I have BOINC running with Seti and Einstein on a four-year old computer and the screensaver works perfectly for both apps. I just setup a brand new Dell computer with Win XP Pro. I downloaded BOINC with the same apps on the new computer with BOINC as the screensaver. My account settings show both computers running the apps. The screensaver appears when I preview or when I show graphics. However, when the screensave activates, I get only a black screen. Any ideas on how to get the screensaver to work on my brand new computer?

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Identical problem with a Win XP Pro system. I have not found a solution as of this date.

I have BOINC running with Seti and Einstein on a four-year old computer and the screensaver works perfectly for both apps. I just setup a brand new Dell computer with Win XP Pro. I downloaded BOINC with the same apps on the new computer with BOINC as the screensaver. My account settings show both computers running the apps. The screensaver appears when I preview or when I show graphics. However, when the screensave activates, I get only a black screen. Any ideas on how to get the screensaver to work on my brand new computer?

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sherri & Thomas,

Your new machines may need to have driver updates for their display adaptors (graphics cards or board-embedded graphics). ATI and nVidia update their drivers monthly, and for newer cards, especially, the changes can be quite significant. I put up a thread on the Einstein board. Just ignore the Einstein-specific portion.

edit - out-of-date ATI drivers need to be uninstalled using their uninatall tool before installing the new set.

Hope this is of help

Michael

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