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mvsfan:

--- Quote from: Haze on February 07, 2010, 05:45:30 pm ---
--- Quote from: Hoopz on February 07, 2010, 04:33:12 pm ---Ark, it's in the second to last line.  The rest is  :dizzy:


--- Quote from: mvsfan on February 06, 2010, 10:37:52 pm ---
For Xp however, you need to set it up to perform a proper shutdown whenever you hit the power button. it is not set up that way by default.


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Any context to what that means mvsfan?

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I don't know what he means either.  Everything from Win2000 up performs a graceful shutdown if you hit the power button as long as you're using it with non-antiquated (think Pentium / Pentium 2 era) hardware.  This requires no special configuration.

let me clarify this. My xp cabinet was set up by default where i had to hold the power button for 5 seconds in order to get a proper shutdown out of it.
now it is set up to immediately shut down properly as soon as the power button is touched. But that also requires turning off some stuff. also something that i have not yet found a cure for is that if i hit the power button while mame is running a game fullscreen, the system wont shut down properly and it just locks up.

now, with that cleared up, what would i have to change so it can cancel an open game window properly? other than that, ive had no bugs at all with this startup/shutdown setup.


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mvsfan:
Pentiums used the old AT power supply. thats why no software can force them to shut down at all.

anything ATX can properly shut down by software, but it still is set up by default to make you hold the button for 5 sec.

the problem with AT was that it would always shut down no matter what the computer was doing.

The main problem now as i see it with Atx is that most original arcade boards need a constant on/off, non software controlled switch. Not really a problem though. its just one extra splice to give an atx supply a Hard off switch like the old ATs have. But really if your wiring an Atx to work with an old Jamma board, you dont need my advice.

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