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MAME won't work on Dell Inspiron 2100?
#291035 - 07/06/12 09:40 AM
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Hello all, I have a quick question about MAME. I downloaded the latest version directly from the site, the command line version.
I recently repaired a Dell Inspiron 2100 desktop computer that I plan on using in a cabinet project.
When I try to run MAME all it does is pop up a command window for a few seconds and then crashes. I know it works because I tried the same files on my standard PC and it booted up just fine.
The Dell Inspiron 2100 is running a Intel Celeron 900MHZ CPU with 512MB of ram. I am currently using the onboard video card.
So what's the deal?
Edited by Kuehnau (07/06/12 09:42 AM)
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Re: MAME won't work on Dell Inspiron 2100?
[Re: Kuehnau]
#291038 - 07/06/12 10:45 AM
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With a computer of that age with onboard video, the most likely problem is that the video is 24-bit. Modern MAME requires 32-bit. You'll need to use an older MAME version (probably 0.106 or earlier, maybe even older).
Edited by AWJ (07/06/12 10:47 AM)
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Re: MAME won't work on Dell Inspiron 2100?
[Re: AWJ]
#291040 - 07/06/12 11:47 AM
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Oh, I see, I thought maybe it might be something like that... Too bad I don't have any old, PCI video cards laying around. NewEgg has one, but it's like $30.00 for a 32MB video card, that's crazy expensive.
Edited by Kuehnau (07/06/12 11:52 AM)
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Re: MAME won't work on Dell Inspiron 2100?
[Re: Kuehnau]
#291045 - 07/06/12 02:06 PM
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> Oh, I see, I thought maybe it might be something like that... Too bad I don't have
> any old, PCI video cards laying around. NewEgg has one, but it's like $30.00 for a
> 32MB video card, that's crazy expensive.
MAME defaults to DirectX9, try the DX8 renderer. You can change it in mame.ini
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Re: MAME won't work on Dell Inspiron 2100?
[Re: Sune]
#291046 - 07/06/12 03:06 PM
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> MAME defaults to DirectX9, try the DX8 renderer. You can change it in mame.ini
And you create a fresh mame.ini by runnning the following from the command prompt in your mame directory...
mame.exe -createconfig
...or the short form...
mame.exe -cc
...for short. Change "mame.exe" to whatever your flavor of mame is named.
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