Black Screen During and Main Menu

Thread: Black Screen During and Main Menu

  1. Rommen's Avatar

    Rommen said: February 18, 2011 02:34 AM

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    G'day

    I've played ETW and NTW for ages on my current laptop with no problems, but recently when I started NTW all I got was a blank (black) screen. I see the cursor and it even changes when I click the mouse. And it appears I can press the main menu buttons. I did get a message about running NTW in compatibility mode (or some such)

    Any tips? Thanks.
    "When God gives you lemons you find a new God..."
     

  2. irishron's Avatar

    irishron said: February 18, 2011 07:56 AM

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    Open it and clean it out with a can of air would be a good place to start.
     

  3. Rommen's Avatar

    Rommen said: February 18, 2011 06:03 PM

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    Anything else that may cause this? As I think I'll make opening my laptop up a last restort (I have zero experience in that sort of thing)
    "When God gives you lemons you find a new God..."
     

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    irishron said: February 18, 2011 06:30 PM

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    Verified your game cache lately?

    Run disk cleaneup and defragged lately?

    Check your laptop's temps and voltages?