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| Deadly:
Thanks for all the replies people. While it makes me happy to have closure it upsets me that it's the hardware. I'm going to play around with it a tad tonight and see if command line mame is any better and /or view my BIOS settings to see what mode the USB is in. Just thought about that - and am wondering if at some time long ago that when I updated the BIOS possibly the settings reverted/changed. I'm glad I posted before really diving in - I believe you guys saved me a few hours of my life :lol I'll report back what I find. BTW - I tried emailing Andy at Ultimarc and it bounced because his inbox is full and his site doesn't list a phone number. I think I'll probably suck it up and buy one of his tracballs. Does anyone know if the Ultimarc tracball will mount up to my current happ mounting plate? |
| u_rebelscum:
That sounds like it's an overflow issue: the ball is spinning too fast for some bottleneck point. There are quite a few possible bottleneck points, but two I'd suspect the most. One is windows/USB's poll rate; see if you can increase it, and if it helps. The ability to up the mouse poll rate varies between OS versions, so make sure the method you use actually works on your exact OS (including its 64 bit size). A bios or windows or mouse driver update could have caused the change. (BTW, a fix was put in mame to help people who can't up the poll rate; it might help you if this is the problem.) The other I'd be worried about is happs USB board getting old and not being able to handle the data speed anymore. Old happs usb TB boards have a history of acting funny like this (or breaking more noticeably). The fix for this would be to buy new boards. You can get another happs usb board set, but I'd lean toward two happs arcade TB boards and an optiwiz or u-hid nano. |
| AndyWarne:
One think to check is whether the problem happens in one axis direction only. If it does, then that optical sensor might be going bad. Its worth blowing the dust out of the optical sensors also. |
| Deadly:
--- Quote from: AndyWarne on October 28, 2009, 03:29:29 pm ---One think to check is whether the problem happens in one axis direction only. If it does, then that optical sensor might be going bad. Its worth blowing the dust out of the optical sensors also. --- End quote --- Thanks Andy. I ran across this from someone having Happ issues. Going to add it to the list of things I need to try: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/USB-Mouserate-switcher.shtml |
| Deadly:
Wanted to post my results for future reads. Checked BIOS settings - nothing new/changed I loaded X32 Windows XP Pro with SRV pack 2 and used the drivers CD that came with the board to load audio and such. I also downloaded the video driver from ATI. Otherwise no windows updates applied. Using the utility: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/USB-Mouserate-switcher.shtml I tried all 3 settings and even used the option to revert to the original usbport.sys driver. I also played with the sensitivity options in the analog settings of the game. Tried old version of MAME32UI and latest ver. I noticed that if I try not rallying the track ball, it works decent but not perfect. The track ball has been cleaned, the bearings are perfect shape. Bottom line: Without a doubt there is an issue with the track ball. I would believe there is something with the older HAPP USB track ball optic boards that are causing this. I am going to throw mine away and buy one from Ultimarc as long as it'll fit in my current CP hole for the HAPP Track Ball. u |
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