Modding PSONE LCD Mod

Hi, A car adapter will transfor unregulated 12V DC to AC, and then transform it to a regulated 7.5V DC.
I think you can safely connect your PSU to the Car adapter.

 

I have one question...
I'm using POWERSTRIP with LCD PSONE , and i would like to know about the resolution..
It's 640x480 and the Color Quality is 256 Colors??
There's any way to get HiColor ( 16Bit ) in this LCD??

Thanks a lot!

 

The res. (from memory) should be 320x240, and isn't 256 IIRC, I'm sure it can do 16bit.

However that's from memory and it is 3am....

 

Well, I am about to give up with the "super easy" way of going the S-Video method. I want to do the VGA regardless, but the s-video should just work as I have read all over these forums and others.

I have twin 6800GTs, and neither (not in SLI mode) will put an image on my origional psone lcd. When i use the Force TV option it did indeed pick it up as a 7xx X 5xx monitor, M/NTSC. But all I see is a black display on the LCD. I used a S-Video to RCA adaptor, and then RCA to 3.5mm that came with the cards. I have tried multiple settings and have gotten nowhere with every combination of resolutions or likewise. I threw the composite at my TV and it was able to display just fine, although in black and white instead of color which was odd ( i had color once before with this method). Anyway, I am at a total loss for my problems. I will try to locate another S-video machine I can test with, but so far I have just gotten more and more irritated by this. Any ideas where I can try next?

One more thing, I am only running an LCD as my primary monitor with no true VGA on my system at present. I have read things relating to needing a vga device going in order to drive a psone lcd at first with s-video or vga, is that true?

Im sure it is something stupid that is wrong, but my head is starting to hurt

 

i was just wondering i found a used dc 7.5v connecter with the plug to the wall cut off, will it be able to convert the 12v from the comp to the 7.5 i need or will i definately need a car adapter to do the job

CUT OFF BIT -----|BULGED BIT|------ADAPTER TO LCD

 

If it plugged into the wall, then it wont hookup to a PSU.

 

cool, thanks for the fast reply, so do i need the official sony one or will any psone car adapter do?

if theres an alternative to the sony one can u please post it

 

Or you could make one of these to power the unit for free (Middle Picture)

 

does this mod work with a x1900xtx with the dvi adapter or a vaio r505dl without the c-sync mod? thanks!

 

hey i got the eeprom thingy installed, i have a ntsc lcd and used two 47k ohm resistors for it... wasnt' sure if i needed the 10k one...

but ne ways the problem i have... the image on my screen is like stretched vertically 2x or 3x the normal height and looped around. it looks like this:

does anyone know how to resolve this issue? thanks!

 

Mine initially boots up like that, but as soon as Powerstrip loads, it sorts itself out..
I am using 2x 47K resistors. I guess it depends on what you write to the EDID.
I was unable to write anything to my EDID since I pulled the chip from an old monitor..

 

i am using powerstrip and i am able to write to the EEPROM (you should be able too, try shorting the pins like in the guide if it says write protected).

i don't know what to change the edid too, does anyone know what to write to it? and how can i modify the powerstrip settings to get it not stretched vertically? thanks!

if anyone wants to help me on AIM my sn is xDragonGCx. i really want to get this thing working... >.< THANKS EVERYONE

 

Has anyone managed to get a ps1 screen to work under linux?
Ive got mandriva 2006 and running kde,
What setting do i have to use?

 

ok, well i got this working on my desktop (thanks brinx38!), but i cannot get this working the same way on my laptop...

on my desktop, i can set the custom resolution to 640x480i(Arcade) and set the refresh-rate in catalyst control panel to 30, but on my laptop i can't get to the custom resolutions, and i don't have catalyst control panel. any ideas? thanks!

 

Linux just seams to stick to the resolution it was installed at.
I have to manualy edit xorg.conf for monitors.
Never mind IBM actualy provided the answre to my query
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-playscreen/index.html
Of all places i would never of expected IBM to solve this.

 

Ive got a psu issue here can anyone help?
http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?p=1267700#post1267700

 

I was looking though the post, but I didn't see what I was looking for and I am having trouble thinking on how to search for it. I would like to do a small screen mod like the PSOne LCD mod, but I would like to make it so I can use my main monitor for games and the little one will give me stats (maybe for the game or on the system itself). I am guessing it is a program that will do that, does anyone know of a program that might do that?

 

Take a look at ultramon and samurize

 

Thank you. I will look into them

 

Just as a matter of interest, is there any performance hit from running dual monitors (or monitor+psx lcd)?

-ed out