If the vgas have two outputs, try the other one :)
Other than that... What driver versions?
R9200s should use Catalyst 6.5
For the TNT2... Oh well... ForceWare 66.93
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If the vgas have two outputs, try the other one :)
Other than that... What driver versions?
R9200s should use Catalyst 6.5
For the TNT2... Oh well... ForceWare 66.93
Woowwwwww so fast. Only one vga available on the radeon 9200 with 6.5 drivers as recommended. I used that card before and it works. I assume you didn't change a thing for old cards in the newer version.
Hi again. It gets weirder. I did a brand new Windows XP Sp2 PRO French installation. I put 6.5 drivers for my ati. I patched and nothing. BUT I did all my updates and "sysprep -mini -reseal". I boot in vga. I change the resolution in 1024x768 and then I'm in 15 khz. Ideas ??? [EDIT] In fact, the sysprep has nothing to do with it. If we change the resolution. It works.
i saw the hd4850 is working with Soft-15khz mod, any chances the the hd4850x2 or 4870x2 are also working with the mod? no difference at all
after reading a lot about the soft mod i am still not sure if i can play every mame game as with my ol arcadevga (current cab setup).
whatever the conclusion is, thx for really pushin the old school world of vidgames ^^ THX
It works great ! But I recently discovered that not only the graphic card has to work but the computer. I explain. I did some experiments. Two computer, one from Compaq and one from random parts with the same graphic card. I configure both computers. I start I've got the front-end on both. I start a game on Compaq and nothing. A black screen and unable to do a thing. Reason unknown ? The graphic cards are the same. I even switched the cards. Same configuration. The compaq works great in standard mode . The computer is a exact science, isn't it ?
SailorSat,
Can you tell us exactly how you got it working on Win 7 64bit ???
I have a Radeon 4650, Win 7 64bit and using Catalyst 9.12, and soft15khz doesn't work at all on my set up. Tried loads of different things such as runnin it in compatibility etc but nothing .... Just will not run in 15khz no matter what.
By the way works fine on XP 64bit no problems
Cheers,
Finally i got a hd4870 x2 for my cab, will report this week how well it will work with the softmod and emus like demul^^
OK, with the help of a professional arcade monitor engineer I have finally solved this problem. It is caused by a ground loop on the sync input pin of the TDA1675 (vertical amplifier). It is a pcb design fault of Polo and other monitors. I have a Selti monitor and it has this problem too. It is not noticeable unless you use interlaced resolutions.
The ground loop is caused by a filter capacitor placed between the sync input of the TDA1675 (pin 5) and ground (pin 8). In order to fix this, there are two options:
- connect the end of the capacitor that goes to GND directly to pin 8 of the TDA1675 by means of a very short insulated wire
- if this doesn't help, remove the capacitor completely
On my Polo 28" 15 kHz I had to remove the capacitor (C136 on my chassis) to completely fix the problem. Now the image is PERFECTLY stable and correct even with interlaced resolutions (no flickering at all).
I wanted to post this also here for everyone to benefit as it was a very annoying problem and damn hard to fix.
All the best,
Matteo
Thanks for the tip.
I'll try as soon as I get home from my holidays :)
Hi, everyone.
I would like to know what are the recommanded parameters in mame.ini with soft15khz ?
I'm talking about video parameters:
video D3D or DDRAW
hwstretch 0 or 1
triplebuffer 0 or 1
switchresolution 0 or 1
I don't know what's best ?
Sometimes it seems unable to launch game and tries to expand the pagefile.sys
?
Hi,
I just did a quick test.
When I put switchresolution=1
Galaga doesn't launch.
The screen stays black.
I assume it's the limitation from graphic card videos modes. (nvidia 6200)
I tried soft-15khz with an Nvidia GeForce G210 using the version 270.61 drivers on Windows Vista SP2 x64. When I run soft-15khz, the card is identified correctly and I can toggle between the two video ports on the card using the buttons on the left, but all of the options on the bottom (install, uninstall, etc.) are greyed out. Is this card not compatible? I also tried running the .exe as Administrator and that didn't make a difference.
Most likely the driver is not recognized. I'll take a look into this
Don't know if it helps, but I attached a sceenshot.
Actually I seem to be blind. Windows Vista and Seven does NOT work with NVidia for now and therefore the buttons are disabled.
ATI works fine so far.
Problem was/is that NVidia changed the mode format with every release in the early days of Vista and kept it that way ´til Seven betas
Guten Tag, Hello.
I patched a ion nvidia used on a Xp Pro.
I have a problem on resolution like 800x600 and 640x480.
In fact, all the "standard" vga resolution.
It's like the patch doesn't work on those. The screen splits in two.
It works on every other resolution.
What's wrong ?