Question for M10000 owners

explod1ng_b0y · 10-04-2003, 01:12 PM

I'm beginning a carputer project and have been gathering parts and one of the things I have is the Via epia M10000 mini itx board. I was just wondering how the onboard video is. I'm using a lilliput 7" vga lcd display that I got off ebay and I'll be using the carputer for mp3 playback and also dvd's divx movies and so on. Is the onboard video decent for this or am I going to have to go with a pci video card?

hijinks21 · 10-04-2003, 01:15 PM

it'll be fine. only thing it would suck for is playing quake3

explod1ng_b0y · 10-04-2003, 01:55 PM

hah yeah thanks. Dont think I'll be doing too much graphics intensive gaming, especially while I'm driving.

bjm2020 · 10-04-2003, 02:20 PM

I can see the headlines now, man gets killed in car crash while playing quake 3. lol!

Vittel · 10-04-2003, 02:43 PM

I have the Nehemiah M10000 - plays fullscreen DIVX back superbly - never had a DIVX movie glitch yet. - BJM2020 - did you have any issues with your touchscreen calibration? I have same screen and it's not playing ball (Touchscreen seems to think the screen is 90 degrees in other direction)

explod1ng_b0y · 10-04-2003, 02:59 PM

well I wish I could help you out but unfortunately I didnt order the touchscreen version, infact I just ordered it yesterday and dont even have it in my posession yet. I would have went with the touch but I barely had enough for the normal one at the time plus they're out of stock right now anyways so

. But yeah thanks, it's good to know that movies will work well because I'll sure be doing a lot of that

I have almost all the parts I need so hopefully I'll be able to post some pics soon.

bjm2020 · 10-04-2003, 04:02 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Vittel

I have the Nehemiah M10000 - plays fullscreen DIVX back superbly - never had a DIVX movie glitch yet. - BJM2020 - did you have any issues with your touchscreen calibration? I have same screen and it's not playing ball (Touchscreen seems to think the screen is 90 degrees in other direction)

I did have the same problem as you. I even sent my screen back to digitalww thinking it was messed up. He looked at it and it worked with his pc. Do you have a mouse connected along with the touchscreen? That seemed to be my problem, i think. Try taking all of your peripherals off and trying one by one putting them back on. Thats what worked for me!

Vittel · 10-04-2003, 07:10 PM

Cheers for suggestion - tried what you said - removed mouse etc - uninstalled drivers - reinstalled drivers etc with exactly the same results :/
I've just set it up on a totally separate machine and it is exactly the same

grrrr - I feel like ramming a screwdriver through the f'king screen at the moment.

Quote: Originally Posted by bjm2020

I did have the same problem as you. I even sent my screen back to digitalww thinking it was messed up. He looked at it and it worked with his pc. Do you have a mouse connected along with the touchscreen? That seemed to be my problem, i think. Try taking all of your peripherals off and trying one by one putting them back on. Thats what worked for me!

bjm2020 · 10-04-2003, 07:43 PM

yeah, i know how you feel, I tried for two weeks to get it to work all of a sudden when I got it back it worked fine!

It kinda sucks because I finally got it working and then I sold it because I wanted a vga lcd. I just ordered the vga in dash lcd from digitalww.

Vittel · 10-04-2003, 07:57 PM

Shipping my unit back for checkover isn't really an option for me (I'm in UK!)

(I'm hanging on for the GA700YY motorised VGA indash unit...(*when* it's released anyway!

))

But I want the Touchscreen working in the meantime!! I've tried the touchscreen on 4 different machines now - every one is exactly the same, can't be driver related - Armen - is it possible it has been wired incorrectly?

phc · 10-04-2003, 08:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Vittel

I have same screen and it's not playing ball (Touchscreen seems to think the screen is 90 degrees in other direction)

Just a suggestion, perhaps you can swap the X and Y leads on the touchscreen connection to the touchscreen controller. From what I can gather, touchscreens are usually 4 wires. 2 wires should be the Y and 2 for the X. They work by providing a resistance based on where the screen is touched. If your X and Y are swapped, then you basically are rotating the screen by 90 degrees.

You will have to determine which of the 4 wires are the X and Y pair. Maybe they are labeled X+, X-, Y+ or Y-. If they are, sway X+ with Y+ and X- with Y- and you should get your rotation.

Take a look at page 4 of this USB touchscreen controller.

http://www.quad-engineering.com/Prod...tasheet_R2.pdf

Vittel · 10-05-2003, 05:21 AM

Yes, I believe this to be the case - I don't mind doing this - but I'll wait for confirmation from Armen before proceeding - as you say, I'm also pretty sure it's the X/Y wiring that has been mixed up.

Quote: Originally Posted by phc

Just a suggestion, perhaps you can swap the X and Y leads on the touchscreen connection to the touchscreen controller. From what I can gather, touchscreens are usually 4 wires. 2 wires should be the Y and 2 for the X. They work by providing a resistance based on where the screen is touched. If your X and Y are swapped, then you basically are rotating the screen by 90 degrees.

You will have to determine which of the 4 wires are the X and Y pair. Maybe they are labeled X+, X-, Y+ or Y-. If they are, sway X+ with Y+ and X- with Y- and you should get your rotation.

Take a look at page 4 of this USB touchscreen controller.

http://www.quad-engineering.com/Prod...tasheet_R2.pdf

ddogg_777 · 10-05-2003, 04:13 PM

I encode my divx movies with a 1200KBS compression and I also have the M10000 NEhemiah. I like the performance my ATI AIW 7500 gives. I can tell that DVDs and Divx movies play a little clearer. Get it!

ddogg_777 · 10-05-2003, 04:14 PM

OH yeah, you can play games with it too!