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Vas Crabb
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Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME?
07/03/22 03:54 AM


Do you have any unusual peripherals, e.g. input devices (keyboard, mouse, game controllers), or sound hardware? Sometimes a delay on start is caused by a COM server for a driver timing out. Check Device Manager for devices that aren’t actually present and remove them, try removing or reinstalling special driver software for “gaming” peripherals, etc.

Also, have you tried running with -verbose and seeing what it says in the console output immediately before/after it freezes? That could give a clue as to what it’s waiting for.







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* Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? nutte 07/02/22 09:46 AM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? Vas Crabb  07/02/22 11:37 AM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? nutte  07/02/22 11:48 AM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? Vas Crabb  07/03/22 03:54 AM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? nutte  07/03/22 09:58 AM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? TafoidAdministrator  07/02/22 10:32 AM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? nutte  07/02/22 11:10 AM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? TafoidAdministrator  07/02/22 12:07 PM
. * Re: Why 20s delay when starting any game in MAME? nutte  07/02/22 10:53 PM

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