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Main => Monitor/Video Forum => Topic started by: savj14 on October 24, 2008, 11:55:47 am

Title: Arcade Monitor on a Laptop?
Post by: savj14 on October 24, 2008, 11:55:47 am

Here is my story........I have a Desktop running PowerStrip in Windows. Using a Hacked VGA Cable I created to hookup my Arcade Monitor. Everything was running perfectly and was very pleased with the setup. A couple months ago my Desktop stopped working, I believe my Processor is fried. So I am in the process of buying a new one.

I have a Lenovo T61 Laptop and cannot seem to get my Arcade Monitor to work. It has VGA output, so I assume I can get this to work somehow. My Graphics card is a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M. I can get MAME running on my PC Monitor just fine. If I switch over to using PowerStrip with the Arcade Resolution, the Arcade Monitor remains grey with no picture. In the past using my Desktop if a Resolution did not work it would be a garbled signal. It is not even doing that.

It's been way too long since I had the true Arcade monitor experience. Any thoughts?

Title: Re: Arcade Monitor on a Laptop?
Post by: Kevin Mullins on October 24, 2008, 02:09:09 pm

Quote from: savj14 on October 24, 2008, 11:55:47 am

My Graphics card is a NVIDIA Quadro NVS 140M.

First question ought to be is that laptop video card even "capable" of using Powerstrip at arcade resolutions ?