My screen is black from every view (Maya 2011)

[Anonymous]

Hi!  I purchased Maya 2011 a while ago and want to use it on my new laptop however, the screen is black from all views.  When I got this laptop, I made sure that it had all of the system requirements for Maya 2018 because I thought they would be the same as the 2011 version but when I look it up, I see that there are some differences.  I am attaching an image of how the screen looks and if it helps, I have also included the specs to my computer below:

Processor & Memory: 

• Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Processor 2.8GHz
• 16GB DDR4 (2-DIMM) RAM

Operating System:  

• Microsoft® Windows 10

Drives:   

• 256GB PCle Solid State Drive
• No Optical Drive

Graphics & Video:   

• 15.6" Anti-glare LED Backlit FHD (1920 x 1080) Display
• 6GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Graphics

Communications:

• 802.11 Wireless-AC + Bluetooth® 4.1
• 100/1000M Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 Connector)
• Integrated 720p Webcam

[chaneyx]

Not to be discouraging but Maya 2011 may not work on modern hardware. 

[Anonymous]

Do you know if it would help if I got a new graphics card and downloaded Windows 7?

[chaneyx]

You should consider Maya 2011 to be too old to work reliably. If somebody other than Autodesk sold it to you recently then they were being dishonest. 

Are you a student? Then use the latest learning addition.

Otherwise you should consider finding a computer from 2011 that matches the Autodesk specs? Or tinker with things to get it working. 

Good luck

[Anonymous]

Alright, thank you for your help 🙂