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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

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.

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

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.

thank you so much! ill give it a try

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?

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.