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Unread 12 Dec 2002, 00:26   #1
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heres my problem whenever i try to start any game and i open the .exe file of it would black the screen as normal then go back to the desktop any ideas what the problem could be
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heres my problem whenever i try to start any game and i open the .exe file of it would black the screen as normal then go back to the desktop any ideas what the problem could be
DirectX/Video card issue i would think
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hey cookiemay, what video card do you have ? install directX 8.0 and check for new upgrades for your video card. you need to give specs. OS - Vid Card...then we can help you better

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hey cookiemay, what video card do you have ? install directX 8.0 and check for new upgrades for your video card. you need to give specs. OS - Vid Card...then we can help you better

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win98se
64mb 3d prophet xt4000
256mb ram
direct x 8.1b
drivers for graph card r uptodate
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dont know if it helps but this s waht i came up with

uninstall your Vid card

and install with these drivers
http://europe.hercules.com/supportf....id_prd=18&ft=1

hope it works

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Is that the beta 8.1?
yeps luckeh i think he meant 8.1beta
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i have a v similar card and mine just stopped playin gamesoneday and icant get it working again. i sergestu just get a new one
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i had the same kind of problem i had just sorted my new kit out, a nice geforce 4 ti, when I tried to play games it would try to change resolutions, but then come back to windows (think 2k), anyway, worked out it was my poo cheap keyboard driver thingy (it has programmable function keys) just closed them down and it was sorted. Probably won’t be your keyboard drivers, but it might be something like that.
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win98se
Theres your problem.
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Theres your problem.
Don't think it's win98 that's the problem, since he's not getting a blue screen.

Might help to try out some older video drivers or download the latest DirectX 8.1. Sounds more like a conflict though.

Last time i had problems with my videodrivers on win98se, it were only the 800x600 resolution it couldn't handle. Had to change that driver, cause Hot Puruit 2 had that resolution as default. Don't sound like he's having the same problem, since the screen just turned black, but didn't return to desktop. Did the horrible thing once on win98 and set 800x600 resolution on the desktop with that same crappy driver. Had to change the videocard so i could start it in VGA mode cause dualbooting with win2k and win98 wouln't let me start win98 i Safemode
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