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Most Touch Screen Arcade Machines brands tend to follow a similar hardware setup as they were based on touch screen monitors meant for DOS/Windows computers. This means at the core, a touch arcade machine is almost a regular old computer in a more rugged box. | Most Touch Screen Arcade Machines brands tend to follow a similar hardware setup as they were based on touch screen monitors meant for DOS/Windows computers. This means at the core, a touch arcade machine is almost a regular old computer in a more rugged box. | ||
This means that most common issues are actually PC issues: | |||
* CMOS battery being empty after 20 years. | |||
* BIOS setup after replacing CMOS battery. | |||
* Mechnical hard drive corruption. | |||
* Bad connections between motherboard, RAM or PCI/ISA slots. | |||
Revision as of 14:28, 30 March 2024
Introduction
Most Touch Screen Arcade Machines brands tend to follow a similar hardware setup as they were based on touch screen monitors meant for DOS/Windows computers. This means at the core, a touch arcade machine is almost a regular old computer in a more rugged box.
This means that most common issues are actually PC issues:
- CMOS battery being empty after 20 years.
- BIOS setup after replacing CMOS battery.
- Mechnical hard drive corruption.
- Bad connections between motherboard, RAM or PCI/ISA slots.