Windows will not detect cut LCD screen

[Rsmith3533]

Cut LCD screen now shows ACER splash screen on boot, but then displays "No Signal" after post - seems like I'm close but just can't figure it out

[Headrush69]

24 minutes ago, Rsmith3533 said:

Cut LCD screen now shows ACER splash screen on boot, but then displays "No Signal" after post - seems like I'm close but just can't figure it out

The Acer splash screen is specific to the LCD though, not any connected device isn't it? (You didn't get the splash screen before?)

Do you have a link to the LCD or where you bought it? 

[neil9000]

6 minutes ago, Headrush69 said:

The Acer splash screen is specific to the LCD though, not any connected device isn't it? (You didn't get the splash screen before?)

Do you have a link to the LCD or where you bought it? 

Acer bios maybe? So bios is seeing the display but not Windows?

[Rsmith3533]

The ACER splash screen is from the PC itself during boot.  I wasn't getting the splash screen until I swapped the HDMI ports.  The screen is a BOE 28" Stretched Bar LCD Panel  DV280FBM-NB1B2I got it through AliExpress

[Rsmith3533]

1 minute ago, neil9000 said:

Acer bios maybe? So bios is seeing the display but not Windows?

Yes, that is correct

[Headrush69]

Just now, neil9000 said:

Acer bios maybe? So bios is seeing the display but not Windows?

Oh, I was thinking it was an Acer display. 

[Rsmith3533]

I finally got my marquee screen to work. I reinstalled a geforce 760 with a new power connector and it worked right away. Thank you all for your help. Now that I have it working, what are my next steps to get the marquees to fill my screen?  Almost all appear like this Robotron one. Appreciate any pointers you may have. 

 

[Retro808]

10 hours ago, Rsmith3533 said:

I finally got my marquee screen to work. I reinstalled a geforce 760 with a new power connector and it worked right away. Thank you all for your help. Now that I have it working, what are my next steps to get the marquees to fill my screen?  Almost all appear like this Robotron one. Appreciate any pointers you may have. 

You likely need to edit the PlatformMarqueeView.xaml and GameMarqueeView.xaml and change the Stretch command from "Uniform" to "Fill". But the odd dimensions of various marquee images could make man not look right.

If the theme you are using does not have those view xaml files just copy the ones from the "Default" theme folder and paste into your theme. Then edit both of those with NotePad or NotePad++ and change what I mentioned.

 

[Rsmith3533]

9 hours ago, Retro808 said:

You likely need to edit the PlatformMarqueeView.xaml and GameMarqueeView.xaml and change the Stretch command from "Uniform" to "Fill". But the odd dimensions of various marquee images could make man not look right.

If the theme you are using does not have those view xaml files just copy the ones from the "Default" theme folder and paste into your theme. Then edit both of those with NotePad or NotePad++ and change what I mentioned.

 

Thank you, I'll definitely try that

[Headrush69]

30 minutes ago, Rsmith3533 said:

I finally got my marquee screen to work. I reinstalled a geforce 760 with a new power connector and it worked right away. Thank you all for your help. Now that I have it working, what are my next steps to get the marquees to fill my screen?  Almost all appear like this Robotron one. Appreciate any pointers you may have. 

 

Great you solved that problem. 

As to the size, the majority of marquees are probably a different ratio than yours, but I know in the LB section there are some ultra wide marquees.

What Retro808 said will stretch them, but with an ultra wide you might not like the look. If so, there is a some additional marquee tools by I believe Retrolust in the download section that will instead extend the marquees rather than just stretch and fill.

Edit: Marquee Filler

Edited June 20, 2020 by Headrush69

[Rsmith3533]

5 minutes ago, Headrush69 said:

Great you solved that problem. 

As to the size, the majority of marquees are probably a different ratio than yours, but I know in the LB section there are some ultra wide marquees.

What Retro808 said will stretch them, but with an ultra wide you might not like the look. If so, there is a some additional marquee tools by I believe Retrolust in the download section that will instead extend the marquees rather than just stretch and fill.

Edit: Marquee Filler

Thank you, I'll look into this as well. Really enjoying the dynamic marquee so far

[Eddieh1979]

You are lucky that your marquee monitor is recognized as 1920x360 in Windows. I ordered my stretched (cut) display from Vitrolight off of Ebay and Windows detects it as a 1920x1080 LG TV. Not sure if there is a special driver or other trick to make it detect differently. I have to make everything align to the top in my xml file, but taller images won't scale to fit properly and scales to the full 1920x1080 dimensions. Makes me wish BigBox had a feature to just manually draw out a marquee window.

[Rsmith3533]

5 hours ago, Eddieh1979 said:

You are lucky that your marquee monitor is recognized as 1920x360 in Windows. I ordered my stretched (cut) display from Vitrolight off of Ebay and Windows detects it as a 1920x1080 LG TV. Not sure if there is a special driver or other trick to make it detect differently. I have to make everything align to the top in my xml file, but taller images won't scale to fit properly and scales to the full 1920x1080 dimensions. Makes me wish BigBox had a feature to just manually draw out a marquee window.

From some other posts I've read, I guess I am lucky. I didn't have to install any drivers at all. I am a little frustrated that some marquees look absolutely perfect while others are a stretched out mess, and also wish BigBox had a few more features related to the marquee. I'm still experimenting with some settings for now. 

[Nicholas BA]

On 6/24/2020 at 2:21 PM, Eddieh1979 said:

You are lucky that your marquee monitor is recognized as 1920x360 in Windows. I ordered my stretched (cut) display from Vitrolight off of Ebay and Windows detects it as a 1920x1080 LG TV. Not sure if there is a special driver or other trick to make it detect differently. I have to make everything align to the top in my xml file, but taller images won't scale to fit properly and scales to the full 1920x1080 dimensions. Makes me wish BigBox had a feature to just manually draw out a marquee window.

Having this same issue. Did you find a resolution?