Attract mode not working

[chriss]

hey guys, happy new year! havent been around in a while!

i just fired up the cabinet after 2 months of not much configuring...

i updated to the newest version and now attract mode is not working anymore..

any idea on this?

this is the relevant part from the log:

19:15:06.4  04.02.2009:  Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support
19:15:06.7  04.02.2009:  Initializing MCE Remote
19:15:06.8  04.02.2009:  Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!
19:15:06.8  04.02.2009:  Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame
19:15:07.5  04.02.2009:  Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully
19:18:25.0  04.02.2009:  Starting Attract Mode
19:18:25.0  04.02.2009:  Reading MAME hall of fame
19:18:25.3  04.02.2009:  Exception occured running Attract Mode
19:18:25.3  04.02.2009:  Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
19:18:25.5  04.02.2009:	 at DvdCore.GeneralEngineClass.set_UseSampleGrabber(Int32 pVal)
19:18:25.5  04.02.2009:	 at ae.a(Boolean A_0)
19:18:25.5  04.02.2009:	 at k.b(Boolean A_0)
19:18:27.7  04.02.2009:  Returning From Attract Mode
19:21:25.3  04.02.2009:  Starting Attract Mode
19:21:25.4  04.02.2009:  Exception occured running Attract Mode
19:21:25.4  04.02.2009:  Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
19:21:25.4  04.02.2009:	 at DvdCore.GeneralEngineClass.set_UseSampleGrabber(Int32 pVal)
19:21:25.4  04.02.2009:	 at ae.a(Boolean A_0)
19:21:25.4  04.02.2009:	 at k.b(Boolean A_0)
19:21:27.8  04.02.2009:  Returning From Attract Mode

[bkenobi]

Someone just had this problem a couple weeks back: http://www.gameex.info/forums/index.php?showtopic=6882

I believe they fixed it by manually downloading the installer.

[Tom Speirs]

Hey Chris,

Looks you need to do a manual download and install.

[chriss]

thanks for the quick help guys! will try that and report back!