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    Sony PS One use with Geforce 8800GTS

    hello everybody

    I am using a Geforce 8800GTS on a Vista 64bit machine, having no problems with the graphics until now. but i recently bought a sony psone tft screen for my opencockpits FMC (747-400) . Now, i did connect the tft to the TV-out connector om my graphic card. but no luck. I did try everything to get it to work, but in the nvidia settings i can t even click somewhere on the "force tv activation" icon. it is greyed out, so i can t click on it.

    does anybody has any clue whats going on here?

    thanks a lot

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    Every tutorial i have read on the PSone LCD MOD recomends using a second video card instead of using the primary video card. So you may want to try that although there are probably tutorials that say otherwise. There is a program that might help you with the problem it is called powerstrip and can be found here http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm.

    Google "PSOne LCD mods using powerstrip" for more info on how to setup the LCD using powerstrip.

    Hope this solves your issue.
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    Hi Marc

    I hope you did connected the Psone before trying to activate the TV icon
    If so :
    You may try to connect 75 ohm resistor in paralel to Tv output
    Thats will help your Geforce to sense tv device connected to the tv_out
    For simple tryal just connect such resistor and see if "force tv activation" icon
    still remains greyed out even without actualy connecting the Psone

    Hope thats hepls

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    I use my psone, attached to the Nvidia Primary card's TV out. and works without a hitch.

    The issue your having is the video card is not detecting the monitor attached to the card.

    1st suggestion from me, is go try a different driver, get the latest and greatest and see what happens after that.

    #2 Plug the monitor into your video card, and reboot the computer, go into setting at select the monitor #2. Click the checkmark beside extend my windows desktop onto this monitor.

    Keep in mind you will probably need to keep flight sim running in windowed mode to use this screen.

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    The new Nvidia cards have been having problems with this and other issues using tv out. Havent found a solution yet, but some switch to ATI cards

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    Marc,

    Here's a LINK to a site explaining how to hack a PSOne so you can attach it to a VGA output instead of the TV Out. Better than your TV/Composite output but does require some electronics ability (but what doesn't in this hobby?).

    Might help.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kennair View Post
    Marc,

    Here's a LINK to a site explaining how to hack a PSOne so you can attach it to a VGA output instead of the TV Out. Better than your TV/Composite output but does require some electronics ability (but what doesn't in this hobby?).

    Might help.

    Ken.

    One thing to be aware of with this mod is that you need a video card that provides C-Sync. Unfortunately most of the newer NVidea don't, but the ATI cards do. But all is not lost as there are electronic circuits that will produce C-Sync from the available H-Sync and V-Sync (just means more electronic ability needed). Just google for it. I will probably be needing to do this myself as I just got a PS1 LCD and I have a NVidea card and so far I am also having no luck getting it to be recognize on TV-out.

    Regards,
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    Henry, are you trying the vga port? And what kind of adapter thing do you need for it to be considered a computer monitor?

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    Thanks for the tip Henry. I've done some trawling (cause I'm going to want to do this someday) and HERE is another link explaining how to make your own VGA to C-Sync adapter, again for the (very!) technically minded.

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    I run my CDU on a video card I got from ebay for $10.00 with shipping... All that is needed.... It is an old ATI card with I think 8mb of ram... But it runs the CDU just fine.
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