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FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: BigDaddyE on May 16, 2009, 06:32:41 pm ---ok, I have to be missing something here.
Everyones head must be able to go up and sideways to keep up with the horizontal and vertical roll I have, there is no flippin way I can uninstall drivers and reinstall drivers with the Arcade card in. it took me the last hour to try to install the drivers for the Arcade card. I did it, but I cant get the rolling to stop long enough to try to get the right driver used!
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The AVGA has two outputs... the VGA output is for 15khz and the DVI output is for 30khz. Hook a monitor to the DVI output (it's been a while, so forgive me if it's two VGA outputs, but I think its 1 VGA and 1 DVI).
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saint:
--- Quote from: BigDaddyE on May 21, 2009, 12:54:23 pm ---I've narrowed down the issue with Rick and Andy's help, although, I'm not sure what is wrong, exactly.
Rick made a new break out cable, tested it and sent it to me. I installed it and continue to have the vertical and horizontal rolling, along with the picture leaning to the left or right and small black lines about 1-2 mm apart horizontally across the screen.
So earlier in this thread I said that the CPU will not fire with the monitor connected to the VGA plug on the ARCADE card. Andy is investigating this more, here's what I found:
CPU will not fire with monitor in VGA port
Once CPU is started and the Arcade monitor is plugged in, the LCD monitor will not work (no signal)
CPU fires up just fine with teh LCD monitor in
CPU fires up when the VGA cable is connected to the card, but disconnected from the breakout cable
CPU fires up when the VGA cable is connected to the card, but disconnected from the breakout cable and the LCD is connected (LCD works)
CPU does not fire when connected to the breakout cable (I took the cable off the monitor, since we already know with everything connected I cannot get the CPU to fire
So it looks like the break out cable, however, Rick had this working just fine with an identical monitor, this cable and an Arcade card. All pins are good on the VGA cable too.
Anyone make sense of this puzzle? :timebomb:
Eric
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Just as a test, try taking the whole kit and kaboodle and plugging it (AVGA, breakout cable, monitor) into a different computer with a different model of motherboard. Rule out some kind of funky issue there.
BigDaddyE:
Saint-
Same results, I had the same thought last night, so I tried that too!
Fried-
I believe if I hooked up my VGA to teh DVI I would fry the monitor?
Eric
FrizzleFried:
--- Quote from: BigDaddyE on May 21, 2009, 01:29:19 pm ---Saint-
Same results, I had the same thought last night, so I tried that too!
Fried-
I believe if I hooked up my VGA to teh DVI I would fry the monitor?
Eric
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There are converters...DVI to VGA....they oftentimes come with a video card that has both a VGA and DVI output for dual VGA compatibility.
They can be had for super cheap.
swamprat96:
The DVI port will NOT support the arcade monitor- don't do it. Use the LCD monitor to install the arcdeVGA drivers. You'll have no problem doing this and the LCD should still work
Now did you introduce the J-Pac to the equation? The J-Pac will protect your monitor while you sort this out. It will also tell you whether your monitor is in sync- which it obviously is not.
How about updating us about the video ground? Is it connected and in common with the cabinet /psu ground?
One more thing - already suggested earlier in this thread. Got another video card floating around? One with dual ports- vga and DVI like you have (you could by one for $40USD). Use the Jpac! Now install soft15Khz and set the Vga port to 15hz. You'll be able to leave your LCD plugged in and it will work while you troubleshoot this and your monitor is protected. Use the quickres utility and set your arcade monitor to 15hz 640 x 480. I'm betting it will work. yes more cash but this is what I went through.
The arcadeVGA does not like all motherboards. I've had a similar issue with this card and use soft15khz on the machine that would not work with the arcadeVGA card. If you have onboard graphics on the donor PC this could be the issue. Andy states on his site that this can cause issues(it did for me) and the fact that your machine will not boot suggests the card is incompatible. It should boot even out of sync
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