(5) Error reading Inquiry Data for devices.

[ddouglass]

Just out of curiosity, have you guys looked at the Computer Requirements for Hoster? They are way down in the list of things MTU tells you about Hoster. It specifically says "Processor (Celeron, Pentium, 3 or 4, or AMD Duron or Athlon) 800MHz or faster speed" so if you don't have one of those then it may not work.

[DarkMagic]

Thanks DDouglas, the FX-60 is AMD's fastest CPU on the planet right now, in fact it's the fastest multi-proc out there period. There may be some incompatibility with the newer ASUS Nvidia motherboards perhaps... just guessing. But either way, some expert advice from the people who wrote MicroStudio would be more than helpful.

Regards,
Gene

[gduns - with the Lord]

Are you trying to use the windows xp64 ? I know for a fact hoster will never see the driver. I have a xp64 dual core, and it works fine with it and the nvidea chipset...... as long as you are using the regular xp pro.

[ddouglass]

Considering the problems they have been having with getting the upgrade to Hoster out and the store accounting corrected for it, there really is only so much these few people can get done in a 24 hour period. They are not a large company with a tech support center in India answering your questions. Both of guys who can answer your questions are the same ones who are trying to correct all the various registration problems with that update.

A little patience and kindness does go a long way to getting that support.

Now to your question, yes it could be a problem with the NVidia video, but that usually would be a display problem not a drive problem. Just be sure it supports DirectX 9.0 or greater.

I think your problem is the FX-60, because it is a dual processor. I don't believe they have even looked at the duals since they are relatively new.

My opinion would be why do you need such a super duper blinding speed processor to play a wav file and display a slowly (in terms of games) changing graphics display? That's a bit like shooting a 12 point buck with a cannon!

[gduns - with the Lord]

Btw the 716 should work, but the 740 will not work. It has not got hardware cd-rw support.

[DarkMagic]

gduns, I didn't expect the 740 to work, which is why I xfered the 716 over... thanks. I read elsewhere that there's a lag for the latest Plextors. And no on the XP64. I'm not going near that puppy until the driver base is MUCH larger.

Hey Dd, couple things. LOL on the horsepower issue. I also do extensive audio/video editing and Photoshop work, so the extra horsepower is very needed. The dual processor should not necessarily be a problem as Windoz usually just has one proc handle non multi-threaded processes, which I'm sure MicroStudio is. Also, by Nvidia, that refers to the chipset on the motherboard, not the videocard . There have been a couple of problems with this MB in the past.

Per another post, I'm going to try the registration forum and see if I get anywhere.

Thanks,
Gene

[horseshoe]

Thanks for the reply DDouglas. I appreciate you folks trying to help us out. I am not running Hoster, I am trying to run Microstudio Karaoke Suite.

I don't have a dual core 64, only a single core one.

I am using this computer for a lot more than playing a wave file. I am in the music and graphics business and need the horsepower.

I am not running Windows 64, I am running the 32 bit version of XP Pro.

It doesn't recognize either of my drives, but they work fine in every other application. I don't believe it's video related.

I only changed the motherboard and processor, the rest of the computer is the same one that Microstudio ran on for a couple of years until my fan burned up and cooked the CPU and board.

I don't expect the engineering folks to drop everything. But I would think anyone in business would check the forums daily and a little common courtesy such as saying "we are looking at it", or "we don't have time right now, but will get back to you shortly", or "go away and leave us alone", or something would only take a couple of minutes.

It seems as if some emergency has taken everyone away from their jobs, or something. I can fully understand that too, but why not let us know?

[kayleigh]

Sorry I was away for so long...

The only other thing I can think of is to check & see if you're using the MTU ASPI drivers or Windows ASPI drivers (I think you can check this under the Tools menu). I've had better luck with the MTU drivers; They don't conflict with any other applications or the Windows system ASPI layer.

Other than that, I'm tapped :(