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Title: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: Jetto Funk on September 06, 2007, 04:18:54 pm

I picked up an arcade machine that already had the work done. The guy said it worked prior to me picking it up. It has an arcadevga (old one) running into a JPac and optipac. Pretty good deal for 75 bucks. So anyways I decided to toy with it today and couldn't get the damn thing to work. I managed to get the pc running visually with a computer monitor and an old voodoo graphics card but I can't get anything to work with the arcadevga. Only thing I have is a blank screen with whatever color I enhance the most. any ideas?
Thanks

Title: Re: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: 2600 on September 06, 2007, 04:45:55 pm

IIRC, The original AVGA requires an Arcade Monitor.  Have you tried plugging it into an Arcade Monitor?

Title: Re: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: Jetto Funk on September 06, 2007, 06:16:35 pm

Yes, thats what its on right now, I used my PC monitor to see if it would work (doesnt)
When I used the voodoo card I was able to get a visual on my pc monitor

Title: Re: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: Kevin Mullins on September 06, 2007, 06:46:03 pm

Do you have all the proper drivers for the ArcadeVGA?
And UNinstall all other graphics hardware and drivers first.

Title: Re: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: genesim on September 06, 2007, 08:49:45 pm

Are you using the proper output?

The VGA standard is for arcade monitors.  You need a converter for the DVI to vga.

Title: Re: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: 2600 on September 06, 2007, 09:11:27 pm

The original didn't have a DVI connector.

Although, if you are using the 7000 series version then you do have to use the bottom connector I believe.  Email Andy at Ultimarc about it.  He's taken all the information about it off his website and I may not be remembering correctly.

Title: Re: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: Jetto Funk on September 07, 2007, 10:15:55 am

This is the card that I have
(http://psg.com/~jjohnson/arcadevga.jpg)

Title: Re: Help with mame machine too :D (Arcade VGA stuff)
Post by: 2600 on September 07, 2007, 11:13:53 am

Yeah, that's 7000 series.  IIRC, you have to use the bottom connector(blue) first.