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My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« on: October 17, 2008, 04:10:29 pm »
My wife's job was handing out computers.  I snagged an iPAQ.  It's nothing major, just a PIII 1.0GHz with onboard graphics.  Intel chipset.  I'm writing from it right now.

I'm attempting to get this thing into 15KHz with a picture I can display.  It's not been easy.  I was going to use Soft15KHz, but it doesn't support Intel chipsets.  :(  So I thought to try PowerStrip.

I've found the part where I can change the clock speed to 15.75 KHz, and it appears to go into this rate.  But instead of syncing @ 60Hz it says 30Hz, and I can't change one without affecting the other.

I'm stumped.  I knew this was tricky, but not *this* tricky.

I've read the stickied setup guide, but it didn't help much.

Heck, getting Mame to run on this thing has been a challenge alone.  No matter what I do it's running too fast.  but one bridge at a time!
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2008, 08:26:06 pm »
I'm so close...I can't get it to sync in just the right spot...
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2008, 09:30:41 pm »
Why don't you just throw in an old rage - I thought you had several around - and use Vantage or whatever?
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2008, 10:03:49 pm »
Special PC with NO slots at all.  Everything is onboard.  Otherwise I would have done that by now.  It's a Compaq iPAQ.  Has an Intel chipset. 

It certainly appears that the chipset will do 15KHz.  I can *ALMOST* get it to sync, but I'm just a tiny bit off, as you can see in the pic.
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2008, 11:30:28 am »
Any update on this?
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2008, 09:20:08 pm »
I bet he's been busy with halloween preparations.
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #6 on: October 30, 2008, 02:14:53 pm »
Yep, I haven't touched it. 

SailorSat says this chipset supports 15KHz but it's not in his program (yet).  I can't get the right settings using PowerStrip. 
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #7 on: October 30, 2008, 02:16:54 pm »
I'm also thinking I need to try another monitor.  I was using a K4600 before.  Though I've had no problems with an ATI card and a JPAC, and of course regular JAMMA boards work fine.

Okay, so maybe not.  :)
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #8 on: October 31, 2008, 07:46:38 pm »
Quote from: Peale on October 30, 2008, 02:14:53 pm
Yep, I haven't touched it. 

SailorSat says this chipset supports 15KHz but it's not in his her program (yet).  

Fixed.
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #9 on: October 31, 2008, 08:47:40 pm »
No kidding; I had no idea.
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Re: My first tests with PowerStrip - can I make this work?
« Reply #10 on: November 02, 2008, 08:28:16 pm »
Hmhm
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