Jpac w 25" Hanatrex installation HELP!

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i know this is wrong site to post but maybe someone can jump in and help me. I had gotten Jpac and hooked up to jamma connector. Hooked up VGA female to male attached to the PC. Powers up and it doesnt show anything.

I checked and it has jumper on 15khz and 31 khz.. im using hanatrex 25 inch monitor.. i swapped to gameboard and it works fine..

PC is using intergrated VGA board. I do not have arcade vga so is that reason?

i couldnt figure why and spend more than 2 hours last night.. LMK thanks.

BTW i had inspect the google and it doesnt show much information and what i learn it says i need to hook up PS/2 cable and dont know if that s the reason. I am not concerning about the joystick/keyboard setting. but wanted it to powers up working then i could run window on it and hit maximus on my zback 3koam cab.
 
If the monitor is CGA and the video card only puts out 31khz, the JPAC should split and duplicate the image until it receives the correct 15khz signal. Are you sure the Hantarex isn't medium res? I would hook up the keyboard/mouse to make sure the computer goes into windows and you can hear the start up jingle. At least that will tell you there isn't a problem with the computer.

You could try posting on arcadecontrols.com or emailing Andy at Ultimarc directly to see if they have any further ideas.

On another note, does your machine have a sticker that says 3-koam on it or something? My 6-slot Neo Geo has a similar sticker so I guess they were made at the same place. Kinda cool. Good luck with your machine.

You might also want to consider one of those 1xxx-in-1 Jamma boards, although I hear they can be kind of finicky.
 
I'm going to make this very simple:

the Hantarex Polo is a standard resolution monitor. Hantarex, as far as I can tell, never made a medium res one... and that's not even relevant to this discussion. Hantarex made a Polo/2 which is an SVGA unit ... I highly doubt you have one of those.

your VGA port on the computer will not work with a standard resolution monitor. and I'm sure you'll be hard-pressed to get it to work with a VGA 31 KHz one.

you will need an ArcadeVGA card in order to make your MAME apparatus work, because it will output the correct horizontal frequencies to mate with a wide array of different monitors.

that is all.
 
You can also get a graphics card and use soft15khz, which is cheaper than ArcadeVGA. However, I think the ArcadeVGA is plug.

Make sure you usb/ps2 cable is connected to the computer and JPAC. This is how the JPAC is powered.
 
Thanks KLOV!.. i get the picture..

ill need to order arcade vga .. my computer has pcie only.. anyway

thanks!!!!!! will do some shopping soon

You can also get a graphics card and use soft15khz, which is cheaper than ArcadeVGA. However, I think the ArcadeVGA is plug.

Make sure you usb/ps2 cable is connected to the computer and JPAC. This is how the JPAC is powered.
 
im using pc with no arcade vga.. just interate vga in motherboard and attach to jpac and finally it works while i plugged male to male ps2 but it shows half screen with shaky picture.. im sure it s cuz of 15khz issue.

so i need arcade vga then?

Thanks KLOV!.. i get the picture..

ill need to order arcade vga .. my computer has pcie only.. anyway

thanks!!!!!! will do some shopping soon
 
I have T64 it s blade or something.. i installed and now it shows duplicated picture and shaking.. i leave it be and waiting more than 5 minutes nothing change..

do i need to install the driver or something like that??? LMK.. maybe i just fk it and order arcade vga 3000 for the once?


LMK thanks

Yep you need an arcadevga. Love mine
 
I have T64 it s blade or something.. i installed and now it shows duplicated picture and shaking.. i leave it be and waiting more than 5 minutes nothing change..

do i need to install the driver or something like that??? LMK.. maybe i just fk it and order arcade vga 3000 for the once?


LMK thanks

You don't need an Arcade VGA. You need a program called soft 15khz.
It's a free program you can download that will allow your standard graphics
card to output 15khz.

Do a search for the program and you should find the website where
you can download it and show you how to use it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izoRC-EUiPg&feature=related
 
Since you were able to get the double picture, that means it at least works now. I've never used the soft15khz, but I did have the arcadevga. The arcadevga was stupid easy, just plug your monitor in and you get 15khz, no software trickery required.
 
