javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy

[yamatetsu]

Found this on ebay (sadly ebay Germany). Looks remarkably like what you might need.

[Zebidee]

EDIT: I just ordered a "new" (used) power supply from eBay for $16. Should be here next week. Hopefully I can just swap it out and everything will work. If not... I guess it's time to get another PC and set it up... Honestly, I kind of want to do that just because the PC I have is hot garbage and so slow. I'd like things to be snappier, if possible, but I dread setting up Hyperspin/Rocketlauncher/Hypermarquee from scratch. There were a ton of little issues last time...

You can transfer a clone of your SDD, or at least the game and data setup. There may be some OS-related things you need to setup, but probably not as hard as you fear. I don't know what CPU you're running in your HP, but I'm guessing it must be pretty darn old already.

My HPs mostly run Mame OK with late-era Core2duo CPUs, in fact they perform remarkably well, but one reason I don't run hyperspin or anything fancy on them is because some of the features seem too demanding.

[Zebidee]

Found this on ebay (sadly ebay Germany). Looks remarkably like what you might need.

That one appears to have the right connectors, but the wrong form factor.

[javeryh]

Well, now I'm officially confused - I thought the HP power supply was your spare, not the faulty one.

Sorry... yes, I have an HP Elite Desk 800 as my spare PC and it turns out the broken PC in my cab is also an HP something.

I also have that other more normal looking power supply from another cab that has been malfunctioning (computer is constantly turning off and on rapidly - haven't done any troubleshooting yet).

Found this on ebay (sadly ebay Germany). Looks remarkably like what you might need.

Oh man - yeah, those look like they should work. Same connectors but more power.

This all assumes that the issue is the power supply! I really hope this is an easy fix - I hate not having a working cabinet to play. All 3 in my basement are in various states of not working... 

[Zebidee]

Found this on ebay (sadly ebay Germany). Looks remarkably like what you might need.

Oh man - yeah, those look like they should work. Same connectors but more power.

It will "work", but won't fit inside the SFF case.

Yours looks like this, yeah? Slimmer, with the fan sticking out.

[javeryh]

It will "work", but won't fit inside the SFF case.

Yours looks like this, yeah? Slimmer, with the fan sticking out.

Yes - the power supply that I think is fried looks exactly like that. The SFF case is for the spare PC. The PC inside of my cabaret cabinet doesn't even have a case. The power supply is literally taped to the floor of the cabinet with a little block I cut for the other side so it would be level haha.

It's probably time to update the PC but if the power supply I ordered works I'll use it as a band-aid until it craps out again...

[javeryh]

It was the power supply! The new one arrived yesterday and I swapped it out and it's working again. What a relief! It still runs slow as hell though.

In the meantime, I started setting up a separate PC that I'm probably going to swap in if I can figure out how to power it on with an external button. It's a SFF HP Elitedesk that doesn't have any motherboard pins, which is super annoying. So I think I need to solder 2 wires to the board where the current power button is located? Does that sound correct? This is what the power button looks like inside the Elitedesk:





The two thick posts in the first image are what I think need to be shorted to power on the PC. I used my multimeter set to continuity and got a beep when I connected them. You can see underneath the motherboard where the solder points are. I think I'll be OK because it's a bit of a mess so I just need to heat up what's there and connect a wire to each contact point. Does that seem correct?

Also, I forgot what a huge pain it is to set up a PC for this cabinet with Hyperspin and RocketLauncher and Hypermarquee. I would use something easier instead of Hyperspin but I can't figure out how to precisely locate the marquee window on the marquee monitor. Launchbox and Attract Mode just center the marquee image on the second screen and I need a window I can drag to the correct location. I would also need to figure out how to map the Pause button to also work for "Exit to Gamelist" if you hold it down for 3 seconds. RocketLauncher has a setting for this.

So... anyone got any suggestions?