{"id":1158,"date":"2010-02-13T14:43:04","date_gmt":"2010-02-13T12:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2025-07-27T21:20:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T18:20:19","slug":"one-keyboard-mouse-and-monitor-to-rule-them-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.all-things-me.net\/blog\/2010\/02\/13\/one-keyboard-mouse-and-monitor-to-rule-them-both","title":{"rendered":"One keyboard, mouse, and monitor to rule them both"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since I got my new computer my old one has been understandably neglected. It’s been such a hassle crawling under the table to switch the monitor cable back and forth that I’ve just left it be. (I do have 2 keyboards and 2 mice but not really space on the desk for all 4 peripherals.) At least I have an access to the files on my old computer so I’ve been able to move what I want over, but I still want to keep on playing with old #sullivan”>Sullivan<\/a> every now and then (I’m thinking of trying out Ubuntu on it).<\/p>\n

One Saturday morning I was planning on going to the centre to look for a VGA+USB+audio switch so I looked at the websites of a couple of shops I thought could be promising. I’d been looking at this Aten CS-62U at a web store but the delivery estimate was 5-10 days and I figured I couldn’t wait that long; I’d rather go in a store and pick up a switch.<\/p>\n

Well, the stores that I looked at didn’t seem to have what I was looking for, the weather was kinda cold, and I was feeling lazy after a rough week (work) so I decided to order the switch after all. The 5 days’ wait wasn’t too bad. \":)\" I went to pick up the switch last night — after an hour of queuing — and picked up a fresh Nokia battery and Chronicles of Riddick Dark Athena while I was waiting.<\/p>\n

This morning I hooked it up. The guide says to turn off all power from the computers, hook everything up and then turn on the computer(s). Well, I did that and nothing worked. I figured it was the same situation as when I’d hooked up my special keyboard and mouse for my very first start-up of the new computer<\/a> — and the screen kept being black, and nothing lighted up on the keyboard and mouse. So, I plugged my keyboard, mouse, and screen directly to the computer and surfed to Aten’s site to look for a driver. None available. Isn’t this nice.<\/p>\n

I read the manual a bit further and it mentions a hot-key for quickly switching between the ports (2 x Scroll Lock). I put everything back again (except for the screen), and pressed Scroll Lock twice. Lo and behold. It made the lovely little chime and started installing a driver. Phew.<\/p>\n

I suppose pressing the Scroll Lock would’ve worked the first time around (without having to plug in the switch while the computer was running) but it was actually supposed to detect the computer that turns on first and switch to using that port. Oh well. Now it’s working and after adjusting the resolution back to 1280×1024 everything seems to look the same as before.<\/p>\n

Welcome back Sullivan! (I haven’t tried this on it yet, though.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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