Zsnes not working, black screen

evilshrew2 · Post by **evilshrew2** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:56 pm

It worked perfectly when I had windows 2000. I recently went to XP and it just goes to a black screen. Same thing for virtual boy advance and a few others. I redownloaded zsnes and everything. Someone help please.

rage46 · Post by **rage46** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:14 am

Make sure everything is updated, get the latest drivers for your hardware, latest WIP for zsnes and latest direct X (9.0C I believe), and instead of trying to run it full screen try it in a windowed screen.

BTW A little more info would have helped a great deal.

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 12:17 am

evilshrew2 wrote:It worked perfectly when I had windows 2000. I recently went to XP and it just goes to a black screen. Same thing for virtual boy advance and a few others. I redownloaded zsnes and everything. Someone help please.

In the same directory(folder) as zsnesw.exe there is zsnesw.cfg. Open it with notepad and find the line VideoModeWin = and change the number to 6. Save and close it then try zsnes again.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:13 am

Or he can press Alt+Enter and it will go fullscreen.

Astxist · Post by **Astxist** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:32 pm

Also on that note, you'll have to update to the latest drivers from Nvidia if you use/have DirectX9C. Otherwise you could have slow downs issues with older drivers etc.

Astxist

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 6:02 pm

Anybody els ehave black screens with latest WIP on some of teh SDD-1 games?

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 7:06 pm

The original poster's problem is related to bad video chipset drivers. Installing a new operating system caused it to revert to the minimal Microsoft version of the video chipset's drivers. You should be able to download up-to-date drivers from the manufacturer of your video chipset (usually ATI or NVIDIA).

As a work-around, changing the video mode to '6' (640x480x16) by editing the configuration file should work fine.

If you can't figure out how to edit the file:
-Browse to the folder containing zsnesw.exe
-Right-click the file zsnesw.cfg and choose "Open With..."
-Select Notepad from the list.
-Click "OK"

The contents should be visible as text within Notepad.

-Scroll down to the line that says "VideoModeWin="
-Change it to VideoModeWin=6

You're done.

cjtffx · Post by **cjtffx** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 6:00 am

I have the same problem and when i did what you said the thing already said VideoModeWin=6 and its still not working. Someone help me please.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:36 am

Try pressing Alt+Enter.

cjtffx · Post by **cjtffx** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:19 pm

I dont want it to take up the whole screen.

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:00 pm

Then you will need better video drivers than what you are using.

This problem usually occurs when someone installs Windows fresh or upgrades to a new version. This causes the video chipset driver to revert to a stripped-down Microsoft version which is very limited. Find out the manufacturer of your video chipset (tell us if you don't know how) and download/install the lastest available driver software.

Silensho · Post by **Silensho** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 7:47 pm

This is just a wild guess. Do you guys use a video card that has TV output? If so, you should check if the monitor is considered as the primary output source.

cjtffx · Post by **cjtffx** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:16 pm

Problem Solved

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 11:18 pm

cjtffx wrote:Problem Solved

That's good...

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