Civ 3 puts my monitor to sleep

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J W

I recently upgraded to WinXP after trying several times to play the game
rust from the previous install, I un/reinstalled it with patches. now the
game runs but my monitor goes black and goes into sleep mode when the game
gets to the main menu. Any suggestions? This even happens with the
EnegryStar feature for the monitor turned off. I can here the music and
nav.around enough w/ the keyboard to exit the game, I just can see anything
becasue the monitor is "asleep"
 
Hi J W,

Black screens usually indicate a video/chipset/driver problem.
Reinstall your chipset drivers, and then your video drivers if
you haven't already, and that should fix the problem hopefully.

Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
rules of thumb though to always keep in mind. Shut DL accelerators, fire-
walls and antivirus programs off while downloading or installing drivers and
updates. Check Fileplanet.com for any new patches released for your game.

Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0b:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe

Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver:

1. To identify the make and model of your card, right click your
Desktop, choose Properties / Settings / Advanced / Adapter.

2. Download the latest video driver for your card online, using
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
to find the website to download from. I also have advanced
video driver and direct X troubleshooting steps on that page.

3. Save the .exe driver (or uncompress the zip file) to a folder
in My Documents named after the driver version number.

4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.

6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.

7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

8. If the driver is a (exe)program file, GO DIRECTLY TO step 10.

9. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
"Install from a list or specific location", click the "Browse" button,
browse to the My documents folder where you saved the driver,
and finally click on one of the driver files to begin installation.
Skip step 10 and go directly to step 11.

10. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
"Cancel" and Double click the driver program to begin installation.

11. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen Resolution.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11

Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
your Video card. These steps are listed at: http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk

Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0

The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:

BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/

There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them! :-)

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| I recently upgraded to WinXP after trying several times to play the game
| rust from the previous install, I un/reinstalled it with patches. now the
| game runs but my monitor goes black and goes into sleep mode when the game
| gets to the main menu. Any suggestions? This even happens with the
| EnegryStar feature for the monitor turned off. I can here the music and
| nav.around enough w/ the keyboard to exit the game, I just can see anything
| becasue the monitor is "asleep"
|
|
 
Found a better driver for my monitor than the generic PnP one Windows gave
me, and that solved the problem. Thanks for your help


Jimmy S. said:
Hi J W,

Black screens usually indicate a video/chipset/driver problem.
Reinstall your chipset drivers, and then your video drivers if
you haven't already, and that should fix the problem hopefully.

Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
rules of thumb though to always keep in mind. Shut DL accelerators, fire-
walls and antivirus programs off while downloading or installing drivers and
updates. Check Fileplanet.com for any new patches released for your game.

Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0b:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe

Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver:

1. To identify the make and model of your card, right click your
Desktop, choose Properties / Settings / Advanced / Adapter.

2. Download the latest video driver for your card online, using
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
to find the website to download from. I also have advanced
video driver and direct X troubleshooting steps on that page.

3. Save the .exe driver (or uncompress the zip file) to a folder
in My Documents named after the driver version number.

4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.

6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.

7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.

8. If the driver is a (exe)program file, GO DIRECTLY TO step 10.

9. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
"Install from a list or specific location", click the "Browse" button,
browse to the My documents folder where you saved the driver,
and finally click on one of the driver files to begin installation.
Skip step 10 and go directly to step 11.

10. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
"Cancel" and Double click the driver program to begin installation.

11. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen Resolution.

TROUBLESHOOTING:

Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11

Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
your Video card. These steps are listed at: http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk

Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's the
case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step 7:
http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0

The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
(Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game folder/CD)
If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:

BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/

There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them! :-)

--
Cheers,
Jimmy S.

Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk
Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

| I recently upgraded to WinXP after trying several times to play the game
| rust from the previous install, I un/reinstalled it with patches. now the
| game runs but my monitor goes black and goes into sleep mode when the game
| gets to the main menu. Any suggestions? This even happens with the
| EnegryStar feature for the monitor turned off. I can here the music and
| nav.around enough w/ the keyboard to exit the game, I just can see anything
| becasue the monitor is "asleep"
|
|
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Excellent JW. Glad that's working again! :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

