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Title: No video for me...MAME 0.149
Post by: portlandia on August 14, 2013, 05:16:42 pm

Good Afternoon.

I've not been able to find an answer to this question by searching around, so I'll just ask. I have MAME 0.149 running on two computers, one of them runs fine, the other computer has music only; the video does not work.  Software is identical on both computers, MAME 0.149 running from MaLa 174

Computer 1 (the computer with no MAME video),
Win XP
Dell Dimension P4 3 GHz, 1GB RAM
Video card: Intel 82945G Express Chipset
20" LCD
Mala shows up fine on the screen, but when I select a ROM Mala says 'starting', I see the dos box, and then the screen goes all black.  The same thing happens when I execute MAME from cmd line (bypassing Mala).

I know MAME is working because I can hear the music from each ROM after it loads.  When I press ESC, I get back to Mala no problem.

I loaded this same software on my netbook to see if it is a software issue, and it works great:
Computer 2 (works great)
Win XP
HP Mini netbook with intel ATOM 1.6 GHz, 2.75 GB ram
Video: NVIDIA ION LE
Built in 13" LCD screen.

Because MAME/Mala runs fine on my POS netbook, I suspect that the video card in the Dell desktop needs to be replaced.  If so, can anyone suggest a solid performer?  I'm not trying to push the graphic/authenticity envelope, I just want something that works with MAME (i.e. MAME can interact with a plain LCD computer monitor).

Thanks a ton
Mike in PDX

Title: Re: No video for me...MAME 0.149
Post by: adder on August 17, 2013, 09:15:45 pm

for computer 1 with no video you could try setting switchres 0 in mame.ini

nvidia/ati cards:
i dont use nvidia so cant recommend one, but for ati, these below:

         ATI Radeon 7000, 7200, 7500, 8500, 9000, 9100,
                         9200, 9250, 9500, 9550, 9600, 9700,
                         9800, X300, X550, X600, X700, X800,
                         X850, X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900,
                         X1950, ArcadeVGA 9200/9250,
                         9500, 9550, 9600, 9700, 9800, X300,
                         X550, X600, X700, X740, X800, X850,
                         X1050, X1200, X1300, X1550, X1600,
                         X1650, X1800, X1900, X1950, HD 2350,
                         HD 2400, HD 2600, HD 2900, HD 3200,
                         HD 3300, HD 3400, HD 3410, HD 3450,
                         HD 3550, HD 3570, HD 3600, HD 3610,
                         HD 3690, HD 3730, HD 3750, HD 3800,
                         HD 3830, HD 3850, HD 3870, HD 4230,
                         HD 4250, HD 4350, HD 4550, HD 4570,
                         HD 4580, HD 4650, HD 4670, HD 4730,
                         HD 4750, HD 4800, HD 4850, HD 4870,
                         HD 4890

added note: doesn't really apply to your needs, but anyway fyi Calamity of Groovymame states that for best results (ie. the ability to handle a wide range of custom modes/resolutions), get a Radeon 9250 (AGP), Radeon X300-X600 (PCIe), or Radeon HD 4xxx (PCIe)