New! Warcraft 3 bug,screen goes blank when useing a geforce 4, Fixed !!!!

The_Neon_Cowboy · Dec 25, 2002, 10:54 AM

If your useing a geforce 4 card and the screen goes blank after bizzard movie on fresh intall and/or when the game starts even after the 1.4 patch read on...

I found the problem the game tries to auto detect start up in 1024 x 768 X 32 by defualt and sets the refresh ends up something like 56x 70 hz .... I had to plug in a old funky 15' monitor and reboot to get it to come up... I set the resolution to 600x800x32 and it works fine now!!! for some reason if your running a 17' monitor or like me thats older and can't handle that refresh or that resolution you get a blank screen... the funny thing is blizzard it say i must be a problem with you software or hardware drivers or mabe that you don't meet the specs.. thier clueless about this problem i think...

So you could fix your problm that way or if you know you monitors refresh rates right click my desktop, goto settings, advanced, geforce 4 tab , gto performance , direct x , refresh rates and set them there...

I scoured the web and couln't find but people haveing the same problems and no real solutions I figured it out and I wanting to spread the word figued this would be the best place...

Hope this helps some of you pulling your hair out over this one.....(like i was for about 5 hours)

Zenreon · Aug 18, 2008, 08:42 AM

Hey Neon, And yes i know this is a 6 year old bump but your the only thing on the net I could find on the subject. Well I set my refresh rate from 60hertz to 59hertz and it still goes black and I hear the DUN! sound.

**kris23** · Aug 18, 2008, 08:44 AM

holy thread resurrection!

well.... anyway... welcome to DH man..

well Neon Cowboy hasnt posted for a while but i will try my best to help you or find someone that can.

have you tried running the game at minimum settings? eg. 800x600 and the lowest refresh rate possible? try that and see if it will work then we'll start form there

Zenreon · Aug 18, 2008, 09:47 AM

Alright well Ill try that, Yea everything is updated to the brim and how do i change my refresh rate more cause all I can find is by 1 hertz.
Also thanks for the welcome =)

UPDATE
Nope still closes with the annoying DUN! sound. but this time it closed and i saw the over sized desktop with a smaller black square covering 80 % of the screen

Dec 25, 2002, 10:54 AM	#1
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	New! Warcraft 3 bug,screen goes blank when useing a geforce 4, Fixed !!!! If your useing a geforce 4 card and the screen goes blank after bizzard movie on fresh intall and/or when the game starts even after the 1.4 patch read on... I found the problem the game tries to auto detect start up in 1024 x 768 X 32 by defualt and sets the refresh ends up something like 56x 70 hz .... I had to plug in a old funky 15' monitor and reboot to get it to come up... I set the resolution to 600x800x32 and it works fine now!!! for some reason if your running a 17' monitor or like me thats older and can't handle that refresh or that resolution you get a blank screen... the funny thing is blizzard it say i must be a problem with you software or hardware drivers or mabe that you don't meet the specs.. thier clueless about this problem i think... So you could fix your problm that way or if you know you monitors refresh rates right click my desktop, goto settings, advanced, geforce 4 tab , gto performance , direct x , refresh rates and set them there... I scoured the web and couln't find but people haveing the same problems and no real solutions I figured it out and I wanting to spread the word figued this would be the best place... Hope this helps some of you pulling your hair out over this one.....(like i was for about 5 hours) __________________

Aug 18, 2008, 08:44 AM	#3
kris23 Going Insane..... Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 5,990 Rep Power: 121 System Specs	holy thread resurrection! well.... anyway... welcome to DH man.. well Neon Cowboy hasnt posted for a while but i will try my best to help you or find someone that can. have you tried running the game at minimum settings? eg. 800x600 and the lowest refresh rate possible? try that and see if it will work then we'll start form there __________________ Hardwareheaven Super-Moderator Building a new computer system and not sure where to start? Click Here! last updated (5/18/11) Rosewill FUTURE case replaces CM 690 II with its greater interior length. Building a PC: Step by Step Guide Written by Kristopher Pedemonte and Nathan Marks-Forder Edited by Allan Campbell Questions or Comments? feel free to post them in the forums!

Aug 18, 2008, 09:47 AM	#4
Zenreon DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Alright well Ill try that, Yea everything is updated to the brim and how do i change my refresh rate more cause all I can find is by 1 hertz. Also thanks for the welcome =) UPDATE Nope still closes with the annoying DUN! sound. but this time it closed and i saw the over sized desktop with a smaller black square covering 80 % of the screen Last edited by Zenreon; Aug 18, 2008 at 09:55 AM. Reason: Update

Aug 18, 2008, 08:42 AM	#2
Zenreon DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hey Neon, And yes i know this is a 6 year old bump but your the only thing on the net I could find on the subject. Well I set my refresh rate from 60hertz to 59hertz and it still goes black and I hear the DUN! sound.