wrench97

The keyboard and mouse usually come with their own receiver which I would use.
USe the add on for the phone. If you run 1 or 2 USB hubs on or near the desk top that will give you 2 wires to run along with sound plug and look for a HDMI monitor (smaller plug)

WereBo

I can use my phone's Bluetooth facilities with my stereo headphones, but I've never tried a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard so I can't really comment on them.

I use a wireless mouse/keyboard from Logitech, but the receiver unit is wired to the PC - The receiver also acts as a charging-dock for the mouse, the keyboard takes ordinary batteries. I bought it in Sept. 07 and it's using it's 2nd set of batteries, the 1st set were supplied with the units and lasted approx. 9 months.

Anyway, here's the Logitech range of wireless keyboard/mouse combos - There's an option to filter the range to Bluetooth ones, at the top of the page. The prices are in UK££'s, so there's a good chance you can get it cheaper, anywhere else in the World

Partholon

Yeah i realized only after reading further that most charging statsions double as the reciever, which means the wire would have to be run through the wall, which totally kills the purpose of having wireless. Im a bit disappointed, i was thinking i could plug the charging station in on the outlet directly behind chair on the opposite wall. Not sure how ill go about this, but i know that Mouses (mice?) (Mices?) that use normal batteries SUCK they drain them dry in like two weeks of typical usage and they ALWAYS die for me when im in the middle of a delicate cut or edit.

This morning i mounted all three of my monitors to the wall and ran the wires to the center one and through the wall to the closet it worked out really well and i look forward to using three monitors at once for the first time. The wires just barely reachd where the computer will be.

Ill be using my two old 8800gts' (not run in sli) to run them until i can decided on what new cards i want. If i find that the computer chugs to much during games ill just restart and switch on SLI and use just one monitor. I cant find a better solution for triple monitors, products like Triplehead2go seem great at first, until you realize its resolution is horrible. im using 24 inch LCDs, each being 1920x1200. the maximum vertical resolution of the device is only 1024, i know first hand how bad LCDs look when not run at their native resolution. What a shame because i heard thats the only way to get sli, or triplesli while using multiple monitors. No matter, three monitors will still be fantastic for my editing.

WereBo

I just thunked another thought, here..... Why not mount a USB hub in the wall as a panel? That way, you could connect your keyboard/mouse receiver via USB by plugging it into the wall.... It would also handle your printer and other peripherals too

It would take some hunting around for a suitable USB hub to modify the casing, you'd need all the sockets on 1 side of the case etc., but it would work in theory.

wrench97

How about a card reader I/O panel that would give you usb and a card reader mounted in the wall.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820132020

WereBo

That looks excellent - 4 USB sockets too

wrench97

Plus the Esata and Fire wire ports for the DVD drive.

Partholon

WOW! that is an EXCELLENT idea. seriously, im headed out to staples rite now to see if they have anything like that, if not ill be ordering from new egg. +10 Points for you.

John Von Trapp

Cant wait to see the pics :p

Partholon

Im going to have to buy a new Operating System for this computer, my prior is OEM. any suggestions over the old debate of Vista or XP? I have never owned a computer running Vista so my experience is limited. I do recall hearing that it was vastly inferior performance wise, but i dont know if patches and such have fixed these problems. I do know that a lot of the parts im getting all say "for vista" though.

is it time to change to vista or buy another XP?

John Von Trapp

In my own experience, and I have been using Vista for a while now, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it. As long as you update it to the latest version, you will have NO problems whatsoever. I recommend it, even as an ex-Vista hater

Mcninjaguy

The people who get really bad vista performance are probably running low end hardware

wrench97

Laptops especially seem to be problems on Vista, the only desktop complaints seem to be older or slower hardware.

Partholon

ill pick up a vista copy later today, i hate to invest in an OS that is going to be replaced by windows7 so soon, but i cant run on nothing.

Partholon

I already hate vista. Installation went fine, updates went fine, drivers installed fine. then for no reason it stopped reading the network. I was connected and online with no problems then i come back later and i cant get the bloody thing to read that im connected to router at all.


"windows cannot find any networks"

even the little green light near where the ethernet cable plugs into the motherboard doesnt light up anymore. AHRRGG im so frustrated with it.

wrench97

If your not getting the lights at connector try another cable first, does the router show a connection?

Partholon

yes ive tried other wires , including the one that runs my other computer (tested working) and no beans. updated the drivers too. also checked the bios, its enabled. also checked device manager, everything looks fine. also the green light is on until windows starts then it dies.

vista blows

Partholon

im pulling my hair out here, ten years of building computers and ive never had this kind of unjustified problem. how can something just stop working with no changes made.

vista doesnt see my router at all but my routers light is on idicating that there is a computer connected via that port. ive connected other computers to that port and it works, ive connected this computer to other ports stil dont work. ive tried the other ethernet input on the motherboard that didnt work. i tried alternate drivers , that didnt work. i manually punched in my routers ip into IE nothing came up. i disabled and reenabled the ethernet ports that didnt work. Ipconfig says


"Ethernet adapter local area connections 2:

media state . . . . .. . :media disconnected
Connections-specific dns suffix . :

Tunnel Adapter local area connection*7:

Media State . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Tunnel Adapter local area connection* 11:


Media State . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

vista says it reads my ethernet ports in device manager and they are operating properly yet it doesnt read any network or internet at all. im ready to toss the damn thing out the window and go back to Macs. Ive never ever had any kind of stupid problems on my macs!


im going to take a guess and assume its got a problem with my old wrt54g 1.1, but that wouldnt explain why it worked just fine for about two hours. ill try to find vista64 firmware for the router

WereBo

It's a long shot, but have you allowed the router through the Vista firewall?

Partholon

yes and i completely disabled the vista firewall. i also got the latest firmware updates for the router still wont work. im so pissed off rite now. feel very ripped off by this software.


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