Noob help with pc run arcade machine

[Stratts]

Morning all,

I thought it best to start a topic in here rather than through the new members section.

I've wanted an arcade machine for a while and this is the cabinet I bought yesterday. Got it cheap (I believe it was a good price at £100??). Fella said it worked about 2-3 months ago then stopped and is loaded with around 300 games. He replaced the CMOS battery and said there was a button with a dot on it that when pressed sent it 'funny'. He wasn't very good with computers so disconnected it by pulling the spade clip off. (I haven't tried reconnecting it yet)

Ran a system check as you can see and it came back ok. Running XP which just keeps trying to reboot and ending up at the safe mode screen. Tried hitting F8 and starting with last known good configuration but it just ends up back at the prompt screen for safe mode etc.

It also had a copy cd in the drive with XP3 for XP written on which I assume to be service pack 3?

Here's a load more pics of the unit, pc, wiring and system spec etc. The wiring needs a tidy up for sure!!

 

[Hitesh]

Hello
Contact me via PM, we can then exchange Mobile Numbers and I will try to help you.

Regards, Hitesh

 

[TheDaddy]

Check Bios Date / Time are set correct as this can cause this, Remove RAM and clean ram edge and slots with IPA. Past this then it could be corrupt data or faulty HDD, You try repair O/S manually but easier to just reinstall to be fair. Would then need MAME / Frontend install.

Hope this helps,

Dave.

TheDaddy2023-01-03 11:02:25

 

[Spanky]

Are you saying you can get into Safe Mode?

 

[agent4125]

Pretty good for £100 I'd say!

I also think it'll probably be easier to reinstall the OS from scratch, but depends how confident you are with installing/configuring software (frontend and emulators).

agent41252023-01-03 13:48:11

 

[Stratts]

No mate when I try it just reboots and ends up at the same screen. A friend of mine put me onto a local IT fella who dabbles in this sort of thing so I may have some help on the horizon!!

 

[TheDaddy]

Have you tried any of the above suggestions Mark ?

Dave.

 

[Stratts]

Yes mate I did and after a bit of tinkering in the settings got it working. Thanks for the advice guys and offer of help Hitesh.

After the guy changed the CMOS battery it reverted to original bios settings so wasn't recognising the hard drive when trying to boot up. Changed to Legacy in the SATA settings and it worked.

Still a slight issue as the buttons won't start the game from the menu, I have to have a keyboard plugged in and press enter but from there I can add credits and play the games ok. Not a biggy for now as it is usable just something to tinker with when I get time and learn more about the unit and how it all works.

I'll be around on the forum and the next thing is to find a pinball machine that doesn't cost the earth, if that's possible!!

Cheers,

Stratts

 

[ZedEx48K]

Still a slight issue as the buttons won't start the game from the menu, I have to have a keyboard plugged in and press enter but from there I can add credits and play the games ok. Not a biggy for now as it is usable just something to tinker with when I get time and learn more about the unit and how it all works.

Stratts

If it's running mame, press tab on the keyboard and you can configure all your controls there.

 

[Stratts]

Thank you yes it is with something called Maximus Arcade

 

[Stratts]

Thank you yes it is with something called Maximus Arcade