Vista x64 Media Center Black screen

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Shatan

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I've got Vista Media Center (x64 Ultimate) installed on my machine, and it works great. Specs as follows:

Asus A8N-SLI-Deluxe
Athlon64 3800+
2Gig Ram
7600 GT
74GB WD Raptor on Nvidia slot as IDE

Now, I went and purchased another license for my Media Center, it was XPMCE. The specs follow:

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum BIOS revision 1.D
Athlon 3400+
6600GT Latest 64bit release drivers
2Gig Ram
250GB WD SATA on the Nvidia controller as IDE

The MSI platform installs perfectly and does everything but run Media Center. I can run it, but it shows up as a black screen. I can hear the startup sound though. I've gone through numerous reinstalls, but can't get past this issue. Anyone know of a fix?
 

My Computer

System One

Have you tried swapping the video cards to see if it makes a difference (assuming they're both of the same type)?
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • Operating System
    Windows 10 Pro X64 Insider Preview (Skip Ahead) latest build
    Manufacturer/Model
    The Beast Model V (homebrew)
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 EE @ 3.6 GHz
    Motherboard
    eVGA X58 Classified 3 (141-GT-E770-A1)
    Memory
    3 * Mushkin 998981 Redline Enhanced triple channel DDR3 4 GB CL7 DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3-12800)
    Graphics Card(s)
    eVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC ACX 2.0 (04G-P4-3979-KB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio (onboard)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 * Lenovo LT2323pwA Widescreeen
    Screen Resolution
    2 * 1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    SanDisk Ultra SDSSDHII-960G-G25 960 GB SATA III SSD (System)
    Crucial MX100 CT256MX100SSD1 256GB SATA III SSD (User Tree)
    2 * Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA II Mech. HD
    Seagate ST1500DL001-9VT15L Barracuda 7200.12 1.5 TB S
    PSU
    Thermaltake Black Widow TX TR2 850W 80+ Bronze Semi-Mod ATX
    Case
    ThermalTake Level 10 GT (Black)
    Cooling
    Corsair H100 (CPU, dual 140 mm fans on radiator) + Air (2 *
    Keyboard
    Logitech G15 (gen 2)
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared)
    Internet Speed
    AT&T Lightspeed Gigabit duplex
  • Operating System
    Sabayon Linux (current, weekly updates, 5.1.x kernel)
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo ThinkPad E545
    CPU
    AMD A6-5350M APU
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    8 GB
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon HD (Embedded)
    Sound Card
    Conextant 20671 SmartAudio HD
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Lenovo 15" Matte
    Screen Resolution
    1680 * 1050
    Hard Drives
    INTEL Cherryvill 520 Series SSDSC2CW180A 180 GB SSD
    PSU
    Lenovo
    Case
    Lenovo
    Cooling
    Lenovo
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master (shared) | Synaptics TouchPad
    Keyboard
    Lenovo
    Internet Speed
    AT&T LightSpeed Gigabit Duplex
johngalt said:
Have you tried swapping the video cards to see if it makes a difference (assuming they're both of the same type)?
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I've tried it with a 6600gt, 7600gt, and an 8400gs. I don't have any other cards or motherboards to attempt it on. I've verified this with another machine that is based off the same K8N Neo4 platform.

I've also verified this same behaviour with the Geforce driver releases of 175, 169, and 163.
 

My Computer

System One

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