Rutjosnabet

Hi all, wondered if anyone else is having the problem of running Vista 64 system, 8GB RAM and trying the Beta patch work around but still getting the black screen at start up? Have a drivers updated eg card/SP1 etc but I start the specific Beta patch but no joy, specs are below re card/computer. I know it works because I have the "reduce the system RAM to 3GB work around and game loads - I just wondered how to not have to do this with the Beta patch? Regards, Ruts Operating System           OS Name    Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium        OS Version    6.0.6001        ServicePack    1.0        Product ID    89583-OEM-7359873-09386        System Uptime    13/03/2009 11:55:09        Internet Explorer Version    7.0.6001.18000        Microsoft DirectX Version    10.0        OpenGL Version    6.0.6000.16386 (vista_rtm.061101-2205)        Free Physical Memory    6676 MB        Free Page File    8490 MB        Free Virtual Memory    14770 MB Registry           Maximum Size    2048MB        Current Size    87MB        Status    OK Center Processor           CPU Name    AMD Athlon™ 7750 Dual-Core Processor        Code Name    Model 2, Stepping 3        Manufacturer    AuthenticAMD        Current Clock Speed    1350Mhz        Max Clock Speed    2700Mhz        Voltage    1.2V        External Clock    200Mhz        Serial Number    178BFBFF00100F23        CPU ID    AMD64 Family 16 Model 2 Stepping 3        Socket Designation    CPU 1        L1-Cache    256KB        L2-Cache    1024KB        L3-Cache    8KB Motherboard           Model    TA790GXB A2+        Manufacturer    BIOSTAR Group        Serial Number    None        BIOS Name    Default System BIOS        BIOS Vendor    American Megatrends Inc.        SMBIOS Version    080014        BIOS Date    19/09/2008 BIOS Features           ISA is supported    Yes        PCI is supported    Yes        Plug and Play is supported    Yes        APM is supported    Yes        BIOS is Upgradable (Flash)    Yes        BIOS shadowing is allowed    Yes        ESCD support is available    Yes        Boot from CD is supported    Yes        Selectable Boot is supported    Yes        BIOS ROM is socketed    Yes        EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) Specification is supported    Yes        Int 13h - 5.25 /1.2MB Floppy Services are supported    Yes        Int 13h - 3.5 / 720 KB Floppy Services are supported    Yes        Int 13h - 3.5 / 2.88 MB Floppy Services are supported    Yes        Int 5h, Print Screen Service is supported    Yes        Int 9h, 8042 Keyboard services are supported    Yes        Int 14h, Serial Services are supported    Yes        Int 17h, printer services are supported    Yes        Int 10h, CGA/Mono Video Services are supported    Yes        ACPI supported    Yes        USB Legacy is supported    Yes        LS-120 boot is supported    Yes        ATAPI ZIP Drive boot is supported    Yes Memory Resource           Total Memory    8190 MB        Used Memory    1515 MB        Free Memory    6674 MB        Memory Usage    18% Physical Memory           Memory Bank    BANK0        Description    Physical Memory 0        Device Location    DIMM0        Capacity    NULL        Speed    400Mhz        Manufacturer    Manufacturer0        Data Width    64bit        Memory Type           Form Factor    DIMM Physical Memory           Memory Bank    BANK1        Description    Physical Memory 1        Device Location    DIMM1        Capacity    NULL        Speed    400Mhz        Manufacturer    Manufacturer1        Data Width    64bit        Memory Type           Form Factor    DIMM Physical Memory           Memory Bank    BANK2        Description    Physical Memory 2        Device Location    DIMM2        Capacity    NULL        Speed    400Mhz        Manufacturer    Manufacturer2        Data Width    64bit        Memory Type           Form Factor    DIMM Physical Memory           Memory Bank    BANK3        Description    Physical Memory 3        Device Location    DIMM3        Capacity    NULL        Speed    400Mhz        Manufacturer    Manufacturer3        Data Width    64bit        Memory Type           Form Factor    DIMM Video Adapter           Name    ASUS EAH4870 series        Video Processor    ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9440)        Manufacturer    ATI Technologies Inc.        Video Architecture    VGA        DAC Type    Internal DAC(400MHz)        Memory Size    512MB        Memory Type    Unknown        Video Mode    1440 x 900 x 4294967296 colors        Current Refresh Rate    74Hz        Driver Version    7.01.01.849        Driver Date    01/12/2008 09:15:02