MameWAH - screen blacking out

[Funky_K]

Hi,
I've been working on getting a new arcade cab running in my office waiting room.
I had MAME32 v0.87 working fine (I couldn't get the trackball working in v1.06), but the interface isn't ideal for a public waiting room.
So I got MameWAH along with MAME v0.87. I think I have everything configured properly, and I am happy with the interface... very clean and tamper resistent.  I messed around with it for about an hour, testing games and so forth, without any problems.

Today was the first time we had patients using the machine. Every time I went to check on things, the screen was blank. I could hear sounds, but I couldn't do anything... including exit. I had to alt-tab to get out of it.  I thought it might be a problem with the screensaver, so I checked to make sure there were no power saving options enabled in Windows... and I verified that the MameWAH screensaver was working properly (set at 300 sec).  It comes on fine and starts cycling through snap screens.
I am running Win98SE on an AMD Sempron 2400+ PC with 128MB RAM.
Any idea on what could be causing this?

Thanks

edit:  using MameWAH 1.61

[mccoy178]

Sounds like a autodosbox safelaunch type of issue.  Check your .ini with the one at JCrouse's website.  If you search for his name, he has a link in his profile.  It also appears that in the situation you are using it in, that mala may be a good alternative.