mid play black screen and and screen loses signal

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hi.

anyone else having this problem...? I'm running on windows 7 RC (64), radeon 4500 and latest drivers

just happened to me second time in a row in the middle of the pantheon game, screen goes black and starts to search for signal...can't do nothing but reboot

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Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Sounds like a driver failure, which isn't too surprising given prerelease drivers on a prerlease OS... Vista's drivers were downright horrible even after release.

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Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

It does indeed sound like a driver failure.
Do you have any driver versions different to the one you're currently using to test?
Do you receive this kind of malfunction during any other game or program?
Does it occur at the same time in every game?

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

I'm running on windows 7 RC
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Minimum:
  • Windows XP SP3 (32-Bit Only) / Vista SP1 (32- or 64-Bit)
  • 2.4 GHz Processor
  • 512 MB Available System Memory
  • 8 GB Available Hard Drive Space
  • 128 MB 3D Video Card (ATI Radeon X1600 / Nvidia GeForce 6800 or better)*
  • Sound Card
  • Broadband Internet Connection for Multiplayer
  • Stardock's Impulse Required for Updates/Digital Download
 Recommended:
  • 3 GHz Processor (Multicore Supported)
  • 1 GB Available System Memory
  • 256 MB 3D Video Card (ATI Radeon 2600 / Nvidia GeForce 7600 or better)

 

except im on vista64 recieving the same error
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Are you getting an error or are you seeing the same signal loss issue?  Can you post your video card section from your DxDiag info?

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top


Here's my dxdiag...just in case

 

          Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
       Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
          Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9442)
           DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9442&SUBSYS_01F41043&REV_00
     Display Memory: 3319 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 504 MB
      Shared Memory: 2815 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1200 (32 bit) (59Hz)
       Monitor Name: SyncMaster 2693HM/2693HX(Digital)
      Monitor Model: SyncMaster
         Monitor Id: SAM036C
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1200(p) (59.950Hz)
        Output Type: DVI
        Driver Name: atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.14.0010.0662 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.612.0.0
        DDI Version: 10.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail
   Driver Date/Size: 4/29/2009 04:47:28, 4006400 bytes
        WHQL Logo'd: Yes
    WHQL Date Stamp:
  Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-D702-11CF-6571-FE21A1C2C535}
          Vendor ID: 0x1002
          Device ID: 0x9442
          SubSys ID: 0x01F41043
        Revision ID: 0x0000
 Driver Strong Name: oem4.inf:ATI.Mfg.NTamd64.6.1:ati2mtag_R7X:8.612.0.0:pci\ven_1002&dev_9442
     Rank Of Driver: 00E62001
        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C
   Deinterlace Caps: {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
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                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YV12,0x32315659) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
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                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC1,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC2,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC3,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(IMC4,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
                     {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(S340,UNKNOWN) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=
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       D3D9 Overlay: Not Supported
            DXVA-HD: Not Supported
       DDraw Status: Enabled
         D3D Status: Enabled
         AGP Status: Enabled