x arcade tank controller mapping to mame

[nbick]

I'm having issues with hyperspin which keeps spinning when I plug my x arcade tank controller into my laptop.  Now, if I launch a game from rocketlauncher, my up and down on player 1 are screwed up.  I can configure per game, but when I try to configure mame to map player 1 or any other player controllers.  When I click enter on player 1, the screen drops so you cannot see it to adjust.  You can see the border of the configuration screen, but not sure what to do at this point.  I will worry about hyperspin later, but at least want to be able to get mame squared away.