diff --git a/src/mame/drivers/iteagle.cpp b/src/mame/drivers/iteagle.cpp
index 1c690d8726d..23c6e09d5ae 100644
--- a/src/mame/drivers/iteagle.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/drivers/iteagle.cpp
@@ -131,12 +131,8 @@ public:
 
 void iteagle_state::machine_start()
 {
-	/* set the fastest DRC options */
-	m_maincpu->mips3drc_set_options(MIPS3DRC_FASTEST_OPTIONS);
-
-	/* configure fast RAM regions for DRC */
-	//m_maincpu->mips3drc_add_fastram(0x00000000, 16*1024*1024-1, false, m_rambase);
-	//m_maincpu->mips3drc_add_fastram(0x1fc00000, 0x1fc7ffff, true, m_rombase);
+	// Setting MIPS3DRC_STRICT_VERIFY seems to eliminate the hangs in the bbh series
+	m_maincpu->mips3drc_set_options(MIPS3DRC_STRICT_VERIFY);
 }
 
 void iteagle_state::machine_reset()