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EA_David
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11 years ago

Re: Black Screen at startup in Need For Speed Rivals

Hi, it sounds like your machine might need more updates after the reformat. As a first step I'd check for driver updates for your graphics card.

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  • Stephano1221's avatar
    Stephano1221
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    11 years ago

    I have already updated everything as the reformat was done at christmas and I have been using it for a while after the reformat.

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    EA_David
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    11 years ago

    Do you remember if there were any changes made between it working and when it started to fail. There could be driver corruption too. It might be worth removing your existing card drivers and installing a fresh set from your manufacturer's site.

    Be sure to download the drivers as a first step, as once you uninstall the existing set, your machine will revert to extremely low quality video mode, so it can make website navigation tricky.

    If your card is Nvidia check here: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us


    If it's AMD, check here:http://support.amd.com/en-us/download

  • Stephano1221's avatar
    Stephano1221
    Seasoned Novice
    11 years ago

    I have tried as you insisted but with no luck. The game is still stuck with it's black screen.

  • Stephano1221's avatar
    Stephano1221
    Seasoned Novice
    11 years ago

    I'm gonna do another reformat and see if that might fix it - maybe something I did after the reformat caused the game to have a black screen...

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    Stephano1221
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    11 years ago

    Yea, the reformat must have caused some corrupt system files. I done another reformat and now it is working. Thanks for all your help and I wish you luck in having a fun time and life. 😕mileyhappy:

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