crashes on update list

**lurkio** · November 30, 2005

hi

I installed gameex v 5.24 i turned off all filters etc and when i come to update list it gets as far as this

adding history.dat to game list (3354)

then the speakers buzz for a seconf and everything crashes

here is the log

16:17:45.2 30/11/2005: GameEx: Version 5.24: Starting Log
16:17:45.3 30/11/2005: Operating System Platform: Win32NT
16:17:45.3 30/11/2005: Operating System Name: Windows XP
16:17:45.3 30/11/2005: Operating System Version: 5.1.2600
16:17:45.3 30/11/2005: Checking Registration
16:17:45.3 30/11/2005: Running Randomize()
16:17:45.4 30/11/2005: Initialising Video/MNG DLL's
16:17:45.9 30/11/2005: Running Misc startup tasks
16:17:45.9 30/11/2005: Setting Menu types
16:17:46.0 30/11/2005: Opening Configuration File
16:17:46.0 30/11/2005: Getting Configuration Values
16:17:46.0 30/11/2005: Using Theme: Default - Default
16:17:46.0 30/11/2005: Checking for alternate Image Directory for Theme: Default - Default
16:17:46.0 30/11/2005: Text/Language: English
16:17:46.0 30/11/2005: Applying Language/Text
16:17:46.5 30/11/2005: Creating Scancodes.txt (List of DirectInput scan codes)
16:17:46.5 30/11/2005: Snap Delay set to: 1
16:17:46.5 30/11/2005: Is Media Center running?
16:17:46.6 30/11/2005: Check Media Center Exit/Start Mode
16:17:46.6 30/11/2005: Media Center Mode 2
16:17:46.6 30/11/2005: Checking for applications to Launch On Startup
16:17:46.6 30/11/2005: Get other settings
16:17:46.6 30/11/2005: Using 2D Animations
16:17:46.7 30/11/2005: SlikStik support enabled
16:17:46.7 30/11/2005: Using DirectInput for keyboard input
16:17:46.7 30/11/2005: Launching HideOS.exe
16:17:48.3 30/11/2005: Hiding Taskbar
16:17:48.4 30/11/2005: Start work for Form
16:17:48.4 30/11/2005: Getting Original Screen Size
16:17:48.4 30/11/2005: Loading ICON
16:17:48.5 30/11/2005: Initializing Component
16:17:48.7 30/11/2005: Initialising Bass Audio Library
16:17:49.4 30/11/2005: Loading default loading screen
16:17:49.7 30/11/2005: Using General Font: Trebuchet MS
16:17:49.7 30/11/2005: Using Title Font: Trebuchet MS
16:17:49.7 30/11/2005: Initialising DirectDraw
16:17:49.8 30/11/2005: Applying GameEx is Loading Image
16:17:50.3 30/11/2005: Creating DirectDraw Device
16:17:50.3 30/11/2005: Using Device: RADEON 9250
16:17:50.5 30/11/2005: Setting Resolution to 800x600 32 bit color
16:17:50.5 30/11/2005: Creating DirectDraw Surfaces
16:17:50.5 30/11/2005: Creating Primary Surface - Full Screen Mode
16:17:50.6 30/11/2005: Creating Back Buffer
16:17:50.6 30/11/2005: Loading graphic surfaces
16:17:50.8 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs
16:17:51.1 30/11/2005: Creating Surface Volume
16:17:51.1 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Arrows
16:17:51.1 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEXlogo Text
16:17:51.2 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar
16:17:51.3 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Backgrounds
16:17:51.6 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Toolbar Controls
16:17:51.6 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces GameEx Logo
16:17:51.8 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Home & Exit
16:17:51.9 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Snaps
16:17:51.9 30/11/2005: Creating Surfaces Menu and List Bars
16:17:52.4 30/11/2005: Creating Fonts
16:17:52.4 30/11/2005: Creating Menu Font
16:17:53.0 30/11/2005: Creating Game Font
16:17:53.3 30/11/2005: Creating Game Font Standard Size
16:17:54.9 30/11/2005: Creating Font Black
16:17:55.2 30/11/2005: Creating Font Black Small
16:17:55.4 30/11/2005: Creating Game Font Faded
16:17:55.7 30/11/2005: Creating Title Font
16:17:56.5 30/11/2005: Fonts Created Succesfully
16:17:56.5 30/11/2005: MAME Path is: c:\mame32
16:17:56.6 30/11/2005: MAME EXE file is: mame32fxpp.exe
16:17:56.6 30/11/2005: ROM Path is: c:\mame32\roms
16:17:56.6 30/11/2005: Catver.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\catver.ini
16:17:56.6 30/11/2005: controls.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\data\controls.ini
16:17:56.6 30/11/2005: History.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\history.dat
16:17:56.6 30/11/2005: nplayers.ini is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\nplayers.ini
