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Title: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 15, 2014, 08:14:15 AM: Hi All
I have a Dell Duo mini netbook with Windows 7 and I can't get Mame to work? I download the latest 32bit ver. and all that happens is the first small screen pops up and goes away then the whole screen goes black. thats it. it works great on my XP desktop but not my netbook.
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rickhunter on November 15, 2014, 09:03:46 AM: are you trying to run mameUI or the command line version?
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 15, 2014, 10:03:58 AM: command line,mame 0155b 32bit, I dont like the others because I just play PE+ games and dont need to weed throught all the other game to get to PE+ games.
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rickhunter on November 15, 2014, 06:53:59 PM: are you running it using administrative rights?
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 15, 2014, 09:14:06 PM: ~~that I don't know, I'm new to win7~~ i just tried using administrative rights no go. the screen goes black when i click on the mame icon?
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rickhunter on November 15, 2014, 11:46:15 PM: I am not familiar with the dell notebook you describe, what kind of processor is on it?
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: Yoeddy1 on November 16, 2014, 12:17:05 AM: Personally, I'd check the MAME or BYOAC forums Lotta good expertise out there.

Thanks,
Jason
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 16, 2014, 09:37:50 AM: I've googled my problem and read lot's of forums and can't seem to get it fixed. (i didnt want to sign up on a new forum for just 1 question..... for now)
the dell is
intel Atom 1.66GHz
2gb ram
320gb HD
32 bit windows 7 home premium
touch screen
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 16, 2014, 10:34:33 AM: I downloaded 144b which is a old version and it works like great :cool_thumb_up:
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rickhunter on November 16, 2014, 02:00:42 PM: weird, the only thing I can think of is that version .155 is using a instruction set not supported by the atom processor. Isn't it kind of slow running it on that notebook?
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 16, 2014, 02:38:49 PM: poker games work great on it, at 1.66GHz and 2G ram it should be good, I'll DL Donkey Kong and i'll let you know about the speed. :rotfl:
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: jay on November 16, 2014, 03:43:31 PM: Any chance the OS is 64bit ?
Control Panel, System will tell you that.
If so your 32bit program you will need to set to run in compatibility mode, Create an Icon on your desktop, right click, properties, compatibility mode.
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 16, 2014, 04:19:46 PM: windows 7 32bit. working great :cool_thumb_up:
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: Yoeddy1 on November 16, 2014, 04:55:31 PM: For what it's worth, 64-bit architecture will yield about another 20-30% performance gain in MAME.

Thanks,,
Jason
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 16, 2014, 05:33:29 PM: does anyone know how to scroll throught the menu to see all downloaded roms? if you look at the first pic i posted, it show the mame menu but not all the roms I've DL.
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rickhunter on November 16, 2014, 07:19:36 PM: You can just type the name of the game and the contents of the game display will change accordingly.
Title: Re: can't get MAME to work on Windows 7
Post by: rapidroy on November 17, 2014, 08:34:00 PM: I'm slowly getting mame, now I have 144 mame working all the 155 games don't work :no: this sucks. I need to get 155 working. anyone have any more idea's?