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Title: MAME Hangs PC --- Golden Tee
Post by: eezeetee on January 21, 2017, 01:44:37 pm
Playing Golden Tee with a few buddies with thumb only rules meaning that only thumbs to spin the trackball we can play for hours without any issue.

Then upon a full arm swing (palm push) on the trackball, it hangs the compute (cntrl-alt-del or any key sequence doesn't work)

Do you guys think it's a MAME problem, USB problem or main board problem.

We can play for hours but when we bang on the trackball, it freezes immediately.
Title: Re: MAME Hangs PC --- Golden Tee
Post by: Haze on January 22, 2017, 05:15:23 pm
Playing Golden Tee with a few buddies with thumb only rules meaning that only thumbs to spin the trackball we can play for hours without any issue.

Then upon a full arm swing (palm push) on the trackball, it hangs the compute (cntrl-alt-del or any key sequence doesn't work)

Do you guys think it's a MAME problem, USB problem or main board problem.

We can play for hours but when we bang on the trackball, it freezes immediately.

I can pretty much rule out it being a MAME problem, we've never had a bug report along those lines (and it's a popular title) nor should MAME *ever* lock the machine up to the point where no key sequences will work.
Title: Re: MAME Hangs PC --- Golden Tee
Post by: B2K24 on January 22, 2017, 07:42:51 pm
Seems like it could be a HDD issue where it can lock up indefinitely.
Title: Re: MAME Hangs PC --- Golden Tee
Post by: DarthMarino on January 22, 2017, 08:49:47 pm
When you slam the ball forward, are you shaking the PC at all?  Take some hard shots when you are just on your desktop and see if it happens there.