Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Attached is the screen of the problem I'm having. This "box" shows whenever I try to select anything. For some reason the area just turns black. Nothing serious just odd. I'm using the Nvidia 9600GT on a pentium quad 2.66ghz. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 To try... on your Options>Global tab... disable "Don't disable Aero on startup" That's a triple negative! Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 UHHHHH I'm a bit confused by that comment. Are you talking about the Compatability under properties? Under AM options? I dont see that in AM options. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 on the Tools menu Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 To try... on your Options>Global tab... disable "Don't disable Aero on startup" That's a triple negative! Well here's a screen of my global options screen. This is v16 rc and I don't have anything about disable areo. This is the 32 bit version. The 64 bit version doesn't have the option either. Quote
John Bigboote Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 I have never seen that option... I have a Nvidia and an ATI on 2 different computers, Win XP64, Win 7... never seen Tools/Options/Global/Don't disable aero checkbox. Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 I still have no idea while it does this. It doesn't while running in DirectX. If I go to OpenGL it does. Yet performance is far better with OpenGL and i would prefer it if i could run in that mode. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 It must be my special Aero glasses. Do you have "Disable Desktop Composition" checked in your Compatibilities tab inthe Properties for the A:M icon? Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 Pssst... If anyone asks about the "Don't Disable Aero" option, tell them i had to kill you after I told you about it. Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Yep. Thats disabled and I've tried all the other options but nothing fixes it. Should I just send this to someone? Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 It just started doing this? What changed? Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 No. AM has always done this on all my machines. Anytime I use OpenGL this happens. I've tried many settings and nothing fixes it. Like I said it's no biggie cause I can use it with DirectX but the image is nearly as smooth or fast as OpenGL. I would prefer to figure this out and use OpenGL but if there is no fix I'll just carry on as usual. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 And of course, we always ask... "Are your video card drivers up to date?" Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Yep. My whole system is completely up to date. Quote
Fuchur Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Yep. My whole system is completely up to date. Are we talking about Vista or Windows 7? See you *Fuchur* Quote
John Bigboote Posted February 26, 2011 Posted February 26, 2011 Do you have "Disable Desktop Composition" checked in your Compatibilities tab inthe Properties for the A:M icon? Where is this again? On my work PC I have video card issues new to V16 that will amaze you... I've been chasing drivers and fiddling with settings and 'living with it' for months now... usually a save-restart gets me going again, but for how long...? That is on my WinXP64 Nividea Quadro FX 3500.I've updated the driver, updated OpenGL even. A:M 64 is much worse- but the 32 is bad too. I'll take any lead I can get. Maybe I'll do a screen capture for the forums entertainment. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 Do you have "Disable Desktop Composition" checked in your Compatibilities tab inthe Properties for the A:M icon? Where is this again? On my work PC I have video card issues new to V16 that will amaze you... I've been chasing drivers and fiddling with settings and 'living with it' for months now... usually a save-restart gets me going again, but for how long...? That is on my WinXP64 Nividea Quadro FX 3500.I've updated the driver, updated OpenGL even. A:M 64 is much worse- but the 32 is bad too. I'll take any lead I can get. Maybe I'll do a screen capture for the forums entertainment. on the icon on your desktop for A:M and choose "Properties". Anecdotally, it sounds like people have more trouble with the "Quadro" cards than any other. Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Mine isn't a Quadro card. I use GeForce cards and still have the problem. The 32bit version running OpenGL doesn't seem to have this issue but it does tend to crash more often. Quote
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted February 26, 2011 Hash Fellow Posted February 26, 2011 Mine isn't a Quadro card. I use GeForce cards and still have the problem. The 32bit version running OpenGL doesn't seem to have this issue but it does tend to crash more often. As always, if you can repeat it, AMReport it. Quote
Ilidrake Posted February 26, 2011 Author Posted February 26, 2011 Yeppers. I guess that'll be my best option. Thanks everyone. Quote
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