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I just downloaded v11.81. And it's working! Thanks. My problem is solved!

Thanks for your fast answer. How can I update GameEx while it is not starting? Just download the new version and install it? What about my configuration if I do so? What files to backup before new installation?

Dear Forum, I hope someone can help as my GameEx won't start any more. I added my GameEx.ini and the Log.txt. Here you can see that an error with DirectX is indicated. GameEx was working several months until I updated it. Since then this error occurs. I went for dxdiag and all the tests are passed with no problems. It's DirectX 9.0c (I think the newest version). I'm using a Jamma Cab with Arcade Monitor. My PC is a HP Workstation xw4200 (P4 3.4GHz, 1024MB RAM) with Windows XP (Professional 5.1 Build 2600). It could be an issue with Ultimarc's ArcadeVGA2(PCIe); the drivers on my CD are in the folder XPPCIE and named CA35000 or CX35000. What can I try or do to fix the problem? Do you need any more information or additional log files? Pleas help, Yours Christian GameExini.txt log.txt

Sorry. My rom set is .131 and not .141. So I can't use a newer mame version.

Thanks for your new ideas. Here are my answers (please excuse the delay, I was travelling on business the last week): My XP is SP3. The HP drivers are all the lastest I can get at HP-Homepage. I can't use a newer Mame version because I don't have an actual rom set. I now tried another frontend (MaLa). I just configured the basic settings and tried to play Centipede. And: the trackball worked without any problems and no backspin. Then I switched back to Gameex and updated it today to the newest version. And: in Gameex the backspin problem is back. So I think the backspin problem must have something to do with Gameex. I could find 3 mame.ini files on my mame computer. One is in the Mameuifx32 ini directory; the other one is found in the directory of NeoMame. And the third one in the Gameex directory config/emulators/import-export. What can I check or improve with my Gameex settings? What could be wrong there? The Gameex .ini file is posted above. By the way: How can I switch off the game descriptions in Gameex menues? I hope we can together find the solution to the backspin problem.

Gameex is v 11.63. I updated a version of last quarter 2009 - I don't really remember the version number. No additions were made to my Mame system since end of 2009. USB and all other systems were not changed or added with new components. I did no changes and that makes the troubleshooting thus complex. Could it be a drivers problem? Should I install new drivers? And if which ones? I don't know where to look at my system. I'm really despaired.

Thanks for your ideas. @R-DUB: The Tab-Settings are available in Mameuifx32. I tried to adjust the sensitivity. But it doesn't solve the problem. If I start Centipede via Mameuifx32 I can use the trackball without any problems. If I start Centipede via Gameex without changing any settings, the backspin is back! @Draco1962: My computer (HP Workstation XW4200)does not have an onboard graphic card. Are there any other ideas to solve my backspin problem?

I am using an arcade monitor Nanao MS8-26. I am not quite shure if I understand which adapter to update or change.I am using the ArcadeVGA2 PCIe X550 drivers. I just looked them up at the Ultimarc page. There are no newer drivers - I assume. The unexplainable problem is that those drivers haven't been changed since Centipede and the other games worked fine via Gameex. And now they don't. Is there any other solution?

I am sorry. There are no differences with the backspin problem by setting the resolution to 800x600. Gameex Configurator says that the resolution should be 640x288 (see: comment on Display Settings). If I switch the ArcadeVGA to 640x288 the picture is very narrow. The best picture on the Arcade monitor is by ArcadeVGA set to 640x480. I just discovered that some more games (eg Crystal Castles) also show those backspin. All movements in Centipede, Arkanoid or Crystal Castles are buffered and then released. It is horrible and unplayable. Could it be another reason than the ArcadeVGA or can I change or try something else with the Display Settings?

Thanks for your hints. I changed Mame to D3D. Unfortunately no effect on my backspin problem. But the picture is now a little bit blurred. My ArcadeVGA is an ArcadeVGA2 (PCI). It uses ATI Drivers Version 9.400.0.0 and Date 13.02.2008. I do not know if there are newer ones. Do my informations help to solve the problem or do you need additional ones?

Certainly. Here are the log file and the 2 ini files. log.txt GameExini.txt mameini.txt

Dear Forum, I suffer a big problem with my trackball / spinner vs. Game options. Here is what happened: My Mame system was running untouched for about 2 years. 3 months ago the trackball and the spinner started to create backspin problems - no settings were changed before. I only rarely use my Mame cab. I am working with a Win XP computer using Mameuifx32. The trackball and the spinner are connected via USB and Optipac. Joysticks and buttons are connected via JammaASD to PS2. When starting Centipede or Arkanoid (Revenge of DOH) via Mameuifx32 there is no problem with the trackball or spinner. I can use the trackball as a mouse on Windows desktop and have no problems. If I start Centipede or Arkanoid via Gameex there is heavy backspin and all movements are delayed; it looks like the movements are buffered and released a little time later. These backspin issues occurred before and after updating XP and Gameex. Playing Marble Madness via Gameex is possible with no trackball backspin. Could it happen that Mame settings do have other impact on Mameuifx32 than on Gameex? What should I change or try? Gameex is such a wonderful frontend working fine and stable and looking good. I like it so much. But now I have to solve the issues with the trackball backspin. I hope I did not miss a solution offered in the forum although I was looking around via search function. Has anyone out there a solution for me and is willing to help? Do you need more information on my system? I hope for your ideas. Thank you!