Black screen when starting up PA ( SOLVED)

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  1. Tom212

    Tom212 New Member

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    Hey guys ,

    Since I updated my NVIDIA Geforce experience and its drivers today I get a black screen when I start up PA.
    I can still see my mouse and hear the music.
    Turning off steam-overlay didn't do anything.
    The drive of my graphics card is also up to date.
    Also have I set enough mb for my page file.

    I have win: 7 64-bit
    and a NVIDIA geforce GTX 750

    I hope u guys can help me.
  2. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    It sounds really similar to this one:
    https://forums.uberent.com/threads/...overlay-no-coherent-ui-in-task-manager.68528/

    Could you take a look at your running processes and see if you are missing the CoherentUI ones as well?
  3. Tom212

    Tom212 New Member

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    there're 7 CoherentUI running
  4. Tom212

    Tom212 New Member

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    I can click on the video's on the right side in the menu and they'll start up in my browser without seeing them.
  5. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Ah, interesting. Maybe it is different after all. Could you post your DxDiag.txt? Press <WinKey>+R, type "dxdiag", and press "Save All Information...". Upload the created file here by using the Upload a File button on this forum.

    Could you try running PA with --software-ui? And see if it works then. See Steam help for instructions.
    Does resizing the window make any difference?
  6. Tom212

    Tom212 New Member

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    here you go

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  7. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Thanks! Yeah, that all looks fine. No problems there as far as I can tell. Did you try my other suggestions yet?
  8. Tom212

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    no the 'steam help' link doesn't work.
    And resizing the window doesn't make any difference
  9. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    Oh, weird. Works for me. Well, this is what it says:
    Set Launch Options
    1. Right-click on the game title under the Library in Steam and select Properties.
    2. Under the General tab click the Set launch options... button.
    3. Enter the launch options you wish to apply (be sure to separate each code with a space) and click OK.
    4. Close the game's Properties window and launch the game.
  10. Tom212

    Tom212 New Member

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    It works! :D
    Thank you very much sir.
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  11. DeathByDenim

    DeathByDenim Post Master General

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    This will introduce another bug though. After every game, your screen will become black again. Resizing the window or switching between full screen and windows using <Alt>+<Enter> should restore it though.
  12. Tom212

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    Ow okay. I can live with that

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