to upgrade. The flash instructions warn of...
Thx for the replies!
I have cleared the CMOS several times and even tried another CMOS battery. No changes. I might add, however, that the RAM for my system is just sitting at the Fed EX facility here in Denver (supposed to receive tomorrow) so I am just toying with this system RAM-less...
This is weird...
My mobo (MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum) powers up immediately when I plug it in.
I connected my case (Cooler Master Stacker) power switch and reset wires to the mobo and noticed nothing happens when I press either the power or reset buttons. I am also not getting any LED lights...
Just wondering if by accident a SATA HD were plugged in with both the SATA power connector and a molex connector at the same time, if the unit would take current from both sources and fry?
OR, is there any type of protection within the HD that would cancel out one or another?
One more question for extra credit....:P
I have a MSI K8N Neo4 mobo with a Opteron 165 dual core processor. The only other component connected is the video card. The RAM is not installed, nor are any HD's.
When I power up, all the fans kick on, including the fan's connected to the...
Thanks for your replies, CP5670, I?m not doubting your post. You info. makes more sence than anyones. I?m just frustrated being on the verge of purchasing and can?t get a difinitive simple answer from any dealers/manufacturers. And, of course, MSI?s tech support number has been busy for 3...
I really can't belive this BS. Monarch tells me that they don't sell a power supply that will even run this board with the extra -5V line. OCZ tells me that it was the Neo4 Platinum SLI board that needed the extra rail?
Seems like everybody is telling me something different. WTF -I thought...
Hmmm, well I guess that's why I am confused.
Monarch show on their web site under the Neo4 that "Audio Requires -5VDC Rail on Power Supply"
Neo4 - down towards the middle of the page
I've had 3 different one's that I almost sent payment for already and I don't want to be sending a beast like this back
I want the best OCZ 520w supply that works with the Neo4 (non-SLI board) and has the extra -5VDC Rail.
OCZ PS
Thanks!
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