ipac ps/2

[skim36]

sorry, this thread has probably been answered many times.  I have an ipac ps/2 2 player version.  It works wonderfully except on fighter games...where it actually acts as if there's a stuck key failure when you start hitting alot of buttons fast.  Your character stops responding to controls and I then have to reboot.  I was wondering if anyone else had this problem.  It was working fine a few months ago.  But let me go back...I am running win xp.  I had 192 megs of ram but one of the chips failed so I now only have 64.  I'm thinking this might be the problem.  Knowing xp is a resource hog.  mame version 66.  thanks again...this is a great community.

[currygoat11]

What do you mean by stuck-key-failure?  The whole point of the I-PAC is to allow you to hit the buttons as fast as possible. Each key is it's own circuit path, interrupt driven. If you smack 2 buttons at the same time, these 2 buttons should be translated to 2 separate signals to the PS/2 port.

[Hoagie_one]

im pretty sure its teh Ram.

XP requires 128 on a minimum install, and its pretty useless without 256, IMO

[currygoat11]

that's a good point. XP will struggle big time with only 64MB RAM.

[skim36]

I've put on win 2000...cause I heard it's not so bad as far as resources go....I'd like to get some ram but from what I gather so far....I have a Dell Optiplex GX 150...PIII 1 gig, and I hear it takes a certain type of ram....and I think that's true cause I had a 256 in there and it wouldn't even boot.  Thought the ram was bad...so I gave it away....turns out it was fine.  I had this comp given to me by my brother from where he works....they had a brown-out and he couldn't get it to boot....I brought it home...changed out the ide cables and the ram...and it booted up...but maybe there's more problems I haven't found yet.  Just might hit up ebay for a new one....you get what you pay for I guess....lol