Black screen (sometimes)

[thevaliant]

Hi,

Anyone able to help me here at all please?

When I start HoI2 after a reset, all is well and she runs fine. However, if I engage in any computer activity before loading HoI (connecting onto the internet seems to be the major cause) then I get a black screen and my monitor shifts into 'standby' mode.

Anyway this can be stopped so it plays everytime, all the time rather than having to reset the machine before I play?

My graphics card is fairly good. Nvidia GEForce4 MX440 (latest drivers) but my monitor is OLD. It's a Tiny one from 1999 which I bought second hand.

Do I need a new monitor/graphics card or is there some settings I can alter?

Thanks,

Steven

 

[Castellon]

Okay let's try some standard things.
1) Rename the AVI folder to AVI_back
2) Set the color depth to 16BIT
3) Turn off everything in the background like E-mail/ICQ/Messenger, Virus protection and everything in the system tray beside the clock.
4) Update your Windows, update your Video card drivers and audio card drivers. Then repeat steps 1-3.

 

[thevaliant]

Happy

That seemed to work!

Much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Castellon]

Great!