Screen Goes Black After A While

jabbapop · Post by **jabbapop** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 5:46 am

ok like here's the deal. i'm on a radeon 9800 drivers 6.3, have directx9.0c. running zsnes 1.4.2 in 768x672 DR Windowed mode. nothing is checked in video options except vsync. disable screensaver is checked udner the zsnes option. ok. i get any game to work fine, but sometimes, maybe like 10 minuets into playing, the whole screen (that is, not just the window, the ENTIRE screen) goes black, and i can see my mouse pointer turn with the hour glass. and like, i can still hear the sound going on, but to get out of black i'll have to fiddle around, press escape, and then the game comes back. this can't be the screensaver, i have it disabled also under the display control panel. anyone hear of this?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 6:03 am

It could be the Monitor Power Saving mode kicking in.. I believe it will be addressed in a future version. Disable the monitor power saving mode manually as well.

foxyshadis · Post by **foxyshadis** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:09 am

Thanks, I'm glad it's a known issue since I usually forget beforehand. ^^; (What a silly DirectPlay misfeature!)

Firon · Post by **Firon** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 1:33 am

Yeah, that's happened to me too. Silly Windows thinking a gamepad is not input. I had to turn off the power saving feature to fix it.

UnduTheGun · Post by **UnduTheGun** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 2:48 pm

It happens with the GNOME power management/screensaver...

Post by **pagefault** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:54 pm

This should have been fixed in windows long ago? It's still happening?

Firon · Post by **Firon** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:09 am

Yup, unless it was fixed (again?) in the past month or so.

paulguy · Post by **paulguy** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 1:07 am

he said he can see the hour glass...

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:38 am

paulguy wrote:he said he can see the hour glass...

It's probabaly not the monitor power saving mode, probably the system trying to go into sleep mode or something.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 4:37 am

which funnily enough is also found in the power options area.