09280: fastdrwp: Fatal error: wrong-sized NVRAM region

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
09280	Crash/Freeze	Critical (emulator)	Always	Oct 5, 2025, 21:32	Oct 17, 2025, 23:33

Tester	M.A.S.H.	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To	Roberto Fresca	Resolution	Fixed	OS	Windows (x64)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver	misc/norautp.cpp
Version	0.281	Fixed in Version	0.282	Build	x64
		Fixed in Git Commit	5960c15	Github Pull Request #

Summary	09280: fastdrwp: Fatal error: wrong-sized NVRAM region
Description	Since MAME 0.277, Fast Draw (poker conversion kit) crashes immediately after starting with the following message: "Fatal error: NVRAM device ':nvram' has a default region, but it should be 0x800 bytes" Working since MAME 0.276.
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Regression Version	0.277
Affected Sets / Systems	fastdrwp

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No.23751 Robbbert Moderator Oct 12, 2025, 00:47	This is fixed, but the original fix was rejected by cuavas and replaced. Devs will need to decide who gets the credit, and which commit.
No.23756 JimCarlTay Tester Oct 13, 2025, 11:13 edited on: Oct 17, 2025, 23:33	Since hap marked this as resolved, let's just give cuavas the credit because his fix (commit 5960c15) looked cleaner than Roberto Fresca's prior fix. I'll include his commit there if this is accepted. UPDATE: Added cuavas' commit since nobody could be bothered.