Black Preview Screen?

[egnt 2]

Hi everyone, I have constantly complaining about problems with my old computer and how things didn't work properly. Well, now I have got a new one and I am still running FS2004, simply for the FPS. However, when I installed it, when I open it, the preview screen for the aircraft is blank! But when I click fly now it simply loads as it should, no problems. I'm wondering if anyone else has witnessed this problem before, as I have scoured the internet and still can't find any answer. My PC specs are:

 

AMD Radeon R6 Quad Core 1.8GHZ

8GB RAM
Dedicated Graphics (NVidia I'm sure)

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

EGNT.

[barrel_owl 304]

If you recently upgraded your nVidia driver to 361.43, this is probably the cause of your problem:

 

http://www.avsim.com/topic/480728-p...modes-in-nvi/?hl=+nvidia++driver#entry3347586
http://www.avsim.com/topic/480800-fsx-freezes-in-free-flight-menu/#entry3348033

 

Try to roll back to version 359.06. Apparently the problem is affecting only FSX, not P3D.

[egnt 2]

Thanks barrel_owl for your quick response, but the installer doesn't want to let me install it. I'm assuming it might mean I haven't got one of these. I think I might instead have an AMD card. Also, I am running Windows 10 on a HP Envy 15.

[forkedtail 5]

Change to the "windowed" screen and you should be able to see your plane rotating there.  This is a problem with Windows 8 and 10 and I don't believe any solution is available.

[egnt 2]

Thanks forkedtail, however this still doesn't work. I have checked and I am running the latest AMD Radeon drivers, and now when I start a flight, it shows a preview of the default cessna and I have to close and reopen again!