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Truz:
Well i have been having a problem lately with mame. I am using the latest version of mame with mamewah if anyone needs to know, so here is my problem.


When playing certain game (like MvC, SFA3) I will hear a beep from the motherboard and the game will slowdown but then kick back to normal within about 5-10 secs. It is the same kind of beep you hear when pressing one too many keys at the same time within windows. I think this happens when i mash buttons in MvC (on certain moves you get more hits if u mash) so is there any fix to this. I am pretty sure this is the problem because it is just a single beep and thats what happens in windows when you press one too many keys.

Is there a solution to this or should i just stop mashin the damn buttons, haha. Also i am using an x-arcade solo stick. thanks for any input guys.
PaulG:
Well if you figure out what BIOS your motherboard is using, the codes are easy to find on google (Ex. Phoenix Bios codes).  Noticed on one particuliar BIOS one beep meant bad RAM.

Not sure if that's relevant.  Never actually heard a beep from pressing too many keys.   But it's a start if you wanna figure out BIOS beeps.
Truz:
well i looked into it and i found out that a single beep mean this:


ERROR message: Refresh Failure

Description: The memory refresh circuitry on the baseboard is faulty.


Now what does that mean and how would i go about solving this problem. Now i have only really experienced this problem in mame (dont do much else oon that pc) and really only in the more recent system taxing games. And the slowdown is bearable as it only lasts a couple seconds and then it kicks back in normally. So can anyone point me in the right direction to solving this problem? thanks
Tiger-Heli:
If it's happening during the game itself, the BIOS codes are irrelevant, so ignore that line of logic.

One of the encoder designers could answer this better (RandyT ?), but.

It's possible the motherboard is not polling the PS/2 or USB? port fast enough.  Or it's possible you have some kind of ghosting with the X-Arcade encoder.

Try this - download Ghostkey or one of the other keyboard utilities from the utils section of the main page.  Fire it up.  Press EVERY X-Arcade button and move the joysticks to all the diagonals.

If you hear any beeps, you found your problem (although you still won't be sure if it's X-arcade or motherboard port ;-(( )
Lilwolf:
one more note...

didn't x-arcades have a patch?  Might have been for that.

and ghostkey is a good bet... tests that it happens outside of mame... plus you will get a visual on whats happening.
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