16:17:56.6 30/11/2005: MAMEinfo.dat is located at: C:\Program Files\GameEx\DATA\mameinfo.dat
16:17:56.8 30/11/2005: Loading Controls.ini map file
16:17:56.8 30/11/2005: Loading Custom Emulators
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Snap Path is: c:\Mame32\snap
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: AVI Snap Path: Not Found
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Flyer Path is: c:\Mame32\flyers
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Cabinet Path is: c:\Mame32\cabinets
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Title Path is: c:\Mame32\titles
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Panel Path: Not Found
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Icon Path is: c:\Mame32\icons
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Marquee Path is: c:\Mame32\marquees
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: MAME CMD options: -triplebuffer -nowindow
16:17:58.1 30/11/2005: Attempting to load game list
16:17:58.3 30/11/2005: Running: mame32fxpp.exe -help
16:17:58.3 30/11/2005: Running: c: c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe -help > c:\mame32\help.txt
16:17:59.2 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: Now Outputing mame32fxpp.exe - Help
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: --BEGIN--
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: M.A.M.E. v0.102u1 (Nov 21 2005) - Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: Copyright © 1997-2005 by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: MAME is an emulator: it reproduces, more or less faithfully, the behaviour of
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: several arcade machines. But hardware is useless without software, so an image
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: of the ROMs which run on that hardware is required. Such ROMs, like any other
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: commercial software, are copyrighted material and it is therefore illegal to
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: use them if you don't own the original arcade machine. Needless to say, ROMs
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: are not distributed together with MAME. Distribution of MAME together with ROM
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: images is a violation of copyright law and should be promptly reported to the
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: authors so that appropriate legal action can be taken.
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: Usage: MAME gamename [options]
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: MAME -showusage for a brief list of options
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: MAME -showconfig for a list of configuration options
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: MAME -createconfig to create a mame.ini
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: For usage instructions, please consult the file windows.txt
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: --END--
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005:
16:17:59.3 30/11/2005: Loading last used Game List
16:17:59.6 30/11/2005: Creating DirectSound Device
16:17:59.6 30/11/2005: Trying: Primary Sound Driver
16:17:59.6 30/11/2005: Loading Sound Files
16:17:59.9 30/11/2005: DirectSound Device Created Successfully
16:17:59.9 30/11/2005: Creating ICONS
16:18:01.3 30/11/2005: Gamepad/Joystick disabled
16:18:01.3 30/11/2005: Initialising DirectInput for Keyboard support
16:18:01.4 30/11/2005: Initializing MCE Remote
16:18:01.5 30/11/2005: Initialization OK! Starting GameEx!
16:18:01.5 30/11/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Processing Frame
16:18:02.4 30/11/2005: Testing Main Loop Once: Main Loop ran successfully
16:18:16.1 30/11/2005: Updating MAME Game List
16:18:16.1 30/11/2005: Running: c: c:\mame32\mame32fxpp.exe -listxml > c:\mame32\listinfo.dat
16:18:47.2 30/11/2005: Opening Listinfo.dat
16:18:48.8 30/11/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat
16:20:13.0 30/11/2005: Reading ListInfo.dat - DONE
16:20:13.0 30/11/2005: Processing ListInfo.dat
16:20:26.9 30/11/2005: Listinfo.dat Processing Complete
16:20:27.0 30/11/2005: Sorting MAME Game List
16:20:27.8 30/11/2005: Adding History.dat info to gamelist

any suggestions ?

**Tom Speirs** · November 30, 2005

hi
I installed gameex v 5.24 i turned off all filters etc and when i come to update list it gets as far as this
adding history.dat to game list (3354)
then the speakers buzz for a seconf and everything crashes
here is the log
any suggestions ?

Please explain in much more detail - "then the speakers buzz for a seconf and everything crashes "

This sounds like an issue with your hardware by the look of it. Also have you any screensavers or powersaving turned on that could affect this. Is your PC stable, ie is it overheating?

**lurkio** · November 30, 2005

all drivers are up to date.. no problem with overheating or anything, i'm using an intel celeron 533 with xp sp1 .net framework 1.1 pc is on most of the time and no crashes from anything else... just gameex

oh yes, no screensavers and powersaving set to always on

**Tom Speirs** · November 30, 2005

all drivers are up to date.. no problem with overheating or anything, i'm using an intel celeron 533 with xp sp1 .net framework 1.1 pc is on most of the time and no crashes from anything else... just gameex
oh yes, no screensavers and powersaving set to always on

As I said, please explain how it crashes. With a 533MHZ CPU for all MAME games the gamelist could take upwards of 45 minutes to update, and it does not always show progress.

It sounds like its not crashing, your just not waiting long enough.

**lurkio** · November 30, 2005

i left it running while i went to work and it was still in the same poition when i got back, 8 hrs later, i'd say that was a crash wouldn't you

**Tom Speirs** · November 30, 2005

i left it running while i went to work and it was still in the same poition when i got back, 8 hrs later, i'd say that was a crash wouldn't you

Yep that would be a crash, but you said the speakers made a sound, and then it crashed.

It's kind of hard to help when people dont explain things to well.

I, and nobody else on this forum can help you based on the information you gave. I know this, because I don't know the problem, its not been reported, and I wrote the thing!

Any more info you provide, would certainly help.

**lurkio** · November 30, 2005

right, i've tried again to update the list... delete listinfo.dat,gamelist.txt..

at the moment its at adding history.dat to gamelist(1143)

it could be a problem with the board, apart from gameex,emuloader ( whick worked ok for the few times i tried it) and arcade jukebox 8... which gets used a lot...

hardware specs

intel celeron 533

his excalibur 9200 radeon pci graphics card

onboard sound card

wireless network card

160 gig hard drive xp sp1

i've using a 2 player control panel 4 buttons each connected to a mini ipac

direct x 9.0c

just been down to check it before posting and still at (1143) and the keyboard lights ain't working (caps lock, num lock etc)

i'll leave it for a while.. and if it don't work i've got a pentium 700 and another board , which i'll try it with and let you know the outcome

by the way would updating the history.dat file form the mame website help.. or is the version supplied with gameex the latest one

**Tom Speirs** · November 30, 2005

right, i've tried again to update the list... delete listinfo.dat,gamelist.txt..
at the moment its at adding history.dat to gamelist(1143)
it could be a problem with the board, apart from gameex,emuloader ( whick worked ok for the few times i tried it) and arcade jukebox 8... which gets used a lot...
hardware specs
intel celeron 533
his excalibur 9200 radeon pci graphics card
onboard sound card
wireless network card
160 gig hard drive xp sp1
i've using a 2 player control panel 4 buttons each connected to a mini ipac
direct x 9.0c
just been down to check it before posting and still at (1143) and the keyboard lights ain't working (caps lock, num lock etc)
i'll leave it for a while.. and if it don't work i've got a pentium 700 and another board , which i'll try it with and let you know the outcome
by the way would updating the history.dat file form the mame website help.. or is the version supplied with gameex the latest one

It does sound like it might be a hardware issue. You can try the following to help narrow down though, if it is a GameEx issue.

In the config app, under advanced settings, for history.dat and mameinfo.dat just delete the paths for those two settings, that way GameEx wont use them when updating the list. You could also try deleting the files from the GameEx\data directory and reinstalling just in case those files got corrupted.

The files may be a couple of versions old, but as far as I know they work for everyone else.

**headkaze** · December 1, 2005

Try these things:

1. Defrag your HDD (Right click the drive in Explorer->properties->Tools->Defrag Now...

2. Delete listinfo.dat/gamelist.txt and download latest history.dat/mameinfo.dat and overwrite the old ones.

3. Re-install GameEx with the latest version.

4. Download Process Explorer from Sysinternals and kill every task under explorer.exe (hilight each one and hit DEL, then confirm)

5. Launch GameEx and try another update.

Double check you have no screensaver and all monitor power settings including "Turn off hard disks", "System standby" and "System hibernates" are all set to Never.

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