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    problem with farcry 4 - please HELP

    hi, i have a problem with all the games that use ubisoft uplay.
    i bought a new motherboard (Z99-UD5) processor (i7 5930K)
    and video card (titan z) i also switched windows from 7 to 8.1 pro 64 bit
    On my previous computer it worked perfectly and now farcry and assassins creed black screeen when i try to launch them
    i tried the pitch 1.4, 1.5, 1.7 all three did not work
    All my drivers are up to date, I unplugged all USB connections and erased all of their drivers
    the games CD are original
    what else can i do to get my games working and how can i contact them to help me?
    Thank you
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    When you say ALL my Drivers are up to date... did you update them via Windows Update or via Nvidia Experience? what about your Sound drivers, did you download the newer version from manufacturer or from the original CD that came from your motherboard?

    Black Screen usually comes from Corrupt and/or OLD drivers... notice that I used the word "Usually". I take it that you also installed these games fresh after you installed Win 8.1. I ask this because some people try to do this by leaving the games on the secondary drive and trying to play from there.
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    From CD
    But I checked the site
    They are updated
    And I did all of the Windows updates
    Still the same black screen all the games of UPLAY
    I installed FARCRY4 after I installed Windows
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    Some of Nvidia's new GPUs require a MB BIOS update depending on the GPU and MB.
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    Originally Posted by tzahi Go to original post
    From CD
    But I checked the site
    They are updated
    And I did all of the Windows updates
    Still the same black screen all the games of UPLAY
    I installed FARCRY4 after I installed Windows
    Well... therein lies the problem.

    You may have bought the Motherboard today but it was probably made 2 years ago so the drivers are also 2 years old... as an example, don't you go getting miffed by it

    Do Not Check the site, Never check the site... Always check via Manufacture (ie: Nvidia or AMD) and most of the time Realtek for Audio Drivers. Get/Download the latest drivers for your OS, save to a temp folder, uninstall the ones you have now, restart, use Ccleaner to clean registry from remnants of old drivers and then proceed to install new ones with Elevated Admin Rights (I know, what? just a big word for Right Click on the Exe file and Use Admin Rights to install)

    OH and + 1 on what Frag said... that you can check the website of your motherboard but if you don't know what you are doing I recommend staying away from updating BIOS as you can Nuke the whole ball of wax.


    Well, glad you installed FC4 after installing of Windows, otherwise the alternative would have been just, erm, well... I have no words

    Anyways, recap... check the bold statement and Good Luck
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    צחי, אם אתה מעדכן ביוס, אל תעשה את זה מ-וינדווס, תוריד את הביוס החדש מאתר גיגבייט, שים אותו אל יו.אס.בי., תיכנס לביוס ותשתמש באופצית עדכון בתוך הביוס!
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    Originally Posted by GiveMeTactical Go to original post
    OH and + 1 on what Frag said... that you can check the website of your motherboard but if you don't know what you are doing I recommend staying away from updating BIOS as you can Nuke the whole ball of wax.
    That is SOOOO yesteryear. Most MB manufacturers have been making MB BIOS updating easy as pie for several years now with tools like ASUS' EZ Flash where you merely DL the update to your PC, boot into the BIOS, select the tool, and it finds and installs the update for you.

    You're just needlessly making him paranoid.
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