Topic: Dell Fp2001 And X2vga (Read 101 times)

m3rk · « **on:** October 13, 2004, 03:23:00 PM »

ok. . . doing the auto adjust (duh) improves the image a bit but its still nowhere near the crispness as when i scale the image down to the 1:1 ratio. is there anyway to get the entire monitor to look like that?

AoshichanX · « **Reply #1 on:** October 28, 2004, 10:53:00 PM »

Well, I don't have an answer to your question, but

I have a modded xbox and I always get a very heavy green tint with it no matter how I configure it.

My suitemate's un-modded Xbox does not have this green tint -- it is perfect and the X2vga is awesome!

Do you have a modded xbox>?

b9_2mr · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2004, 06:18:00 AM »

With your green tint, do you also see a number of bright slightly-diagonal lines? If so, it sounds an awful lot like a busted monitor I used to have. Something was loose in the monitor's mainboard, because if you fiddled with it enough, it went back to normal. My point is it could be a bad/missing connection at the monitor cable end (I think it's the sync, but I don't really know).

AoshichanX · « **Reply #3 on:** November 01, 2004, 11:42:00 PM »

If you every find a solution, please let me know. I was originally thinking this was a problem with the BIOS, but since you said that your CRT is working just fine, I am not so sure.

But my LCD works fine with the unmodded XBOX, and this link

http://www.xbox-linu.../Xbox_VGA_HOWTO
[read the last paragraph]

also suggests it is a bios problem. However, I have the Conexant chip and not the Focus, so I am still in trouble.

This may also have something "sync on green" for LCD Monitors but I have no knowledge regarding that area.

Basically, I have looked all over the 'net but with little fruitful results.

I will test it out on a CRT and let you know how it goes.

Thanks

m3rk · « **Reply #4 on:** November 03, 2004, 01:58:00 PM »

i've been emailing neoya about the problems i was having with my Dell fp2001 and the recently let me know that it is a compatibility issue. although i have no idea why other users on the board seem to have their x2vga's work fine on their xbox (i.e. catgut's x2vga seems to work perfect for him). anyway, they offered to send me the new version of x2vga+ for free and said it would arrive sometime between mid and late november. if that doesn't resolve the issue, they said i could just return both (they pay for shipping) and would refund me the original price i paid for. 'till then, i don't think any amount of dipswitch setting, auto-adjusting, bios changing, or praying will get this thing to produce the same results on a CRT on my LCD. read AoshichanX's post and read that link (just above) if your monitor is extensively dark and has a greenish tint. i think it may be a combination of monitor incompatibility, product inability, and the xbox 1.0 video chip.

lil killer · « **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2004, 03:54:00 PM »

chris1712 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 05, 2004, 05:08:00 AM »

yes i to am dissapointed, the picture is just no good and i had to se ye olde svideo again

. Its the fact that our monitors have to interpolate from its native res (1600x1200) all the way down to whatever tv it (sumwhere aroun 640x480). This is why it looks so bad on our otherwise great monitors. I have since found a vga adapter which supposedly upscales res to 102x768, but i still dont trust it that much, heres the link....

http://www.lik-sang....oducts_id=3235

anyone have one? it has svideo in, vga out and upscales the res to 1024x768, which wouldnt look so bad.

sheepie · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2004, 06:57:00 PM »

god wish i read this before ordering mine, i have a dell 2001fp too, mine is a pal 1.0 xbox am gona be preety pissed if it is worse than using the svhs port:/ specialy considering how much its gonna cost, shipping+ import tax in the uk

Rakinos · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2004, 04:05:00 PM »

any problems with the 1800fp?

sheepie · « **Reply #9 on:** December 04, 2004, 06:31:00 PM »

mine arrived to day, when monitor is in 1:1 mode i get really small screen but pic is sharp, when i select the ratio to aspect it stretches it it to full screen. This gave me an orange tint which was removed when i slected the Blue option in the dell 2001fp config screen. picture is sharper than using the SVHS port but i get some blurring in burn out 3:/

sheepie · « **Reply #10 on:** December 05, 2004, 08:34:00 AM »

fixed mine and its werking fine, Dragonlair 3d (ideal test game) does 720p fine, and 480p is displayed at the right res.

you need to dl the latest live upgrade , do it by banging in a game (burn out 3 is fine) connect to XBL. reboot to dashboard and hold down both triggers and click down both sticks screen should flash. go to video ooptions and enable 480p and 720p (1080i is not support on dell 2001fp) best games to test are Dragons lair 3d, and tony hawks under ground. both should run fine at the right res on 720p mode also worth noting is i had to select the blue option in my dell 2001 fp set up screen and aspect ration instead of 1:1 mode.

hope it helps

actugt · « **Reply #11 on:** December 09, 2004, 12:23:00 PM »

Hrmm, it sounds like there is definitely a problem that goes beyond the subjective "it sucks because 480p on the X2VGA has less anti-aliasing."

Yes, I still use my 1.0 Xbox with my x2vga (not +) on my Dell 2001FP and love it. I'm now running my 1.0 box with an x3 chip and the 1959 BIOS. I had an X2.3 in it before.

However, I recently bought an x2vga+. I bought it because I found someone selling it for cheap and I wanted a spare in case my original x2vga ever crapped out.

To my dismay I found out that the x2vga+, when hooked up to my 1.0 box, shows a slight greenish tint on everything.

So obviously there's something different beyond just new/different audio & video connectors on the x2vga's.

It looks like we need to start polling and compare xbox versions/xbox video chips to x2vga versions/serial #'s and find out which combos actually work.

Alpha Sirius · « **Reply #12 on:** December 20, 2004, 10:22:00 AM »

Any body have an unmodded xbox 1.6b with x2vga and 2001FP running without any problems? well HDTV res work with an unmodded xbox?

sheepie · « **Reply #13 on:** December 20, 2004, 11:03:00 AM »

if your based in the USA then yes it will work un modded for xboxes in PAL region ie europe/australia then you will need to mod it to ntsc mode.

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