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s34n:
Hi There,

Firstly, I want to say i've been looking through these forums for an answer to my question now for a while, but I just can't seem to get it to work properly.

What I have:
Cabinet: DDR Euromix 2 Cabinet [Korean]
Screen: Sambers Hantarex POLO 28 STAR [EUROPE] (service manual)
System: eX5-300S Mini ME PC [Intel 865G Chipset/ICH5] onboard video (website)
IO Card: J-PAC
Software: Powerstrip

Questions
1. I need to output at 15khz 640x480 as this is what the monitor supports. I'm having trouble setting up my powerstrip to configure this, and the default profile for '640x480i (arcade)' isn't there... what are the settings I need? Im not sure what the vertical refresh rate would be, is this done on a ratio? and the UI looks very overloaded with functions, it's insanely hard to figure out what all the settings mean!

2. I'm configuring powerstrip on a VGA monitor, so when I try and setup a profile for 15khz it automatically switches to that output.... my monitor gives me a nice message saying the output is out of range (which is what I expected) but how do I then blindly shut it down, save the settings; so I can test on my arcade monitor?

3. How do I determine weather my video card is capable of this output? Is there a tool to use?

4. I hear that on bootup it will output at 31khz until powerstrip has kicked in... so i will have to run the system off an independent power lead from the cabinet... is there a way to get around this?

apologies for the questions, I just wanted to clear a few things up.!

Thanks
zelony:
First, the JPAC protects the monitor during boot up, so no need to have a seperate power supply for the monitor, the screen will be doubled side by side.  I have a JPAC in my daughter's cabinet hooked to a standard arcade monitor and I use soft15KHz to get the appropriate resolution.  I also use GameEx in arcade mode and it looks great at 640X480 interlaced.

I suggest you download soft15KHz, it is easy to use and has worked flawlessly for me for almost 2 years now.
s34n:
Sorry I should have said in the post that I've tried soft15khz and all the options are disabled...

I've tried it on another system and it works, so that suggests it doesn't like my video card! This is why I resorted to powerstrip. If I need a new video card, I would get an ArcadeVGA, so I can eliminate the software completely... but then it defeats the software solution and the saving of some money.

Plus I really want to understand how this works!
zelony:
Have you updated the drivers on your current video card.  It is worth a try before you buy a different one.
s34n:
yeh, I have the latest and greatest...

but i really want to try with powerstrip, but im having the problems as outlined in my first post
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