Games black screen in game

[Danielmbowman]

Hey all,

I have a Gateway FX Laptop with Nvdia 8800m, 64 bit. I'm sure you need more info (i've actually never used this forum before so I apologize) I noticed a lot of other users with the same problems, but they all seemed to have different solutions.

So the problem: After a few moments in all my games as far as I can tell (COD4, FarCry2) the game screen blackens. Sometimes, it just is REALLY dark, where I can still kinda see it in the right light. I know the game is running however, because if I ctr-alt-del and click, it brings it to out of game where everything works again. I can hear the sound and everything, the game continues playing as normal. I haven't made any hardware or software changes recently, save for starting to reinstall Left 4 Dead.

I've tried: completely unistalling all drivers are reinstalling. I even used driver sweeper to make sure it was completely removed before I reinstalled. The problemos persist.

Oooo and I noticed the typical response is overheating, I don't think that is the case. My compy does run ridiculously hot, but its blacks before the temps get high.

I'm not sure what else you guys need before countinuing.

 

[arges86]

try making sure you have the latest drivers...
turn system settings down incrementally and see if that helps

 

[Danielmbowman]

Thanks for the reply arges,

Yep, I already updated drivers, and blackens even when the games are on the lowest possible settings.

 

[arges86]

does this occur every time you stress your video card?
if your running benchmark apps like Furmark, or 3DMark, does the same thing occur?
are you running Folding@Home, the GPU client?

 

[Danielmbowman]

Im downloading 3d mark right now to give it a try, it should be done downloading when i get back from school. Btw, I did test the temps when running COD4, and it was blacking out when everything was in the 40-50 c range.

 

[Danielmbowman]

Not blacking out on 3d mark 5. Everything checks out.

 

[arges86]

try inserting the came disk and repairing the game

 

[Mousemonkey]

Try adjusting the Gamma settings in the game option settings.