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ATI 9500 Pro, Win2k. Screen goes black.

Maxo Blanc
Junior Member
Join date: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 4
01-14-2004 12:30
The screen goes completely black if I interact with anything.
Clicking the mouse generates a half second of screen then back to black.

If I hit ALT+ENTER it says changing resolutions and then if I fly- I can fly around with no black. But click the mouse and I'm blind again.

When I have a screen- it's fine- but you can't do much with a pure black screen.
Daniel Linden
Contains Multitudes
Join date: 23 Apr 2003
Posts: 103
01-14-2004 12:34
This might be due to anti-aliasing setting on your Radeon card -- what ATI calls Smoothvision. Try setting these Smoothvision setting in you ATI control panel to Application Preference.
Maxo Blanc
Junior Member
Join date: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 4
01-16-2004 08:33
Thanks! I'll try this tonight when I get home.
Maxo Blanc
Junior Member
Join date: 13 Jan 2004
Posts: 4
01-17-2004 08:39
This did not work.
There does not appear to be a way to turn off Smoothvision any more.

I have it set on "application preference" but it still goes blank.
I cannot see any option in SL to turn off the screen.

3 days of blackness now.
Onionmorph Stephanopolis
Junior Member
Join date: 2 Nov 2003
Posts: 3
01-17-2004 13:03
i have a 9700 pro and Windows XP.. it happens to me as well, i found "Anti-aliasing" and it was at application preference.. all black
Onionmorph Stephanopolis
Junior Member
Join date: 2 Nov 2003
Posts: 3
01-17-2004 13:14
wow... you aren't gonna believe this.. i set "Truform" to application preference and alt-entered to change resolution, went into it and saw.. THIS.. it's an improvement, i guess!?