You don't need an arcade VGA. I had one and even though it's advertised as using native game resolution, it's a pain in the ass to set up if you're going to use it in that mode. With a Mame cabinet with 1k + games in it you can't run all the games at their native resolution because of the monitor orientation. I'd save my money, download soft15khz and go. It will work fine. You machine is doing exactly the same as mine was when I first got it. You just need to run the software, turn on 15khz frequency for your video card, plug in your arcade monitor and voila!! It will work. Make sure you turn the resolution down on your PC first because most arcade monitors don't support standard resolution like was posted earlier. You'd be safe with a 640 x 480 or so. Good luck you'll get it and be mameing in no time.
 
guys guys thanks for the tips.. ill go with no arcade vga but .. what program called and which is recommend?

i dont want to click anything from google. it tend to be fucked up and spyware..

i need good referrals so i can trust and download instead of having to do the trick to remove spyware etc..

lmk which is recommend thanks

You don't need an arcade VGA. I had one and even though it's advertised as using native game resolution, it's a pain in the ass to set up if you're going to use it in that mode. With a Mame cabinet with 1k + games in it you can't run all the games at their native resolution because of the monitor orientation. I'd save my money, download soft15khz and go. It will work fine. You machine is doing exactly the same as mine was when I first got it. You just need to run the software, turn on 15khz frequency for your video card, plug in your arcade monitor and voila!! It will work. Make sure you turn the resolution down on your PC first because most arcade monitors don't support standard resolution like was posted earlier. You'd be safe with a 640 x 480 or so. Good luck you'll get it and be mameing in no time.
 
i got the arcade vga the one before 3000...installed hd2400 driver from ultima arc and control panel and everything works good but if i set 640 x 480. it would still shaking/flickering...

i cahnged to 340 x 240 or soemthing.. it stop shaking..

im like okay and opened maximus arcade and it flipping and cant horizonal hold.. so..

what s suggestion? i was like where can i adjust 15khz or something like that.

im using 25" hanatrex monitor.. not sure what specific model.. it s hanatrex.

LMK

im using jpac.. it has jump on 15khz and 31khz..
 
i got the arcade vga the one before 3000...installed hd2400 driver from ultima arc and control panel and everything works good but if i set 640 x 480. it would still shaking/flickering...

i cahnged to 340 x 240 or soemthing.. it stop shaking..

im like okay and opened maximus arcade and it flipping and cant horizonal hold.. so..

what s suggestion? i was like where can i adjust 15khz or something like that.

im using 25" hanatrex monitor.. not sure what specific model.. it s hanatrex.

LMK

im using jpac.. it has jump on 15khz and 31khz..

Make sure Maximus is set to display at the same resolution. If it changes to a non supported rez it will go crazy. I already had the jumpers in the correct position for 15khz when I mailed it to ya.
 
gotcha..

i tested and find out that maximus support 640 x 480 or up. I set both window and maximus that resolution.. it s shaking.. i tested and adjust all pots .. show same result..

i was wondered if i should get arcadevga 3000 and will that fix or will result same thing?

window, maximus menu , and playing streetfighter 2 rom. ALL SHAKY..

it s weird... im waiting on arcadecontrols to send me confirm to be new register so i can see around there..

Make sure Maximus is set to display at the same resolution. If it changes to a non supported rez it will go crazy. I already had the jumpers in the correct position for 15khz when I mailed it to ya.
 
i researched via arcadeforum and find this description real match what i have.. seem they have no answer to it.

My question here is WILL NEWER ARCADEVGA 3000 FIXES THAT or I need to replace monitor to something else?

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=106123.0

------------------I have mentioned this issue in a previous post amongst other issues but haven't been able to solve this one. The screen has a slight, vertical wobble that's in motion. It is more prominent on the left side of the screen. I am running windows XP with an Arcade VGA.

It is only preseent when using non-interlaced resolutions: 640x288; 384x288; 352x288. Most other resolutions I have tried result in a severely flickering image but minus the wobbling.

The native resolution of the arcade cabinet is 320(321)x240 and if I set it to this, the screen does not wobble but does moderately flicker and again, it is more prominent on the left side.

There is no flicker or wobbling present when I connect the original Jamma PCB.

I suspected it might be that the VGA cable wasn't shielded, so I replaced it with a high quality shielded VGA cable but the problem still persists. I then thought it might be a an issue with the Arcade VGA card so I installed an unmodified graphics card and ran Soft15khz but yet, the problem was still present.

I have spent hours adjusting the h-sync, v-sync pots etc but it still won't disappear. I even bought a new remote PCB but it's still present.

Due to this only being present when the PC is connected, it is obviously something to do with this and not with the actual monitor.

Could this maybe have anything to do with power still being supplied through the Jamma harness? I understand power was supplied to the original Jamma PCB through the Jamma harness, could this problem be due to this power still being connected?

I have researched the problem on here and google and can't find anyone experiencing the same problem.

Does anybody have any ideas? I'd appreciate any help you can offer. My cab will be pretty much perfect if I can resolve this issue.-----------------------
 
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