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Did I just compromise my computer? HELP!
Jefferson:
I bought a new power supply (like a 450 W) and I no longer have the hard drive spin up-spin down... I'm back in action (although I do get the very occasional MALA freeze... it may be due to some other kinks I have to iron out (I soldered the midway start buttons as normally-closed accidentally.)
Thanks everyone for your help. The PS switch out was easy and educational. I followed this tutorial:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/362
Jefferson:
Well, a few more problems have arisen and I don't know if they're related.
- maybe one in ten times, my PC will freeze and I'll have to hard-shutdown. Sometimes its in Mala, once it was before mala booted, once it was during play
- After a few minutes, most games have a glitchy sound quality, with roms I swear I didn't have this problem before... pausing and unpausing seems to alleviate it for a while then it starts again.
- sometimes during gameplay everything will hang up for one second and ill hear the fan turn on or off. Not major, but it freaks me out thinking I'm gonna have to restart.
Unrelated:
Is there a way to tell mame to run d3d or ddraw for specific roms or does it take running multiple versions? I like my classics running ddraw. much crisper.
JustMichael:
Is the pc currently in the cocktail or still sitting outside? If it is inside the cocktail, is there too much heat building up?
Jefferson:
Its inside the cocktail with the side panel off of the pc case... its warm, but I hadnt found much in the forums to convince me that fans and venting were really necessary... I'll fire it up with the coin door open for a while and see if that helps. The sound thing is really whats bothering me.
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