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Anonymous
13 years ago
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Black screen on startup

I have installed the beta driver from nvidia. Tried reinstall of game, repaired the install with 0 errors. Tried running it as an administrator, tried running it in compatibility modes. When check...
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I found a fix after random tries.... run it in xp service pack 3 compability mode, and it the ting started!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I think I found a solution that has worked so far for me.  Here's what I did:

    • Turned V-sync off in game.
    • Used an external graphic card control program (EVGA Precision X  ver 4.0.0) to manually set Frame Rate Target to 60 fps.

    So far I have not had any more random crashes during gameplay.  Will update if this stops working.

  • xMaNGoZ's avatar
    xMaNGoZ
    12 years ago

    I had this same problem and couldn't find a solution anywhere but I have fixed mine now. I used Nvidia Geforce Experience to change the resolution because it was trying to start in 1280x720 and when I changed it to 1920x1080 it worked straight away.

    Just thought i'd post this since I there is no help from EA

    Hope this helps

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
12 years ago

I have a good computer.

Windows 7 64 Bit

3970k Intel Processor

770 nvidea

16gb ram

I download DS3, try to open it and just get a black screen that then auto minimizes itself. Everytime I click to open the window it just shows me a black screen and then reminimizes. 

...Wtf. I have zero problems with any games on steam ever. Everytime I get a new game on origin i have to go through this bull**bleep**.

xMaNGoZ's avatar
xMaNGoZ
12 years ago

I had this same problem and couldn't find a solution anywhere but I have fixed mine now. I used Nvidia Geforce Experience to change the resolution because it was trying to start in 1280x720 and when I changed it to 1920x1080 it worked straight away.

Just thought i'd post this since I there is no help from EA

Hope this helps

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    Thanks man, Worked for me 🙂

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      10 years ago

      I know this is ages was ages ago and all but can you tell me how to change my settings without entering the game? From outside the game people are saying to change reso, But i can't because of the black screen!

  • kanedauy's avatar
    kanedauy
    12 years ago
    I cant do that because Experience tells me that is unable to retrieve current settings. Is there some settings file someone can send me?
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    xmangoz solution WORKED! Thanks man!

    • kanedauy's avatar
      kanedauy
      12 years ago

      Anyone see a settings.txt or something like that that can send me?, please...

  • verdecito's avatar
    verdecito
    12 years ago

    Processor: AMD Phenom(tm) 9650 Quad-Core Processor (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz

    Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit 

    Memory: 4096MB RAM

    Card name: ATI Radeon HD 5670

    Display Memory: 2805 MB
    Dedicated Memory: 1014 MB
    Shared Memory: 1791 MB

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