installing arcade vga card to computer with onboard ati grafix

[gazz292]

any one know if i'm likely to run into problems installing an arcade vga 3000 card in my computer, when it has ati onboard graphics??

just i read i should remove all previous ati drivers to install the arcade vga ones, can i easily remove drivers for onboard graphics as if they were a plug in card??

[LeedsFan]

I'm not an expert on this... but I think that onboard graphics are usually bypassed automatically when a separate card is intalled... OR... you can set the PCIe slot in the BIOS to be your graphics adaptor and then the onboard chip is bypassed. I'm gonna be going through this myself soon (though not with an ArcadeVGA). There shouldn't be a problem at all really.

[Nips916]

You shouldn't run into problems however,  I suggest removing all previous drivers, installing the avga, install new drivers, then disable your onboard video in your bios.  You don't always need to do that but I have run into problems before because of not disabling onboard.  Mostly my issues were with HD video playback causing bsod.

[Malenko]

If your concern is having no display when you uninstall the ATi drivers, well it'll still work with the standard VGA drivers.

[gazz292]

cheers for the help guys,

i download the app mentioned on the ultimarc site to remove all ati drivers, ran it, shut the pooter down, plonked in the avga 3000, re-booted, went into bios and selected PCIe slot as the main gfx card.

i didnt quite get the sequence of events mentioned in the instructions, and it messed up... it tried to install some CCC stuff first, catylist comtrol panel i think,

so i ran the driver remover again, tried again,

got it to load the proper drivers this time, and i now get the choice of resolutions for arcade monitors, but i then had a problem, tried to change the resolution, and the lcd monitor i'm using (analouge only input, using the dvi output on the card with an adaptor as told to do)
monitor said 'input not supported' and that was that,

tried re-booting, same thing, went into safemode, changed the res. re-booted, same problem,

so i tried my GF's lcd screen which has a dvi input, and it works,

for some reason i can not run an anolouge input lcd screen,
not sure whats going on, the monitor isnt saying 'no signal' it's saying 'input not supported' so not sure what it's complaining about, resolution?? or can it be trying to shove a digital signal down the analouge pins.

i havent tried it on my arcade monitor yet, need to make up a cable, but i wanted to be sure it's working right on an lcd monitor first,

[AndyWarne]

If you are using only an analog PC monitor (as opposed to an arcade monitor or DVI PC monitor) there is an issue. Windows will disable the monitor and you cant see the picture to be able to enable it.

We have a workaround for this and I am working on a better solution but if you drop me an email I can help: andy@ultimarc.com

[gazz292]

managed to sort it,

i found the latest drivers at http://www.ultimarc.com/avgadrivers.html by searching for problems when using an analouge monitor (can't find a link to them from your main page)

so i downloaded the standard drivers for XP, not the one for an anolouge monitor only, loaded them, and she works,

woohoo, now to find an old vga cable i can butcher to allow me to connect to my cabs monitor and see how she looks.