New Laptop-Songs Play But no Image On Screen

[den_mar]

Hi all, it has been a long time since I have been on this forum. I just purchased a new Lenovo T420-41786vu with Intel Core i5-2520M, 2.50GHz, 4GB DDr3, 500GB HDD,Intel 3000 Hd + 1 GB Nvidia NVs 4200m, operating on Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.
This is my first experience with the Windows 7 platform so I am behind the learning curve, especially with all the options in Professional, and only owning it for a few days. I went to the Hoster site and did all the recommended changes for Windows 7 before installing Hoster 5.02.09, including all Windows Updates Program installed, it read my KMA files from my external hard drive however I noticed the screen on Hoster was black where I was used to white (as my original xp machine). The kma's acted as though they had been read (you could see all information about the song including book id's and everything else) however song image and lyrics did not display on laptop screen, the music played, but nothing else. On top of that you could not stop the song by pressing the stop button, you had to push the X, and then a dialouge box came up asking if you should close it down. I did set the screen resolution of the laptop to Hoster recommendations.
I am spending a terrific amount of time trying to master Windows 7 Professional on this designed for business laptop, so I am a little burnt out. I have always ran my shows on an XP Home Version rackmount I bought from Hoster in 2005 with no problems, however I stayed with the 3.316 version and never went beyond there.
Was hoping this new laptop would be my main machine and I would see what I was missing from the version I was so used to. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Dennis

[Roy Dennis]

Originally Posted by den_mar

however I noticed the screen on Hoster was black where I was used to white (as my original xp machine).
This is the default colour setup, if you don't like it go to Tools/Options, press the button "Choose Colour"

The kma's acted as though they had been read (you could see all information about the song including book id's and everything else) however song image and lyrics did not display on laptop screen,
Do you see a singers screen appear on your laptop with no lyrics in it, or are you saying no singers screen appears.?
the music played, but nothing else. On top of that you could not stop the song by pressing the stop button,
Are you pressing the right button, the one with the word stop is for stopping the instabuttons, to stop songs playing in the playlist use the square button in between the skip and start buttons, also make sure you have manual mode set not Auto.

If you are not seeing a singers screen Goto Tools /Options and choose reset displays.

If you are seeing the singers screen but it is just black it is something to do with the graphics driver, others may advise you on this.

[den_mar]

Hi, both the singer screen and the screen on laptop are basically black where Hoster traditionally displays white. The buttons are the correct colors so some type of graphic is coming through..This laptop uses a hybird combination of both the Nvidia and Intell 3000 Hd. I have since uninstalled Hoster , went through system restore, then again made sure everything was done according to the rules for installing Hoster on Windows 7 again, then reinstalled with same results. I have tried a cdg to import as a singers disc. It imports, it plays, but you can't see anything and the basic operators information is all there except for what the singer would see (both small window for host and singers window). I would hate to think this is the wrong setup for Hoster as far as graphics cards. This is a very complicated machine, at least for me, that has a lot of ways to tweak features that I am not totally familiar with and it is possible some of these are affecting the way Hoster displays itself. Some of the directions given for things to disable aren't done the same way on this machine. I specifically bought it to run Hoster. Maybe someone would have to be familar with the T420- 41786vu to give me advice. I know the staff would more likely know more about this machine as it looks just like the ruggedized version MTU is selling, just a more current model that is 64bit with Windows 7 Professional and a complicated graphics configuration.
This Windows version will operate in XP mode, but that will be my last resort.
Dennis

[Lonman]

Originally Posted by den_mar

Hi, both the singer screen and the screen on laptop are basically black where Hoster traditionally displays white.

Correct, black is the new default color in Hoster 5.xx. So there is nothing wrong with at least this portion of it.
I am guessing the video problem may have something to do with the nVidia drivers in the video card.

[den_mar]

Thanks for that bit of information Lonman. At least I know that is right. Now to find out why the graphics system won't work. and why you can't turn off the song without physically shutting down the program unless using the X feature. I was hoping that someone has that same NVIDIA NVS4200M Optimus card. I called NVIDIA and this card does have the ability to support extended desktop and multiple display features. but I am not there yet.. Too many bells and whistles to figure out in one day, as today is the first day I tried Hoster on this Laptop. I did get that card to go to a 1280x720 resolution operating on 16 bits- but it works somehow in concuntion with the Intel 3000Hd and that may be my problem. I am not an IT Professional either.
Dennis

[Roy Dennis]

In the past the singers screen problems has been related to NVidea drivers, read these posts especially #1 to 6

http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?...videa+graphics

Did you not read my reply, post#2 in the blue answers in between your quotes.