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MattH
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Posted: 9th Oct 2004 06:03
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Hi,

I've just bought Dark Basic which I have installed and applied the v1.13 patch. When I run DB from Start>Programs my screen goes black and then nothing! The monitor clicks as if it is changing resolution. I can task switch back into Windows but I can get no where with DB, Dark Matter or the Media Browser. Task manager reports the task as 'running'.

My System is :

Windows XP SP1
GeForce 4 MX 460
DirectX 9b
AMD 2500+
1Gb RAM

I haven't got a clue what could be wrong.

Any advice would be appreciated

www.matthawkins.co.uk
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CrAzKiDd55
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Posted: 9th Oct 2004 17:52
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(nice RAM) .. well the problem maybe that when you start DBpro for some reason you load up a bit of code that runs automatically, or you didnt install direct X properly from the cd or just try restarting your computer and try installing Direct X again, or try going start>run then type in the location of the exe of DBpro instead of start>programs>....>...., or you could try getting a new graphics card, or maybe if you have an external graphics card make sure that it is not out of its place or anything.

hope that helps ..
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MattH
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Posted: 9th Oct 2004 20:29
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Thanks for the reply CrAzKiDd55.

I eventually solved the problem. It appeared to be related to the refresh rate my graphics card was using for 640x480. It was defaulting to 75Hz. Once I overrode the default and set it to 60Hz I could see the DB environment. I did this in the NVidia graphics driver utilities. For some reason my monitor didn't like 75Hz at that resolution . Hopefully this post will help out anyone else in a similar situation.

>> Nice RAM
You can never have enough

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Cian Rice
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 00:22
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I here DBC doesn't work to well on XP, could be wrong though.

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bibz1st
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 02:26
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does that mean DB itself doesnt work properly on XP or that programs created in DB dont work properly?
what about using compatability mode?
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Posted: 10th Oct 2004 07:26
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Classic works fine on XP, I have both versions installed and DB Classic programs run ok under XP, don`t worry about it, you just get a lot of users who need to patch or update video drivers with classic, once they have installed the patch or drivers then everythings ok.

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