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Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem
02.01.10 at 18:21:54

I just got my first 100SB-4400 from ebay! I really love Quantum3D products, like everybody else here;)
But the seller told me that vga doesn't work. TV outs are perfect, I played already. The card is in a great shape too. So what could be with the vga? Maybe it needs a pass-thru cable to work?
I saw somebody had the same card here with the same problem. Maybe it is the same card also?

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Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem
Reply #1 - 02.01.10 at 20:03:58

Menkau_ra wrote on 02.01.10 at 18:21:54:

I just got my first 100SB-4400 from ebay! I really love Quantum3D products, like everybody else here;)
But the seller told me that vga doesn't work. TV outs are perfect, I played already. The card is in a great shape too. So what could be with the vga? Maybe it needs a pass-thru cable to work?
I saw somebody had the same card here with the same problem. Maybe it is the same card also?

Yeah, probably you guessed it

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Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem
Reply #2 - 03.01.10 at 01:01:51

Menkau_ra wrote on 02.01.10 at 18:21:54:

I just got my first 100SB-4400 from ebay! I really love Quantum3D products, like everybody else here;)
But the seller told me that vga doesn't work. TV outs are perfect, I played already. The card is in a great shape too. So what could be with the vga? Maybe it needs a pass-thru cable to work?
I saw somebody had the same card here with the same problem. Maybe it is the same card also?

I think you are referring to 2000lfd's card? That's Gary Donovan, a mod here on Falconfly.

Most likely something is broken on a hardware level. No telling what it can be.

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Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem
Reply #3 - 03.01.10 at 15:59:14

Tim wrote on 03.01.10 at 01:01:51:

I think you are referring to 2000lfd's card? That's Gary Donovan, a mod here on Falconfly.

Most likely something is broken on a hardware level. No telling what it can be.

I suspect the card has a custom "firmware" in the xlinx chip so it is limiting it to TV output only, as to why I'm not sure.

I do have the xlinx programmer and documentaion but never got around to tinkering with it, too much on my plate.

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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #4 - 03.01.10 at 17:56:29 That's what I thought! Do you know where I can buy this xlinx programmer? There is nothing on ebay. And where I can find the original firmware?
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Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem
Reply #5 - 04.01.10 at 00:32:05

gdonovan wrote on 03.01.10 at 15:59:14:

I suspect the card has a custom "firmware" in the xlinx chip so it is limiting it to TV output only, as to why I'm not sure.

I do have the xlinx programmer and documentaion but never got around to tinkering with it, too much on my plate.

You was right! I can see that some one tried to put a programmer on all chips, xilinx one of them. But why do you think it is xilinx causes the problem? I am thinking to buy a Willem programmer, but will I need to buy a special converter to this chip?

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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #6 - 04.01.10 at 01:40:45 Menkau_ra wrote on 04.01.10 at 00:32:05: But why do you think it is xilinx causes the problem? Quantum3D use the xilinx chips to control what the board will and will not do, they also use the chip as a "key" for certain locked programs.
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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #7 - 04.01.10 at 02:01:08 So what programmer I need to buy?
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gdonovan YaBB Administrator Offline Infernal Collector Posts: 2361	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #8 - 04.01.10 at 02:52:57 Menkau_ra wrote on 04.01.10 at 02:01:08: So what programmer I need to buy? I'll see if I still have mine, it is yours for what it cost me.
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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #9 - 05.01.10 at 16:31:39 gdonovan wrote on 04.01.10 at 02:52:57: I'll see if I still have mine, it is yours for what it cost me. And how much did it cost you?
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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #10 - 10.01.10 at 00:21:19 Should it be a 44-pin head on a programmer? Or I have to uses a 6-pin connector near the xilinx?
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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #11 - 20.01.10 at 17:59:43 Menkau_ra wrote on 05.01.10 at 16:31:39: I'll see if I still have mine, it is yours for what it cost me. so do you still have it?
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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #12 - 21.01.10 at 19:43:06 The two daughterboards for this board, what does they do?
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Menkau_ra YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37 USA Gender:	Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem Reply #13 - 22.01.10 at 18:37:51 gdonovan, if you don't have a programmer no more, can you tell me, please, what xilinx programmer exectily I am looking for? There are many different ones on ebay. I really want to make this card working.
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Re: Quantum3D 100SB-4400 vga problem
Reply #14 - 22.01.10 at 23:22:08

Menkau_ra wrote on 22.01.10 at 18:37:51:

gdonovan,
if you don't have a programmer no more, can you tell me, please, what xilinx programmer exectily I am looking for? There are many different ones on ebay.
I really want to make this card working.

I do have it but since you have the board on ebay thought you were disinterested.

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