RE: Black Screen Problem

From: drdigital1 (drdigital1_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:50:02 -0800

did you try the ATI driver update listed below?
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?pg=2&guid=&sloc=en-

"Craig" wrote:

> Ok, discussion about this has gone on before, but to my knowledge no cure is
> out there. Can anyone help? I am at my wits end with this problem and
> don't know what else to try.
>
>
>
> As a recap, here's the deal:
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>
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> The problem is that with my system I am running MCE 2005 and the live TV
> feed will go dark (black screen) after use for a couple of hours with the
> sound continuing. Everything else works, you can see the mouse pointer, you
> can switch over and watch recorded TV, but when you switch back to live TV,
> the picture is black with sound. This is also not set to any particular
> intervals; it can happen after watching for an hour or it can happen after a
> day of continuous use. Once is does happen, the only cure is a reboot, and
> then its good to go again for whatever period of time it chooses. Today,
> its done this four times over the course of about eight hours of using it,
> equaling the need to be rebooted each time. Yesterday, it went all day with
> no problems. There just is no rhyme or reason to the best of my knowledge.
>
>
>
>
>
> The System Description is this:
>
> Case: SilverStone
>
> Mobo: MSI K8N-FSR
>
> CPU: AMD 64 3400+
>
> Ram: 1024 MB Kingston
>
> Hard Drive: Western Digital 36 GB Raptor (main OS and apps)
>
> Hard Drive: Western Digital 250 GB SATA (My Docs and Media Content)
>
> Video Card: ATI Radeon 9600SE - driver version 6.14.10.6490 (dated 11/12/04)
>
> Capture Card: ATI eHome Wonder - driver version 1.17.24.223 (dated 11/8/04)
>
> Disc Drive: CD-RW/DVD player
>
> Disc Drive: DVD Burner
>
> Card Reader: 7-in-1 card reader
>
> Wireless: Netgear WG311T PCI Card
>
> OS: Media Center Edition 2005
>
> DVD Decoder: Nvidia v1.00.58
>
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> If anyone has any ideas or knows of a fix, I would love to hear it. Any
> comments are welcome.
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> Thanks,
>
>
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> Craig
>
>
>

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