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add new modelines for arcadevga?
bitbytebit:
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on October 25, 2010, 02:55:47 pm ---As far as I know, the ArcadeVGA since version 2 has been non-programmable without hacking the bios. In which case, why use it?
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And in fact if you take an ArcadeVGA 3000 card and flash the bios with the Radeon HD 2600 PCIe bios (not recommended!!!! because you really have to know what your doing and want to dump it to a rom file before hand to be able reflash it to an AVGA again) then you get a better card that can fully use Soft15Khz and do more modelines, and allow you to add custom modelines to it too. You just lose the brief moment of bootup before it goes into Windows/Linux and hits either Soft15Khz or your Linux console and Xwindows setup. It's basically the same thing, just allows you to go in there and add more modelines.
manman:
well, I've done firmware flashing on other devices before...BUT I can't claim to be too smart cuz now i have a dumb question...
I tried winmodelines, and it did look like it supports the arcadevga3000 cuz it showed up in the list and showed the status as "ok" for my card. I added the modelines and like an idiot I didn't do the test first I just tried switching... just ended up with an incompatible signal and now my monitor just goens blank when I reboot... I tried changing something in safemode, but winmodelines didn't seem to work in safemode and I can't change the resolution (at least through the display dialog) that way...anyone know the quickest way to get my resolution set back to something compatible?
As for why I got the arcadevga- it might have been a misplaced assumption int his case, but in general I like having hardware support for things as opposed to emulation in software. Just figured it would be the better/more stable option. Of course- any solution is only good if it fits the application you want it for, so in this case I might have jumped the gun :/
bitbytebit:
--- Quote from: manman on October 27, 2010, 10:11:35 pm ---well, I've done firmware flashing on other devices before...BUT I can't claim to be too smart cuz now i have a dumb question...
I tried winmodelines, and it did look like it supports the arcadevga3000 cuz it showed up in the list and showed the status as "ok" for my card. I added the modelines and like an idiot I didn't do the test first I just tried switching... just ended up with an incompatible signal and now my monitor just goens blank when I reboot... I tried changing something in safemode, but winmodelines didn't seem to work in safemode and I can't change the resolution (at least through the display dialog) that way...anyone know the quickest way to get my resolution set back to something compatible?
As for why I got the arcadevga- it might have been a misplaced assumption int his case, but in general I like having hardware support for things as opposed to emulation in software. Just figured it would be the better/more stable option. Of course- any solution is only good if it fits the application you want it for, so in this case I might have jumped the gun :/
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Did you try VGA mode?
Aithos:
edit: after doing some looking I'm just plain not sure about this. I think soft 15khz requires standards in the drivers that the custom software for your card isn't compatible with.
Calamity:
--- Quote from: manman on October 27, 2010, 10:11:35 pm ---well, I've done firmware flashing on other devices before...BUT I can't claim to be too smart cuz now i have a dumb question...
I tried winmodelines, and it did look like it supports the arcadevga3000 cuz it showed up in the list and showed the status as "ok" for my card. I added the modelines and like an idiot I didn't do the test first I just tried switching... just ended up with an incompatible signal and now my monitor just goens blank when I reboot... I tried changing something in safemode, but winmodelines didn't seem to work in safemode and I can't change the resolution (at least through the display dialog) that way...anyone know the quickest way to get my resolution set back to something compatible?
As for why I got the arcadevga- it might have been a misplaced assumption int his case, but in general I like having hardware support for things as opposed to emulation in software. Just figured it would be the better/more stable option. Of course- any solution is only good if it fits the application you want it for, so in this case I might have jumped the gun :/
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As bitbytebit says, you need to restart your system with F8 and select "VGA mode", then you'll restore your desktop in a safe 640x480 mode. Then use quickres or screen properties to set a supported 32 bit mode (then the driver will get loaded). Make sure you use the proper modelines por your monitor, in case you select the wrong one and go out of sync, press esc in order to reject the mode. Do not select new resolutions with Quickres until you know for sure they work, as you can't undo changes with it.
However, as far as I know Winmodelines has not been formally tested with AVGA3000, so it may not work!