| Found a better driver for my monitor than the generic PnP one Windows gave
| me, and that solved the problem. Thanks for your help
|
|
| "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
| | > Hi J W,
| >
| > Black screens usually indicate a video/chipset/driver problem.
| > Reinstall your chipset drivers, and then your video drivers if
| > you haven't already, and that should fix the problem hopefully.
| >
| > Updating video card drivers can solve most gaming issues. Here's some
| > rules of thumb though to always keep in mind. Shut DL accelerators, fire-
| > walls and antivirus programs off while downloading or installing drivers
| and
| > updates. Check Fileplanet.com for any new patches released for your game.
| >
| > Before you update your drivers, I recommend that you install DirectX 9.0b:
| >
| http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/9/c/c9c8a1d4-7690-4c98-baf3-0c67e7f3751f/dx90b_redist.exe
| >
| > Here are the steps I recommend you use to update your driver:
| >
| > 1. To identify the make and model of your card, right click your
| > Desktop, choose Properties / Settings / Advanced / Adapter.
| >
| > 2. Download the latest video driver for your card online, using
| > http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#drivers
| > to find the website to download from. I also have advanced
| > video driver and direct X troubleshooting steps on that page.
| >
| > 3. Save the .exe driver (or uncompress the zip file) to a folder
| > in My Documents named after the driver version number.
| >
| > 4. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
| >
| > 5. Click Start / (settings) Control Panel / System / Hardware
| > Device Manager / expand +Display Adapters / right click on
| > the adapter, pick "Uninstall", and click No if asked to reboot.
| >
| > 6. Use Control Panel / Add-Remove programs to uninstall the
| > previous driver (exe)software which may have been installed.
| >
| > 7. Restart the computer in Safe Mode by pressing the F8 key
| > about once every second as it's rebooting to pick Safe Mode.
| >
| > 8. If the driver is a (exe)program file, GO DIRECTLY TO step 10.
| >
| > 9. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
| > "Install from a list or specific location", click the "Browse" button,
| > browse to the My documents folder where you saved the driver,
| > and finally click on one of the driver files to begin installation.
| > Skip step 10 and go directly to step 11.
| >
| > 10. When Windows prompts you to install the video adapter, click
| > "Cancel" and Double click the driver program to begin installation.
| >
| > 11. After you reboot, go to Control Panel / Display / Settings and
| > choose 32 bit Color Quality, and 1024x768 Screen Resolution.
| >
| > TROUBLESHOOTING:
| >
| > Test your drivers using DXDiag: Click Start / Run / type: DXDIAG
| > Click the "Test" buttons in the Display, Sound, Music & Network Tabs;
| > If any of the Display options are Disabled and you cannot Enable them,
| > your most likely solution would be to update your Chipset Drivers as per:
| > http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/Video.html#v11
| >
| > Along with your Video card, Sound Cards, Motherboard Chipsets,
| > and Video Monitors may also require updated drivers. Even your
| > motherboard's BIOS may need to be updated for compatibility with
| > your Video card. These steps are listed at: http://NibblesNbitsVideo.tk
| >
| > Perhaps the old Nvidia drivers did not completely uninstall. If that's
| the
| > case, use this utility to completely uninstall the drivers and go to step
| 7:
| > http://content.guru3d.com/index.php?page=detonatorrip&menu=0
| >
| > The latest video drivers sometime don't work with a particular game.
| > (Check the Video suggestions in the readme.txt file in your game
| folder/CD)
| > If there's no suggestions, try an older (WHQL) driver, and/or if you still
| > experience problems try a Beta driver, or even an Omega driver instead:
| >
| > BETA Drivers: http://download.guru3d.com/
| > OMEGA Drivers: http://www.omegacorner.com/
| >
| > There you have it, if you have any questions feel free to post them! :-)
| >
| > --
| > Cheers,
| > Jimmy S.
| >
| > Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
| http://nibblesnbits.tk
| > Microsoft Online Tech Support: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| > Game FAQ's: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
| rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| | > | I recently upgraded to WinXP after trying several times to play the game
| > | rust from the previous install, I un/reinstalled it with patches. now
| the
| > | game runs but my monitor goes black and goes into sleep mode when the
| game
| > | gets to the main menu. Any suggestions? This even happens with the
| > | EnegryStar feature for the monitor turned off. I can here the music and
| > | nav.around enough w/ the keyboard to exit the game, I just can see
| anything
| > | becasue the monitor is "asleep"
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|
 
Your grapic card may be the problem.. try smaller res
settings.. i dont know if theres a config icon that lets
you config the grphics with out going in to the game. or
try setting you res lower from the display tab in controll
panell..
 
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