Could we possibly have a thread somewhere on the site with "best practices" and tutorials for "preparing" our setups? I realise I am maybe one of the less knowledgable members on here, but I feel like it would be really helpful to have some standardized preparations to eliminate some of the more common problems with for example the motherboards, where we are told not just what to do, but how to do it. This would also help sort out the actual problems with the multi from setup problems, as it seems the latter are actually way more common.
These are just examples, but something like:
a) Clean your MVS motherboard with this type of cleaning solution, especially here, here, and here.
b) Make sure your battery is alive by doing this test with this tool.
c) Format this type of SD-card in this way and copy the files in this manner (these guides already exist, and still people of great experience mess it up, but at least then it's easy to pinpoint what's gone wrong, which is why I think it would be useful for all steps).
d) Make sure your cab is outputting this much voltage. Reference this guide to adjust it.
etcetcetc
Then, by the time we get to the testing, we'll have done everything possible to ensure than any trouble is an actual bug in the cart; we'll also have a more pleasant experience generally, and I think DarkSoft and Mitsurugi-w would have more time to sort out actual real issues, since it would be a given that people have completed these steps in the correct way before reporting errors.
Again, I realise I'm probably more in need of this than most, as this is a site with a generally very high level of knowledge and experience, but people also come to this hobby piecemeal; just because I've learnt exactly how to re-wire a control panel or mess with the yoke on a monitor, I might have no idea how to properly clean my MV-1A, or check its battery. I see this all the time where people who know how to build a cabinet from scratch still use Mac OSX textedit to edit files on their TypeX hard-drive, for example.
I'm having some problems with my setup, but I am almost 100% sure it's the motherboard that is on the fritz, rather than an issue with the multi. I'm going to clean it and do everything else the various tutorials I google today tell me to, and then we'll see - I'll also test the multi on a friend's board later this week if nothing works. If there are still problems, I'll come back here and report in the help-thread, as then it might be the multi. I'll also try to collate whatever I find on "MVS-mobo care". Anyway, just a thought.
EDIT: Just to be clear - I'm NOT suggesting DarkSoft or Mitsurugi-W do this, quite the opposite - we as a community should find (and sometimes even write) the tutorials, videos, and tips and share them so they can do the important stuff rather than asking the same questions every single time.
These are just examples, but something like:
a) Clean your MVS motherboard with this type of cleaning solution, especially here, here, and here.
b) Make sure your battery is alive by doing this test with this tool.
c) Format this type of SD-card in this way and copy the files in this manner (these guides already exist, and still people of great experience mess it up, but at least then it's easy to pinpoint what's gone wrong, which is why I think it would be useful for all steps).
d) Make sure your cab is outputting this much voltage. Reference this guide to adjust it.
etcetcetc
Then, by the time we get to the testing, we'll have done everything possible to ensure than any trouble is an actual bug in the cart; we'll also have a more pleasant experience generally, and I think DarkSoft and Mitsurugi-w would have more time to sort out actual real issues, since it would be a given that people have completed these steps in the correct way before reporting errors.
Again, I realise I'm probably more in need of this than most, as this is a site with a generally very high level of knowledge and experience, but people also come to this hobby piecemeal; just because I've learnt exactly how to re-wire a control panel or mess with the yoke on a monitor, I might have no idea how to properly clean my MV-1A, or check its battery. I see this all the time where people who know how to build a cabinet from scratch still use Mac OSX textedit to edit files on their TypeX hard-drive, for example.
I'm having some problems with my setup, but I am almost 100% sure it's the motherboard that is on the fritz, rather than an issue with the multi. I'm going to clean it and do everything else the various tutorials I google today tell me to, and then we'll see - I'll also test the multi on a friend's board later this week if nothing works. If there are still problems, I'll come back here and report in the help-thread, as then it might be the multi. I'll also try to collate whatever I find on "MVS-mobo care". Anyway, just a thought.
EDIT: Just to be clear - I'm NOT suggesting DarkSoft or Mitsurugi-W do this, quite the opposite - we as a community should find (and sometimes even write) the tutorials, videos, and tips and share them so they can do the important stuff rather than asking the same questions every single time.
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