DreamScene going black

When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
However, I can see the thumbnail preview.

My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which supposedly
should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance issue
where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have downloaded?

should work with that video card and no you don't need a core duo to run
dreamscene
"Jel" <> wrote in message
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> When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
> However, I can see the thumbnail preview.
>
> My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which supposedly
> should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance issue
> where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have
> downloaded?

How much memory on the graphics card?

"Jel" <> wrote in message
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> When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
> However, I can see the thumbnail preview.
>
> My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which supposedly
> should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance issue
> where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have
> downloaded?

It's 256 MB DDR3

"Kue2" wrote:

> How much memory on the graphics card?
>
> "Jel" <> wrote in message
> newsBAFE953-92CA-46DB-9313-...
> > When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
> > However, I can see the thumbnail preview.
> >
> > My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which supposedly
> > should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance issue
> > where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have
> > downloaded?
>
>

I also have 2 GB of 400MHz memory installed.

"Kue2" wrote:

> How much memory on the graphics card?
>
> "Jel" <> wrote in message
> newsBAFE953-92CA-46DB-9313-...
> > When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
> > However, I can see the thumbnail preview.
> >
> > My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which supposedly
> > should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance issue
> > where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have
> > downloaded?
>
>

Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click
on the Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".
Type in: SFC /SCANNOW and press your Enter key.

This should replace/repair any corrupted system files.

If that does not work, try using System Restore to go back to earlier point
in time before you were experiencing this problem.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Jel" <> wrote in message
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> When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
> However, I can see the thumbnail preview.
>
> My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which supposedly
> should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance issue
> where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have
> downloaded?

I also have this issue. I have an AMD XP 2400 2.0GHZ, 2GB ram, and an ATI
Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb video card. I was originally able to view dream scene
when I first got Ultimate. I haven't been using it in awhile and decided to
go back to dream scene which now just shows a black backdrop. I can see the
thumbnails though.

The scannow didn't find anything. And there wasn't a point when this worked.
Please don't tell me I have to re-install windows...

"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:

> Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click
> on the Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".
> Type in: SFC /SCANNOW and press your Enter key.
>
> This should replace/repair any corrupted system files.
>
> If that does not work, try using System Restore to go back to earlier point
> in time before you were experiencing this problem.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
> "Jel" <> wrote in message
> newsBAFE953-92CA-46DB-9313-...
> > When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
> > However, I can see the thumbnail preview.
> >
> > My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which supposedly
> > should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance issue
> > where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have
> > downloaded?
>
>
>

Try repairing your system. Boot from your Windows
Vista DVD, select the System Repair Option > on the setup screen, select
'Repair Computer > Select your installation of Windows > select Startup
Repair option and follow instructions.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
"Jel" <> wrote in message
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> The scannow didn't find anything. And there wasn't a point when this
> worked.
> Please don't tell me I have to re-install windows...
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" wrote:
>
>> Go to Start > All Programs > Accessories and right-click
>> on the Command Prompt and choose "Run as administrator".
>> Type in: SFC /SCANNOW and press your Enter key.
>>
>> This should replace/repair any corrupted system files.
>>
>> If that does not work, try using System Restore to go back to earlier
>> point
>> in time before you were experiencing this problem.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "Jel" <> wrote in message
>> newsBAFE953-92CA-46DB-9313-...
>> > When I select any video with dreamscene the background just goes black.
>> > However, I can see the thumbnail preview.
>> >
>> > My video card is an Asus EN7900GS (with newest driver), which
>> > supposedly
>> > should work. My processor is an AMD 3700+. Could it be a performance
>> > issue
>> > where I need a dual core? or is there a driver that I should have
>> > downloaded?
>>
>>
>>

I tried the repair, but it didn't work. Oddly, it didn't take very long to
run that process (about a few seconds...) I was expecting a scan, some
installations, etc.. However, when I rebooted after the repair and attempted
the dreamscene, explorer errored and I had to install an update (still didn't
work).

After that I tried a system restore from as far back as I could go, but that
didn't work either.