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bigfatmame:

the original os was win 98. the mame software started getting buggy. i sent the hd back to the guy that built the mame for me. he re-did it and sent it back. i had a freind try to put it back together for me then he broke the video card. it never really got back together or worked again. i tried putting the hd in another computer and the os loads up and then it says out of range. i tried changing my monitor(on the other computer) to the lowest setting 800x600.but it still says out of range. the guy that originally built it is long gone and my computer friend has moved away.

bigfatmame:

here is another pic or two.





Kremmit:

"Out of range" and your new pictures indicate that the builder used a real arcade monitor instead of a PC monitor.  That's why the HD won't work in another computer- it's forcing the video card in the computer to output a 15k arcade signal instead of a regular VGA signal, and the computer monitor doesn't like it. 

If the problem is that somebody broke the video card on the computer in the cab, buy an exact replacement for that video card on ebay- same brand, same model. By now it'll be old and cheap.  Put the PC back together and cross your fingers.

Also, if it works, I'd reccomend having somebody make a backup copy of that harddrive for you, so that when it fails you won't be out in the cold again.

BobA:

Could you take pictures of the old video card?  Since everything else was ultimarc it might also be an ultimarc product like an avga card.  If it is  it is not quite as easy to get a cheap replacement for it.



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