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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: Sideshow on March 13, 2015, 12:51:14 pm

Title: Computer wont boot when only connected to WG monitor. Win7, J-Pac, ArcadeVGA 5k
Post by: Sideshow on March 13, 2015, 12:51:14 pm
I'm having a really weird issue getting my friends system to boot when only connected to the arcade monitor. It needs to have an LCD connected or it refuses to boot. Here is what i'm dealing with:

Win7 64bit
ArcadeVGA 5000
J-PAC
Wells Gardner 25K7193

I have no idea whats going on with this computer. When only the arcade monitor is connected i can see the POST, but then the screen will get distorted and then nothing.

When i have the regular computer monitor plugged in, it uses the monitor to display POST info and then once the win 7 screen passes it switches to the arcade monitor and there are no problems.

I've disabled the Win7 logo on boot but have no idea what else I should try.
Title: Re: Computer wont boot when only connected to WG monitor. Win7, J-Pac, ArcadeVGA 5k
Post by: Generic Eric on March 13, 2015, 06:39:18 pm
Do you have to change the video out into bios?
Title: Re: Computer wont boot when only connected to WG monitor. Win7, J-Pac, ArcadeVGA 5k
Post by: mgb on March 14, 2015, 01:33:23 am
Sounds like maybe a monitor detection issue.

check out this post. The op states what sounds like a similar problem.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141799.msg1467814.html#msg1467814 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141799.msg1467814.html#msg1467814)
Title: Re: Computer wont boot when only connected to WG monitor. Win7, J-Pac, ArcadeVGA 5k
Post by: Janecorec on March 22, 2015, 03:15:37 am
Did you ever get this sorted out?

I'm having similar problems whit my setup. Haven't tried installing the ArcadeVGA yet, but the weird thing is that it worked earlier (only had tried it out a couple of times) but then the main power button broke and I had to replace it, after that...I can see the post messages and then it gets all scrambled and when windows is started the screen goes black.