need help changing my sd card from cga to vga

[mcc313]

I recently bought another arpicade. thus time I got the vga version. the sd card I want to use is configured for cga. I tried to rename the config file "configvga" the card booted on the screen, but the second I touch the controls the whole thing freezes up. I'm sure I am doing something wrong here and I don't have much experience with changing the settings. can anyone help me out?thanks

[dee2eR]

Please post your current config.txt and I'll be happy to guide you though it. Not knowing which version of the software you're running I'd just be guessing otherwise.

[mcc313]

ok thank you. i have a raspberry pi 3 b v1.2
here is my config file

# For more options and information see
# http://www.raspberrypi.org/documentatio ... fig-txt.md
# Some settings may impact device functionality. See link above for details

# disable Rpi rainbow splash
disable_splash=1

# to flip the image to account for monitor mounting
#display_rotate=2

# uncomment if you get no picture on HDMI for a default "safe" mode
#hdmi_safe=1

# make sure the pi outputs to correct scanlines without overscan
# use this even when playing with overscan settings for best results
# on CRT monitors always use this setting
disable_overscan=1

# uncomment the following to adjust overscan / picture position. Use positive
# numbers if console goes off screen, and negative if there is too much border
# also use overscan_scale so the emulators comply & still use disable_overscan
# do not adjust top and bottom or you will loose scanline perfect output although
# you can move the picture up or down evenly with okay-ish results better not to
overscan_scale=1
overscan_left=33
overscan_right=32
##overscan_top=4
##overscan_bottom=-4

# ignore edid - we just want video output to do as we say anyway
hdmi_ignore_edid=0xa5000080

# force hdmi output
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

# uncomment to force a HDMI mode rather than DVI. This can make audio work in
# DMT (computer monitor) modes
hdmi_drive=2

# uncomment to increase signal to HDMI, if you have interference, blanking, or
# no display
config_hdmi_boost=6

# use full spectrum RGB over HDMI
hdmi_pixel_encoding=2

## PLEASE NOTE: due to the resolution switching launcher scripts changes made
## in this section are at your own risk, 480i is correct for this build
## if you change settings here make sure to modify the launchers for each system
# uncomment to force a specific HDMI mode (this will force VGA) Group 1 (DMT)
# and Group 2 (CVT) behave slightly differently. You can only use one Group
# and Mode at a time. For Group 1 Mode 8 is 720x240, Mode 6 is 720x480i & Mode
# 1 is 640x480p. Group 2 allows custom settings using mode 87.
hdmi_group=1
hdmi_mode=6
### Group 1 custom modes (don't seem to work well, timings are very specific)
###hdmi_timings=640 0 16 16 34 480 0 21 1 22 0 0 0 60 1 327300000 1
###hdmi_mode=65
## CVT custom modes (works well but cannot do 480i)
#hdmi_cvt=720 240 60 1 0 0 0
#hdmi_group=2
#hdmi_mode=87

# Uncomment for composite PAL
#sdtv_mode=2

# Increase gpu mem for complex attract-mode themes to work properly
gpu_mem=256
#gpu_mem=128

# Uncomment to overclock RPi2
#arm_freq=1000
#sdram_freq=500
#core_freq=500
#over_voltage=2
#temp_limit=80 #Will throttle to default clock speed if hit.

# Experimental RPi3 overclocking - reported stable, you may want a heatsink
# the 1A fuse on a RaspberryJAMMA can be safely upgraded to a 2.5A fuse for RPi3
# and probably should be for overclocking
#arm_freq=1400
#over_voltage=4
#sdram_freq=500
#core_freq=500
#gpu_freq=400
#temp_limit=80 #Will throttle to default clock speed if hit.

# Uncomment some or all of these to enable the optional hardware interfaces
#dtparam=i2c_arm=on
#dtparam=i2s=on
#dtparam=spi=on

# Uncomment this to enable the lirc-rpi module
#dtoverlay=lirc-rpi

# Additional overlays and parameters are documented /boot/overlays/README

# Enable audio (loads snd_bcm2835)
dtparam=audio=on

[dee2eR]

No problem, that makes it nice and easy. All you need to do is change th eline that says hdmi_mode=6 to hdmi_mode=1

You will also likely want to comment out or remove the overscan_left=33 and overscan_right=32 lines as your high res monitor probably doesn't have an issue with overscan.

[mcc313]

thank you so much! ill give it a try

[mcc313]

hi I was able to get the pi into my cab with the lcd screen. the menus load up fine and now I can scroll through the games, but when I choose a game to play, my monitor goes "out of range" is there another setting I need to change in the config file?

[dee2eR]

Not sure which version of ARpiCADE you're running so it's tricky to know for sure... can you post the contents of /boot/launchers/resSwitch.sh for me? I should be able to figure out whats going on once I've seen it.