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swamprat96:

Umm - 60Hz from card- vga port right? If it really is 60HZ then yes you won't get a picture worth a damn on your arcade CRT. However this should not be possible as even if the drivers are not installed properly you "should" get a clean boot screen before windows starts - because the card by default only puts out 15Hz through the VGA port locked by the firmware- and your LCD screen confirmed it was not 60Hz when it said "out of range"

So- what happens on boot up- clear single screen until windows gets going? If so its a resolution issue in Windows 100% - if not then perhaps a faulty card

Posting the boot screen image would be helpful. The card by default protects the monitor until the windows drivers take over. If its not then it could be a dud

PS - whats the keyboard encoder? Using a J-Pac? If so it will help diagnose this

PPS - is your video ground connected from the monitor? really commonly missed issue that will often screw up any chance of your monitor working.




BigDaddyE:

The computer will not start until the crt monitor is unplugged. Once unplugged the computer goes through the routine. I will unplug and plug in and see what the screen looks like. I will try to get a pictrue if there is anything.

I haven't even gotten to the jpac yet, I am using the pc mouse and keyboard to the computer.

Explain the video ground thing a little more. I know about grounding, but what should I look for?

I can tell you that the monitor is grounded to the monitor chassis, but that is it.

swamprat96:

OK understood
1.plug both the CRT and LCD monitors in. Will the PC start? It *should* because it will see the LCD as the primary monitor. If it doesn't start it with the LCD monitor only and plug in the CRT after its going
2. Now go into the video settings for the card and set the CRT as primary monitor. I'm at work so can't give you exactly how to do this
3. Reboot. If the PC starts you should get a clean boot screen. IF it does not start there is a bigger issue.

Presuming a bigger issue - have you got the J-pac yet? If so its time to add it in just so we can use its leds to diagnose what is going on and also it will probably allow the PC to boot with the CRT attached

As to the ground - I learned this the hard way. There are five wires - video Green, blue,red, Video sync and video ground - that come from the monitor. I had problems until I attached the video ground to the power supply ground

Jack Burton:

OK, I just went back and did this again on my Sony PVM monitor.  It is a 15khz only monitor just like yours.

I ran windows in 640x480, 60hz, 32 bit color and got EXACTLY what you posted in your picture.  Rolling image and all.  I adjusted the vertical hold and the image stablized, but I still had funky colors and a black bar in the middle of the screen.

I know you said that the voltmeter says your graphics card is outputting 15khz, but I know that the image you are seeing is exactly what a 31khz image looks like on a 15khz monitor. 

Hoagie_one:

did you use the uninstaller program that andy supplies to remove the drivers before reinstalling.  This helped me greatly when I installed my AVGA card.

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