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SillyBunny · Aug 10, 2010, 06:09 AM // 06:09

Hi, whenever I play in full screen mode on my new PC, the game crashes my PC...the screen goes black and only option to reboot, it usually happens randomly within the first hour or starting the game.

PC is AMD II phenom quad core, 8gb ram, crossfire ati radeon hd 5750 graphics and windows 7 64 bit home premium.

Any ideas ? Already tried disabling dwm.exe but that didnt help

Elder III · Aug 10, 2010, 01:09 PM // 13:09

is your power useage in Windows set to Performance mode? Also, what video card drivers are you using?

SillyBunny · Aug 10, 2010, 02:38 PM // 14:38

the power plan thing is set to balanced, and the drivers are the ATI ones version 8.753

Thanks

some-_1 · Aug 10, 2010, 07:12 PM // 19:12

Just searched the ATI driver update site, latest version appears to be 10.7:

http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_ca...indows-7-64bit

If that doesn't solve it, do you receive any error messages or warnings?

Argious · Aug 10, 2010, 09:08 PM // 21:08

Is your Windows 7 up to date? And are you able to get to task manager (ctrl+alt+del) while in this black screen?

I had a similar black screen when I first booted GW on my windows7 this past weekend. (It was a fresh installation of GW on a new computer.) I had to forcefully reboot the computer, but after the reboot and software updates, I haven't been having any problems.

As some-1 already mentioned, try updating all your drivers.

SillyBunny · Aug 10, 2010, 10:02 PM // 22:02

They are the drivers I have, the package is 10.7 but the actual display drivers themselves show 8.753.

And no it just happens with no warning messages (ocaisionally it doesnt black screen just sticks on whereever I was at the time). But its always permanent, no way out of it using task manager etc.

End · Aug 11, 2010, 12:56 AM // 00:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by SillyBunny

They are the drivers I have, the package is 10.7 but the actual display drivers themselves show 8.753.

And no it just happens with no warning messages (ocaisionally it doesnt black screen just sticks on whereever I was at the time). But its always permanent, no way out of it using task manager etc.

I have been hear about people having trouble with the most recent set of ati drivers...while I don't remember what was going on and what not...you could try older drivers...

Also..I have had a similar problem recently where it did a similar thing...and really my comp was just getting pissed at me for trying to go to an akward resolution...so make sure the in game resolution syncs with your monitors...

some-_1 · Aug 11, 2010, 11:29 AM // 11:29

If you already have the latest drivers then it could be an issue with them as End said. It might also be worth opening your case up and cleaning any dust out just in case the card is overheating.

Quaker · Aug 11, 2010, 03:34 PM // 15:34

Make sure all of your drivers and Windows are up to date. Just because the screen goes black, doesn't mean it's the graphics driver that is causing the problem.

SillyBunny · Aug 13, 2010, 05:14 PM // 17:14

checked inside, its a pretty new pc, and theres no real dust yet, i have GW set same resolution as windows, and made sure all drivers are up to date as wel as windows.

*waits to see what happens next*

End · Aug 13, 2010, 09:22 PM // 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by SillyBunny

checked inside, its a pretty new pc, and theres no real dust yet, i have GW set same resolution as windows, and made sure all drivers are up to date as wel as windows.

*waits to see what happens next*

did you try rolling back to older graphics drivers?

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SillyBunny · Aug 29, 2010, 01:08 PM // 13:08

solution from tech support is to run guild wars with the command line -DX8
no idea what it does and why it works, but it doesnt crash any more so thanks for suggestions.

Snograt · Aug 29, 2010, 03:50 PM // 15:50

All that new-ish gear and the latest OS and the fix is to run it in DX8 mode?

Bizarre.