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Re: Indivision MK II Aga, Please help...
« Reply #14 from previous page: August 18, 2012, 09:00:05 PM »
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Dude, those are "Vertical lines" (not horizontal) seen when there is no image to display OR with a poor video signal from a poor cable/cable connection. A good quality cable or a better connection should get rid of them, I've been told. The MK 2 puts out both an analogue signal (vga) and a digital (HDMI) signal. The D-DVI will give the best signal if your monitor accepts it; my Amy monitor has HDMI input and VGA input, so I use an A-DVI adapter, as my RTG board uses VGA and this allows a monitor switch. A poor switch will give you the same lines. When needed I can change to a D-DVI to HDMI adapter, but this means changing the input using the monitor's remote -- which I find annoying.  Back to thread, a poorly shielded cable will give the same lines. You can recheck this as this was talked about on the web even before they reached the market.

I am pretty sure it is not the Amiga (they only show up with the MK 2), and it has been discussed as a signal issue -- the digital DVI will send data not wavy signals and this should bypass most shielding problems. I have OK cables myself but see these faint Vertical lines when I'm waiting for a real signal. If it were not 05:30 here and I was not typing in bed on my iPhone I would check my D-DVI output to see if even my faint lines are gone; but I can do it later if you need confirmation


the vertical lines on the MK II using the VGA cable are not due to a low quality switch or cable but due to the fact that the pixel clock needs to be set differently via the (unreleased) configuration tool. You may or may not see it to various degrees depending on the monitor.

I ended up getting this monitor (for my notebook) and i briefly tried it with the Indivision MKII and it seems to support every video mode I tried on the HDMI. The only annoying thing i found so far is that every time the amiga changes resolutions you get an annoying message on the monitor informing you that the resolution is not optimum and you have to press a button to get it to go away... Not found an obvious way to disable that.... thanks for the info samsung. Sometimes I wonder if people ever use the products they design, but after playing with Windows 8, i'm convinced they don't.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001555

I really got that monitor for my notebook computer and I'm pretty happy using the amiga on the 19" Septre 4:3 monitor i have it connected to now. I use the VGA as the DVI does not work with that monitor. I also get the lines on that monitor, but the Indivision AGA is still the best and I love it...
 

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Re: Indivision MK II Aga, Please help...
« Reply #15 on: August 18, 2012, 09:34:34 PM »
Yours has scanlines?  At least yours displays something.  :(  I can't get mine to show any usable signal whether I use DVI, VGA, or HDMI.  Out of two TV's and one monitor, nothing can show any of the signals.  :(  I've also tried NTSC and PAL sets.  Oh well.  I know it's connected because it gets really hot when the Amiga is on for a while...the yellow video cable will always work into the TV, so I know that the chip is still generating an image...no idea what the problem is.  And I flashed it with the tool on Jens's site.  :(
 

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Re: Indivision MK II Aga, Please help...
« Reply #16 on: August 18, 2012, 10:34:45 PM »
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Thank you for your replays, and yes i tried a fey times to remove it and to put it back, as i mentioned  i even tried to switch motherboards without success, the last I'm going to to today is to went to local shop and tried to find some other DVI-VGA adapter .

I attached screenshot of a boot screen, it is hard to capture lines with phone, but belive me the lines are very visible , especially when you boot in to workbench...

This is a very common issue on mk1 and mk2 (believe it or not) check the link of eab, some user called gibs solve this issue but without post any solution about the fix.
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Re: Indivision MK II Aga, Please help...
« Reply #17 on: August 19, 2012, 04:33:08 PM »
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the vertical lines on the MK II using the VGA cable are not due to a low quality switch or cable but due to the fact that the pixel clock needs to be set differently via the (unreleased) configuration tool. You may or may not see it to various degrees depending on the monitor.

I ended up getting this monitor (for my notebook) and i briefly tried it with the Indivision MKII and it seems to support every video mode I tried on the HDMI. The only annoying thing i found so far is that every time the amiga changes resolutions you get an annoying message on the monitor informing you that the resolution is not optimum and you have to press a button to get it to go away... Not found an obvious way to disable that.... thanks for the info samsung. Sometimes I wonder if people ever use the products they design, but after playing with Windows 8, i'm convinced they don't.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001555

I really got that monitor for my notebook computer and I'm pretty happy using the amiga on the 19" Septre 4:3 monitor i have it connected to now. I use the VGA as the DVI does not work with that monitor. I also get the lines on that monitor, but the Indivision AGA is still the best and I love it...


 
If you read my reply at 04:44 I corrected my mistake, it says you can call me a "buffoon," but feel free to copy my original post ad nauseum until your heart is content; that's what forums are for