Blender turns black

Support Basics & Interface
#1

Hi,

I am coming back to Blender after a while of not doing it. I have installed the newest version of Blender, 2.49. Whenever I run the program I have a problem. When I move my cursor over different parts of the Blender interface, the interface turns black. For example, if I move my cursor over the main screen where my model is displayed, the screen will turn black. I did a quick search for problems similar to this and some problems similar to mine happened on older models. People said that it was the graphics card. Is that correct?

JohnMR

#2

whats your graphics card? intel graphics all have problems to seem degree usually, i had really weird things happening on my laptop.
so yes its very possible.

#3

I have a Mobil Intel® 4 Series Express Chip Set Family.

#4

me too. (485 to be exact) and blender was completely screwy. sorry but i think that’s the problem, not sure what else you could do. try getting the latest drivers. other than that, not sure what you can do. :frowning: