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[STEMALO]

Hi everyone,

I recently had my LAUNCHBOX-MAME arcade M.2 drive crash. I had to purchase another drive and re-install EVERYTHING.
I installed LAUNCHBOX and MAME 287 with the ROMs. Everything working perfectly. Then I proceeded to add the CHD roms but instead of putting them in the ARCADE section it put them in the root and I can't seem to get them to work.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[JoeViking245]

6 minutes ago, STEMALO said:

instead of putting them in the ARCADE section it put them in the root

Do you want them in the root? Can't say I've ever seen that.  Anyway, I think your question is more about...

 

10 minutes ago, STEMALO said:

I can't seem to get them to work.
What am I doing wrong?

So many possibilities.  

You might try installing the MAME Tools plugin and enable the MAME Troubleshooting feature.  That should help show you where it's going wrong.

[STEMALO]

I used the import function in LAUNCHBOX to add the CHD and it put them in the root and yet they still do not start.
What is the proper way of adding CHDs in an existing LAUNCHBOX set up?

My MAME ROMs are in the C drive as is my LAUNCHBOX application.
My CHD ROMS are in the D drive .

Edited Monday at 07:16 PM by STEMALO

[STEMALO]

i tried the Mame Tools plugin and MAME Troubleshooter but do see what the problem could be.

[JoeViking245]

15 minutes ago, STEMALO said:

i tried the Mame Tools plugin and MAME Troubleshooter but do see what the problem could be.

"do", or don't see what the problem could be?  If you do see what the problem could be, were you able to fix it?

I'm going to take a guess that the Troubleshooter tells you that your Effective CLP (Command Line Parameter) has -rompath %romlocation% somewhere in it.  And in the output from the Quick Analysis tab, it says The required CHD' {name of chd}' does not exist or is not accessible to MAME.

But I could be wrong.