Joined: Mar 24, 2009
Posts: 2010
Location: Washington
I hate them. Seriously. I've been having an issue with COD4 where when I start it up I just get a black screen with audio. None of the fixes I found worked. So lastnight I reinstalled windows and set my system up again. Today I go to play COD4 and the same exact thing is happening. But not just for COD4, WAW was having the issue as well. I messed with DirectX and my Nvidia drivers but to no avail. So here I sit again going through the reinstall process. Only this time I will first install all the basic stuff I need to get my games running and work from there. See ya when I get everything going.
I may plug my headset into this pc for TS, otherwise I will probably just sit and watch some Hulu while I wait.
Joined: Sep 29, 2009
Posts: 119
What version winders? Can you do a DX diagnotics?
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Location: Shakopee, MN
Joined: Sep 29, 2009
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when ya join a game or when you load the program Bull?
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Joined: Mar 24, 2009
Posts: 2010
Location: Washington
Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
DxDiag spits out OK results, so i am at a loss for a result. If you didn't know Cappr, I run four computers here so I am going to setup one of my laptops with a lot of the extra stuff I was doing on my main pc. I'm thinking the issue might be with some codecs/media center stuff I use since dx, c++, and my video card drivers don't appear to be what's wrong.
I just got windows up and running. Installed the latest beta Nvidia drivers, and am installing WAW now. Other stuff I guess will come one at a time.
Joined: Mar 24, 2009
Posts: 2010
Location: Washington
Well, nothing on here but Directx and the nvidia drivers and I am just getting the black screen. Gonna try some old drivers now.
I forgot to point out that it's ONLY happening with COD4 and WAW. I tested both MW2 and L4D2 and they worked just fine.
Joined: Sep 29, 2009
Posts: 119
I run winders XPPro and I get a black screen about 1 outa 5 fresh starts which requires a process kill. I also get real slow starts 3 outa 5 of those fresh starts and that leaves me 1 clean start up out of 5. I notice that when COD 5 is running, its using about 350,000k roughly of memory. But when it hangs in black-screen or minimizes, it's using over 450,000k, not that much more when you think about it, but, maybe enough to hang it. I read an article on BK forums about releasing the 2nd processor by tweeking registry files for vindahs 7. Maybe try that as well, if you have a duo core, the extra processing boost might help.
I ran COD 5 on my machine with RC version 7 Ultimate and didn't like the choppy play. Of course I was using a beta OS, Nvida video and Creative audio drivers, which might have been the problem, but I did no testing. On one day and hated it so, off the next.
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Joined: Mar 24, 2009
Posts: 2010
Location: Washington
WAW is working, COD4 is not. Just getting the black screen with audio.
Joined: Mar 24, 2009
Posts: 2010
Location: Washington
It appears I have found a solution. Not exactly sure what is causing it but if I create a shortcut on the desktop and add this line to the end of the "target", it lets me load it up.
+seta r_mode "1920x1080" +seta r_displayRefresh "60 Hz"
Joined: Jun 11, 2009
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Location: Dallas, Texas USA
