Blank MCE screen

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Bellerophon

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I am running se7en on a low spec test setup and everything is OK, or seems to be, until I try and run MCE which gives a black screen. If I hit the windows button I can see it normally, lurking on the desktop but when it takes focus, back to black ???!!

Any ideas more than welcom

THX
 

My Computer

OS
Windows Se7en Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Athlon Phenom II 550 (Dual Core at the moment)
Motherboard
DFI LPJR790GX-M2RS
Memory
4GB OCZ reaper DDR2 PC8500 1066
Graphics Card(s)
CrosssFire 2 x Sapphire RADEON HD3650 (512 MB GDDR3)
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung LE-40B551 40 in. HDTV, HP w2007v, Elo Touchscreen
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility Series 30GB SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB SATA II
Samsung Spinpoint F1 500GB SATA II
Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATA II
PSU
OCZ 600W StealthXStream
Case
Antec P180 Mini
Cooling
Scythe Ninja Copper Cooler 5th Anniversary Limited Edition
Keyboard
Cordless Desktop® EX 90
Mouse
Cordless Desktop® EX 90
Internet Speed
Hamster-in-a-wheel
Other Info
WinTV-NOVA-T PCI
Altec Lansing ACS56
I am assuming that by low spec you mean *not* the machine in your system specs?

Moved here
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
    The Beast Model A (homebrew)
    OS
    Windows 11 21H2 Current build
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
    Motherboard
    MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE
    Memory
    4 * 32 GB - Corsair Vengeance 3600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti XC3 ULTRA GAMING (12G-P5-3955-KR)
    Sound Card
    Realtek® ALC1220 Codec
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2x Eve Spectrum ES07D03 4K Gaming Monitor (Matte) | Eve Spec
    Screen Resolution
    3x 3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    3x Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe 4 M.2 2 TB SSD (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) } 3x Sabrent Rocket NVMe 4.0 1 TB SSD
    PSU
    PC Power & Cooling’s Silencer Series 1050 Watt, 80 Plus Plat
    Case
    Fractal Design Define 7 XL Dark ATX Full Tower Case
    Cooling
    SteelSeries Apex Pro Wired Gaming Keyboard
    Keyboard
    SteelSeries Apex Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3S | MX Master 3 for business
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex Ftth
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender + MB 3
    Browser
    Nightly (default) + Firefox (stable),Chrome, Edge
  • Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model Number
    Dell Latitude E5470
    OS
    ChromeOS Flex Dev Channel (current)
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz, 2501 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Motherboard
    Dell
    Memory
    16 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
    Sound Card
    Intel(R) HD Graphics 520 + RealTek Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell laptop display 15"
    Screen Resolution
    1920 * 1080
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 128GB M.2 22300 drive
    INTEL Cherryville 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SATA III SSD
    PSU
    Dell
    Case
    Dell
    Cooling
    Dell
    Keyboard
    Dell
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3S (shared w. Sys 1) | Dell TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex Ftth
johngalt said:
I am assuming that by low spec you mean *not* the machine in your system specs?

Moved here
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Yep John - my second HTPC, a shuttle sporting P4 2.4GHz, 40GB HDD, 512 RAM, and HIS Radeon 9250 128MB. It's a beast!

I might also throw in to the mix that it is dual booted running XP MCE and MCE runs fine in the XP environment.

Hope this helps.
 

My Computer

OS
Windows Se7en Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Athlon Phenom II 550 (Dual Core at the moment)
Motherboard
DFI LPJR790GX-M2RS
Memory
4GB OCZ reaper DDR2 PC8500 1066
Graphics Card(s)
CrosssFire 2 x Sapphire RADEON HD3650 (512 MB GDDR3)
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung LE-40B551 40 in. HDTV, HP w2007v, Elo Touchscreen
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility Series 30GB SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB SATA II
Samsung Spinpoint F1 500GB SATA II
Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATA II
PSU
OCZ 600W StealthXStream
Case
Antec P180 Mini
Cooling
Scythe Ninja Copper Cooler 5th Anniversary Limited Edition
Keyboard
Cordless Desktop® EX 90
Mouse
Cordless Desktop® EX 90
Internet Speed
Hamster-in-a-wheel
Other Info
WinTV-NOVA-T PCI
Altec Lansing ACS56
please ignore this post, it must have been a driver issue

mods could you close please
 

My Computer

OS
Windows Se7en Ultimate x64
CPU
AMD Athlon Phenom II 550 (Dual Core at the moment)
Motherboard
DFI LPJR790GX-M2RS
Memory
4GB OCZ reaper DDR2 PC8500 1066
Graphics Card(s)
CrosssFire 2 x Sapphire RADEON HD3650 (512 MB GDDR3)
Sound Card
Built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung LE-40B551 40 in. HDTV, HP w2007v, Elo Touchscreen
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080 pixels
Hard Drives
OCZ Agility Series 30GB SATA II 2.5" Solid State Drive
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB SATA II
Samsung Spinpoint F1 500GB SATA II
Western Digital Caviar 500GB SATA II
PSU
OCZ 600W StealthXStream
Case
Antec P180 Mini
Cooling
Scythe Ninja Copper Cooler 5th Anniversary Limited Edition
Keyboard
Cordless Desktop® EX 90
Mouse
Cordless Desktop® EX 90
Internet Speed
Hamster-in-a-wheel
Other Info
WinTV-NOVA-T PCI
Altec Lansing ACS56
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