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Author Topic: I'm stuck - Can't getstable signal to WG 7400 with Emudriver  (Read 1926 times)

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Guys...
I...am...STUCK.
I picked up an Arcade Legends 2 cab that I'm switching over...original Pentium III that  has died. I'm Pretty decent on PCs but out of my depth here.
Trying to set get a display on my CRT...a Wells Gardner 7400.
Trying to set up CRT Emudriver with a MSI Radeon HD 6570 & Windows 7, 64-bit and using an LCD to configure graphics card out to the jamma via VGA then to the CRT
Can't get a stable signal.
I've attached couple of pics settings in emudriver as well as some video of my screen

I had a networking guy help me get this far, he wrote:

"I Set up the motherboard bios (F12 at boot) to allow both video ports to be used.
Now we can change settings without losing the screen.

CRT EMU was Not installed
I could not install it, it was blue screening.
I removed the AMD driver, deleted c:\amd, and rebooted.
Windows installed the generic VGA driver for the Radeon Card.
I installed CRTemu over the vga driver. it was successful.

Now 640x200 shows up in the list in vmm. I installed those modes.
---- crt emu looks pretty good at this point -------

640x200 doesn't show up as an option for the CRT though in control panel.
The image on screen is still not right, sync is off but something is visible.

Launching Mame in this config, launches it on the "windows main monitor"
and it isn't where we want to run it.

If I set the CRT to be "windows main monitor", without the image right, we can't see or click things.

I would be content if I could see a good image on the CRT, move a window to that screen and read it.
If I could do that, I could try MAME video settings to see if they do some of this for us"

I've uploaded a vid of the current screen, if that helps: https://vimeo.com/user42734930/review/4 … 2aa6a965a9
I have adjustment knobs on CRT board and cabinet...too nervous to try them as I don't want to throw it off if I have it wrong.I've posted for help on EMUDRIVER forum, crickets for two weeks.

 I really feel like I've reached the limit of what I can do on my own. Can anyone offer any help?

Thanks in advance!

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Re: I'm stuck - Can't getstable signal to WG 7400 with Emudriver
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2020, 10:48:44 pm »
I've uploaded a vid of the current screen, if that helps: https://vimeo.com/user42734930/review/4 … 2aa6a965a9

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I had a networking guy help me get this far, he wrote:

"I Set up the motherboard bios (F12 at boot) to allow both video ports to be used.
Now we can change settings without losing the screen.

This is pretty vague, what did you and your mate do or not do with the BIOS? In most cases you'd want to set your primary video adapter to PCIe (the slot where your video card is) in the BIOS. If it wasn't you, worth checking it yourself.

Did you run setup CRTEMU to get "Test Mode" active, then restart PC and run CRTEMU setup again? Did you see "Test Mode" bottom right of screen?

You can use "Display Settings" to sort out your multiple monitor arrangement, including which one is the main display. Access Display settings by right-clicking on the bare desktop and choosing the option, or go through Control Panel settings.

The installation guides cover all this & other stuff too, worth giving them a read.
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Re: I'm stuck - Can't getstable signal to WG 7400 with Emudriver
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2020, 10:00:24 pm »
The installation guides cover all this & other stuff too, worth giving them a read.

More than that, it's worth following them to the letter to make sure you have everything working as it's meant to.

You should not need to use two monitors at once. You use your LCD for setup, then plug in the CRT when the guide says to. Everything you need to do can be done this way.

Later, once you are set up and running, you can look at plugging in an LCD monitor in addition to your CRT, but you should not need to enable anything in the motherboard BIOS to do this, Windows should just find that second monitor on one of the ports that doesn't have EDID-emulation enabled. And if that last statement is confusing, you need to go back and follow the guide ;)

EDIT: now i'm wondering if the fact both video ports are enabled in BIOS is part of the problem. Try disabling that, and stick the guide for your card :)
http://geedorah.com/eiusdemmodi/forum/viewtopic.php?id=301

« Last Edit: May 25, 2020, 09:18:13 pm by buttersoft »