: Find the software that matches your chosen system.
: Review games people might have missed during the original console run.
The Ultimate Guide to Safe Retro Gaming: Why We Love Emulation
When looking for digital copies (ROMs), your safety is the top priority. To keep your system clean, always follow these ground rules:
If you want to keep your readers coming back, consider adding these sections:
: Most ROMs come in .zip or .7z archives. If you download a "game" that ends in .exe , do not open it —that is a common sign of a virus.
: Pick a franchise like The Legend of Zelda and track its evolution.
Classic hardware won’t last forever. Cartridges degrade, and original consoles are becoming rare and expensive. Emulators allow these masterpieces to live on modern devices like your PC, smartphone, or even a handheld like the Steam Deck. 🛡️ Staying Safe While You Play
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: Find the software that matches your chosen system.
: Review games people might have missed during the original console run.
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When looking for digital copies (ROMs), your safety is the top priority. To keep your system clean, always follow these ground rules:
If you want to keep your readers coming back, consider adding these sections: : Find the software that matches your chosen system
: Most ROMs come in .zip or .7z archives. If you download a "game" that ends in .exe , do not open it —that is a common sign of a virus.
: Pick a franchise like The Legend of Zelda and track its evolution. To keep your system clean, always follow these
Classic hardware won’t last forever. Cartridges degrade, and original consoles are becoming rare and expensive. Emulators allow these masterpieces to live on modern devices like your PC, smartphone, or even a handheld like the Steam Deck. 🛡️ Staying Safe While You Play
This could have to do with the pathing policy as well. The default SATP rule is likely going to be using MRU (most recently used) pathing policy for new devices, which only uses one of the available paths. Ideally they would be using Round Robin, which has an IOPs limit setting. That setting is 1000 by default I believe (would need to double check that), meaning that it sends 1000 IOPs down path 1, then 1000 IOPs down path 2, etc. That’s why the pathing policy could be at play.
To your question, having one path down is causing this logging to occur. Yes, it’s total possible if that path that went down is using MRU or RR with an IOPs limit of 1000, that when it goes down you’ll hit that 16 second HB timeout before nmp switches over to the next path.