Simviation Forum - Trees and lights have black boxes around them

Jul 16^th, 2003 at 12:06pm

Don D. Guest

Hey all... New guy here!
I just installed FS2002 and I am getting black boxes around trees, lights, some buildings, as well as some sections of terrain is multicolored (as in rainbow colors). I am also having system crashes where I get the screen that asks me if I want to report the error to Microsoft as well as complete system reboots.

I have turned things off in my system tray, set my color to 32 bit, completely de installed software. Defragged my drive and reinstalled the software.

My system: AMD k7, 700 mhz, 256 meg memory, running Win2K pro.

(FYI, I installed this on a DEL 733 with 256 mem, Win2kpr0 and it works fine, so I suspect the software is fine, no corruption.)

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Reply #1 - Jul 16^th, 2003 at 2:21pm

Scottler Offline
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Having seen some of the screenshots these guys have posted, those could be THEIR "black boxes"! lol

Great edit, Bob.&&&&&&Google it. &&&&www.google.com

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Reply #2 - Jul 16^th, 2003 at 2:55pm

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Hi Don...!
What are the graphics board details on your own machine?
The rest of your spec looks fine...!

Cheers...
Paul.
(England).

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #3 - Jul 16^th, 2003 at 3:39pm

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what video card do you have? I was having the same problem until I re-installed older Det4 nvidia drivers. if you do have a geforce card, I suggest the 40.72 drivers.

i installed the new nvidia det drivers and was having those same exact problems, nothing would work except installing earlier drivers. i have a geforce 4 ti4600 and the new nvidia drivers seem to be made and tested mainly for the geforce fx cards.

if you don't have a geforce card, sorry

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Reply #4 - Jul 16^th, 2003 at 4:47pm

Don D. Guest

Thats the one part of my system I cannot remember the details on. I'll pull it tonight and see if I can figure out what it is.

Your suspicions are probably correct... Don

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Reply #5 - Jul 16^th, 2003 at 5:12pm

Fozzer Offline
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Quote:

Thats the one part of my system I cannot remember the details on. I'll pull it tonight and see if I can figure out what it is.

Your suspicions are probably correct... Don

Hi Don....!
..don't forget the old favourite.... Wink

...!
Task Bar > Start > Run > type: dxdiag in the box, then OK...!

Cheers mate... Grin

..!
Paul.
(England).

Dell Dimension 5000 BTX Tower. Win7 Home Edition, 32 Bit. Intel Pentium 4, dual 2.8 GHz. 2.5GB RAM, nVidia GF 9500GT 1GB. SATA 500GB + 80GB. Philips 17" LCD Monitor. Micronet ADSL Modem only. Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. FS 2004 + FSX. Briggs and Stratton Petrol Lawn Mower...Motor Bikes. Gas Cooker... and lots of musical instruments!.... ...!
Yamaha MO6,MM6,DX7,DX11,DX21,DX100,MK100,EMT10,PSR400,PSS780,Roland GW-8L v2,TR505,Casio MT-205,Korg CX3v2 dual manual,+ Leslie 760,M-Audio Prokeys88,KeyRig,Cubase,Keyfax4,Guitars,Orchestral,Baroque,Renaissance,Medieval Instruments.

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Reply #6 - Jul 16^th, 2003 at 6:46pm

Don D. Guest

Awesome!
Thanks Paul, I did not now about that command. I just did it here on my work computer. Beats pulling out my screw driver!

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