help with my "power on" screen

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 11:27 pm

Thanks for the earlier help with connecting.. i've figured out fraps/winamp and everything looks great... but when i start the computer.. my power on screen appears VERY dim.. u can only see it when inches away from the LCD... how can i rectify this situation??? Thanks again in advance!

Miles · Post by **Miles** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 8:58 am

Hello...

What part number do you have?

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 1:04 pm

the mx212

Miles · Post by **Miles** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:05 am

Can you adjust backlight intensity up/down??

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:43 pm

yes i can... its at 100% intensity... should i turn this down to beable to see the startup screen??

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:47 pm

p.s. i tried turning the backlight down and the startup screen text was still extremely dim.. i dont understand this because when LCDC starts on startup of windows.. the display looks great.... i have faith in your skills miles

Miles · Post by **Miles** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 12:50 pm

Can you adjust the contrast up/down?

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 2:38 pm

i already messed with the contrast so it looks perfect when LCDC is running normally.. i ran the bootlogo program that came on the cd... could that have anything to do with it??? i deleted the file that i created with that and just changed the power on screen with LCDC.... i dont know.. i'm lost

Miles · Post by **Miles** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:11 pm

When LCDC starts up, it sets a default contrast setting. You may have to adjust your contrast llevel accordingly and save it. When LCDC loads after the contrast setting has been saved, the contrast will be correct.

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:20 pm

so you're saying that i have to set the contrast on the orbital itself.. not through LCDC???? how would i do that???

Post by **Henry** » Thu Apr 29, 2004 11:09 pm

Select50 wrote:so you're saying that i have to set the contrast on the orbital itself.. not through LCDC???? how would i do that???

No, when LCDC starts up, it will over ride the LCD contrast setting, so go into LCDC and check the contrast setting there, and lower or raise it.

Post by **Mat-Moo** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:01 am

Hi Select50, sounds like everything is working fine in LCDC. Therefore you need to run the "Bootloader" application to set the default power on values for yor screen, which also includes the backlight intensity/Contrast settings which sound wrong.

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 9:41 am

ok.. this bootloader app you're talking about.. is that on the cd that came with it??? all i got is the bootscreen app.. which is very simple and i cannot find any contrast settings in... im beginning to think i'm just retarded

Miles · Post by **Miles** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 3:02 pm

Send me an email at myero@matrixorbital.ca and I'll send you the appropriate program...

Select50 · Post by **Select50** » Fri Apr 30, 2004 4:09 pm

i think i found the program.. and its working great now.. thanks for all the help