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Posts: 65 		  Quote kedogn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 9:14pm
Originally posted by Comporder1

Just leave the black screen up. Mine stays black most every day. Everything is running fine in the background. (unless yours crashes for some reason)
 
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My system ONLY crashes (locks up) when that black screen is up.  Other than that, no matter what I am running, now matter how many programs are open... no problems at all. :)
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What version are you running?
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Posts: 65 		  Quote kedogn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 10:20pm
1.068 or whatever the current download is on the web site.  Its 69 for Sequencer, but 68 for Scheduler.
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Posts: 1237 		  Quote Jonathan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 10:53pm
FYI, The splash screen was never updated, it's actually v1.0.69. 

Do you happen to remember exactly when this happened (as in what day)?  Have you changed the show at all?  Added a sequence, changed a start/end time, anything that could give a us a clue as to what triggered this?  Any error codes generated?  (Sorry, there is no code for "Ken Luck".Wink)
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Posts: 65 		  Quote kedogn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:20pm
Well, my computer reset after a power outage.  The next day when I went to launch scheduler it was showing it as being in "Debug Mode" and when I went to launch it it made me find the MSI file (which means that since I didnt have the version I was running, meaning no backup of that software, I had to download the one on the site).  No error codes, no nothing, just that. 

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which version were you running previously?
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The black screen is supposed to only appear if you are using sequences with video in your show (AVI, WMV, or MPG media files).  The purpose is to blank the screen during non-video sequences (to send black to a projector).  If you are not using the video feature it is not supposed to come up... but some users have reported that Borealis is mistakenly blanking the screen even without video sequences.  The mistaken blanking is a known bug to be fixed but that bug does not at all impact system stability.

Note: the screen blanking is simply a borderless black form placed on top of the screen... it serves no other purpose, so I really don't see how the blanking form itself should be causing system stability issues.  Something else must be causing the stability issues... but I'm not sure what. 

Maybe your config file is corrupt?  You could close Aurora and/or Borealis and then delete your config.dat and shows\borealis.dat files.  When you re-open Borealis you will need to re-setup your COM ports and reschedule your show.

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Posts: 65 		  Quote kedogn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:33pm
I'll try that tomorrow... Thanks.


And yeah, no video here... but a bad case of the black screen o' death.
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Posts: 65 		  Quote kedogn Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:42pm
P.S... good thing the lights were working tonight since I was just out front talking to a group of people from Gig Harbor, about 45 minutes from here, that saw us listed in a Tacoma (30+ mins from here) newspaper as a "Fan Favorite".  News to me... and holy cow! :)

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