Screen goes black

Sharkbait24 · 05-09-10, 06:41 PM

Occasionally when playing SHV the screen goes black. I can still see yellow highlights around people/hatches when I put my mouse over them, but since the screen is black it's hard to find them. I still have the HUD. External view is the same. Can anyone help me?

05-09-10, 07:40 PM

overheating video card or maybe its just going bad on you would be my first guess

check for dust built up and that all cooling fans are working

jxyn · 05-09-10, 08:28 PM

I had this too, a wee while back. I think I cooked the card, so I replaced it (was a GTS 8800) with a GTX9800. It's running ok now.

I ran SH4 when this problem started showing up on sH5, to see if this problem was common; saw some funny rendering in SH4 and thought that it was the card. Perhaps your card is duff now.

gimpy117 · 05-09-10, 09:48 PM

First off: Welcome to subsim!

Did you exit to desktop?

what are your system specs?

jwilliams · 05-09-10, 11:14 PM

My game does this if i alt tab out of the game and then go back to it. I have not been able to find a fix, other than not alt tab'n out of the game.

Arclight · 05-09-10, 11:38 PM

Which you really shouldn't do with any SH in the first place.

05-09-10, 06:41 PM	#1
Sharkbait24 Watch Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 200 meters below you Posts: 24 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Screen goes black Occasionally when playing SHV the screen goes black. I can still see yellow highlights around people/hatches when I put my mouse over them, but since the screen is black it's hard to find them. I still have the HUD. External view is the same. Can anyone help me?

05-09-10, 09:48 PM	#4
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	First off: Welcome to subsim! Did you exit to desktop? what are your system specs? __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

05-09-10, 11:14 PM	#5
jwilliams Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,013 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	My game does this if i alt tab out of the game and then go back to it. I have not been able to find a fix, other than not alt tab'n out of the game. __________________ Windows 7, 64bit. Phenom II 965BE (OC 4cores @ 3.8 Ghz). Radeon HD4870 (1gb gddr5). 6gb Ram.

05-09-10, 11:38 PM	#6
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Which you really shouldn't do with any SH in the first place. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-09-10, 07:40 PM	#2
Webster Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	overheating video card or maybe its just going bad on you would be my first guess check for dust built up and that all cooling fans are working

05-09-10, 08:28 PM	#3
jxyn Bosun Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 65 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	I had this too, a wee while back. I think I cooked the card, so I replaced it (was a GTS 8800) with a GTX9800. It's running ok now. I ran SH4 when this problem started showing up on sH5, to see if this problem was common; saw some funny rendering in SH4 and thought that it was the card. Perhaps your card is duff now.