Glad you got it sorted. Sometimes the cheap price is appealing but, when it all boils down to it, you get what you pay for. Also, I'm tossing out my Patriot thumb drive now to save myself some heartache later.
Adultery do you have a blank controller images that I could have? Yours look great but some of my configs are waaaay different from the ones you shared. Thanks dude!
Here is mine. It's coming along, just got the control panel done, new side art, marquee, cpo. New monitor but can't figure out how to bezel and mount it. Still a W.I.P.
Here you go Draco. I use MAMEUI64 and the config that works best if the Xarcade one (not the X-Arcade.cfg) . There is others but that one works the best for me. Let me know how it goes. Configs.7z
Have you tried using a bootable program to access the hard drive files? I've used the BitDefender Rescue/Recovery cd numerous time to get files from messed up hard drives. Worth a shot, only costs a download and a cd/dvd. Linkage - http://download.bitdefender.com/rescue_cd/
I like all the themes that nullpointer was saying but my all time favorite is Draco's Space Invaders theme. Looks so slick with my cab color scheme and with my sexy new ASUS monitor.
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