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well after installing the arcadeVGA card from ultimarc I have some problems. the screen has vertical lines running through it, and mame doesn't work on it's own or with game ex. I've made the changes that ultimarc suggests and still I am having these problems

the game log looks like this

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: GameEx: Version 10.09: Starting Log

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: Operating System Platform: Win32NT

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: Operating System Name: Windows XP

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: Checking for versions of .net Framework installed

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: .net Framework 1.1 Installed

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: .net Framework 2.0 Installed

19:34:30.8 6/1/2009: Pentium® Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz, 2047MB

19:34:30.9 6/1/2009: 2.6Ghz - 2 Cores or CPU's

19:34:31.1 6/1/2009: Running Randomize()

19:34:31.1 6/1/2009: Loading PlugIns

19:34:31.2 6/1/2009: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup

19:34:31.2 6/1/2009: Running Misc startup tasks

19:34:31.2 6/1/2009: Setting Menu types

19:34:31.2 6/1/2009: Opening Configuration File

19:34:31.2 6/1/2009: Getting Configuration Values

19:34:31.3 6/1/2009: Using Theme: Default - Deep Purple V1

19:34:31.3 6/1/2009: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Deep Purple V1

19:34:31.3 6/1/2009: Using Images from theme: Default - Deep Purple\MEDIA\

19:34:31.3 6/1/2009: Launching HideOS.exe

19:34:31.3 6/1/2009: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's

19:34:31.4 6/1/2009: GameEx will check for media insertion (may affect performance)

19:34:31.4 6/1/2009: Hiding Taskbar

19:34:31.7 6/1/2009: Is Media Center running?

19:34:31.7 6/1/2009: Checking/Creating LCD Registry values

19:34:31.8 6/1/2009: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode

19:34:31.8 6/1/2009: Media Center Mode 2

19:34:31.8 6/1/2009: Video previews on. Warning: Only recommended on modern systems

19:34:31.8 6/1/2009: Snap Delay set to: 2

19:34:31.8 6/1/2009: Get other settings

19:34:31.9 6/1/2009: Desktop set to Hide ICONS and set Background to Black

19:34:31.9 6/1/2009: Set: Find emulator artwork on best match basis

19:34:31.9 6/1/2009: SlikStik support enabled

19:34:31.9 6/1/2009: Start work for Form

19:34:31.9 6/1/2009: Getting Original Screen Size

19:34:31.9 6/1/2009: Opening Database Connection

19:34:33.7 6/1/2009: Initializing Component

19:34:34.0 6/1/2009: Retrieving resolution setting

19:34:34.0 6/1/2009: Initialising Windows Media Player Component

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: MAME Path is: C:\mame

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: MAME EXE file is: mame.exe

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: ROM Path is: C:\mame\roms

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Loading Controls.ini map file

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Snap Path is: C:\mame\snap

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: AVI Snap Path: Not Found

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Flyer Path is: C:\mame\flyers

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Cabinet Path is: C:\mame\cabinets

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Title Path is: C:\mame\titles

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: PCB Path is: C:\mame\pcb

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Artwork Preview Path is: C:\mame\artwork

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Panel Path is: C:\mame\cpanel

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Manual Path: Not Found

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Icon Path is: C:\mame\icons

19:34:34.1 6/1/2009: Marquee Path is: C:\mame\marquees

19:34:34.2 6/1/2009: Loading Custom Emulators

19:34:34.3 6/1/2009: Using 2D Animations

19:34:34.3 6/1/2009: Using General Font: Verdana

19:34:34.3 6/1/2009: Using Title Font:

19:34:34.3 6/1/2009: Initialising DirectDraw

19:34:34.3 6/1/2009: Applying GameEx is Loading Image

19:34:34.5 6/1/2009: Creating DirectDraw Device

19:34:34.5 6/1/2009: Using Device: Primary Display Driver

19:34:35.5 6/1/2009: 0mb video memory available

19:34:35.5 6/1/2009: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color

19:34:35.6 6/1/2009: Cannot Set Resolution to: 800x600 32 bit color

19:34:35.6 6/1/2009: Error in the application.

19:34:35.6 6/1/2009: Trying current windows resolution

19:34:35.6 6/1/2009: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces

19:34:35.6 6/1/2009: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode

19:34:35.6 6/1/2009: Creating Back Buffer

19:34:35.7 6/1/2009: --**--

19:34:35.7 6/1/2009: Error: Value does not fall within the expected range.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface.CreateSurfaceFromHBitmap(IDirectDrawSurface

7** lppSurf, HBITMAP__* hbm, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev)

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: at Microsoft.DirectX.DirectDraw.Surface..ctor(Bitmap source, SurfaceDescription desc, Device dev)

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: at t.a(Surface& A_0, String A_1, SurfaceDescription A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4)

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: at t.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5)

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: at t.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: at t..ctor()

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009:

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: It was detected you experienced a DirectX error.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: Please note the following for possible solutions to your problem:

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: 1. Ensure you have the latest version of DirectX installed.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: 2. Ensure you have the latest Manufacturer provided video card drivers.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: NOTE: Windows/Microsoft Update does not contain the latest.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: NOTE: Manufacturer normally means ATI, NVidia, or Intel. Not the brand.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: www.ati.com www.nvidia.com

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: 3. If you do not have a modern video card try the following. 1. Turn off advanced Graphics. 2. Try a lower resolution. 3. Try turning on and using 16-bit colour

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: 4. Ensure any required video codecs are installed.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: 5. Try a different theme, or try running the theme at the resolution it was designed for

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: 6. Try the latest version of GameEx. GameEx is updated all the time.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009: 7. If you performed an auto update to this version. Try performing a manual download and install.

19:34:35.8 6/1/2009:

19:34:35.9 6/1/2009: Closing database connection

19:34:35.9 6/1/2009: Disposing Plugins

19:34:35.9 6/1/2009: GameEx is exiting with errors

19:34:35.9 6/1/2009: Deleting search cache

19:34:37.7 6/1/2009: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING

any help is appreciated.

thanks

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