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whats best mame setup for VERY slow cpus?

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paigeoliver:
You might also simply have something wrong with your motherboard and it is quickly locking up from heat after about 30 seconds of 100 percent processor usage (which is what emulators use).

kcorcoran:
i dunno. but that's a good point. none of these slower machines seem to have fans on the cpus. not really sure what it could be. if this machine is jacked, I have about 3 more of the same ones. might as well get to work. too tired to do anythign last night.

SirPeale:
On older machines like that, a CPU cooler isn't totally necessary when it's *idle*.  But when you use an emulator on it, it uses 100% of the CPU the entire time, so you may want to try some cooling.

To see if it's really thermal related, find a fan.  Could be a box fan for a window, fan for a power supply, whatever, as long as it moves air.  Aim the airflow towards the CPU and start playing.  If it does the same thing, likely heat is your culprit, and find yourself a CPU heatsink.

kcorcoran:
ok arcadeOS and vantage pros...

help me out here PLEASE. i scored a celeron k6 500 mini atx yesterday. 64 mb ram and vatage is running great BUT.

might be a simple answer but i'm racking my brain here.

in arcadeOS and vantage.. i am runing this monitor rotated 90 degrees clockwise

if i run arcadeOS horizontally.. it shows all my vantage roms.

if i hit space and rotate it 90' clockwise.. they all go away
except for frogger and zaxxon which played upside-down when i ran them from the horizontal list.

all the games showing in the horizontal menu have a -H next to them thought they probably shouldnt.

the 2 that show in vertical have a -R next to them

i'm assumign they need to all have a -L next to them to show in my list oriented correctly?

wierd thing is.. if i run mr do .. ms pac.. or donkey kong..(havent tried others yet) from the horizontal list..  they play in the correct orientation. (90' clockwise)


someone HELP!!!!! this thing is ALMOST done and i want to give it to my brother tomorrow afternoon!

thx.

SirPeale:
You'll have to change each games orientation.  PITA, I know.

IIRC you hit alt on each game to change the values from 'H' to 'R' etc.

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