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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. | ||
Accordingly, most common issues are actually PC issues: | |||
* CMOS battery being empty after 20 years. | * CMOS battery being empty after 20 years. | ||
* BIOS setup after replacing CMOS battery. | * BIOS setup after replacing CMOS battery. | ||
Revision as of 14:48, 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.
Accordingly, 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.
- Dead power supplies.
- Etc...