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sharkseatrays 03-14-2007 09:56 AM

black screen
 
I have installed my screensaver and I can hear the sounds, but all I get is a black screen. When I hit the spacebar I do get the window and get the settings, tanks and sharks but I can't get the screen to come up. Can anyone help :mad: ?

Tiny Turtle 03-14-2007 10:20 AM

Does other 3D stuff work on your computer?

What OS are you using and do you know what graphics card it has?

/Tiny Start

cjmaddy 03-14-2007 10:40 AM

Press the Space bar when the screen goes black, then go to the 'Settings' tab. Make sure that 'Black', alongside 'Select Monitor' is not checked. If it is then remove the check mark.
- You should then get your sharks! :)

sharkseatrays 03-14-2007 01:05 PM

I checked the monitor settings and it won't let me even check the black, but it was not checked. The graphics card(video card) I think is S3 virge DX/GX. Sorry new at this!

feldon34 03-14-2007 01:45 PM

Getting the right drivers for your S3 ViRGE card can be quite complicated.

Here is the main site:
http://www.s3graphics.com/en/resourc...vers/index.jsp

Does your computer have a built-in graphics chip, or does it have a video card?

If you look at this picture, the blue video connector in the bottom center is an integrated graphics port:
http://www.techzine.nl/f/u/3186.jpg

On the other hand, this is a separate video card:
http://www.microsoft.com/library/med...-annotated.jpg

It would help to know if you are running Windows 98, 2000, XP, etc., and how old your computer is. Thanks!

sharkseatrays 03-14-2007 02:16 PM

Windows XP

feldon34 03-14-2007 02:18 PM

and do you know if this is a separate video card or a built-in video card?

sharkseatrays 03-14-2007 03:01 PM

built in

cjmaddy 03-14-2007 03:15 PM

Sorry the 'Black' check mark didn't help. It must only be on dual monitors that you have that option available.

Jav400 03-14-2007 03:26 PM

Your built in card may not have the capabilities to run the SS. Next time you try running it, since you can hit the space bar and see the settings, go under the settings tab and in the bottom right hand corner click the down arrow and manually choose the lowest settings available. It should be 640 x 480 x 16. See if this gets you anything at all.

feldon34 03-14-2007 03:34 PM

There do not seem to be any updated s3 ViRGE drivers for Windows XP, just the ones that ship with Windows XP.

I believe you will need to buy a graphics card to run 3D applications on that ViRGE if you cannot get it to run any other way.

Jim Sachs 03-14-2007 08:50 PM

The most important question is the one Tiny asked at the beginning of the thread: Do other 3D programs run?

You can also run DXDIAG.exe, and see if the 3D section is working normally. Just go to the Start button, then "Run" and type in Dxdiag.exe. When the program comes up, it's the Direct3D section that you are interested in.

sharkseatrays 03-15-2007 11:56 AM

It is running ok I tested it. I appreciate all your help. I am going to try a little longer and I guess I will see if they will take it back. For some reason the computer doesn't like it. Thanks for the help. :sad:

Tiny Turtle 03-15-2007 01:38 PM

Please download the trial versions of Marine Aquarium and Goldfish Aquarium and install them. If both of them run ok, things get weird, but maybe it's like Feldon31 says and Sharks is a little too much for your built-in graphics chip. The solution is to buy a new graphics card (unless you're using a laptop). Depending on what kind of graphics port you have (PCI/AGP/PCI-Express) you have to get a matching card, but otherwise it shouldn't cost you more than ~$40 to get a card that can handle 3D alright. These guys will fill you in while I'm away. :)

Jim Sachs 03-15-2007 02:39 PM

Arizona Bay?


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