i get a black and grey screen 2

[starman712]

i asked a little while ago the same question... my connection is fine and here are my specs:

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows Vista Home Edition
OS Service Pack -
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name OWNER-PC
User Name Owner

Motherboard
CPU Type Intel Pentium III Xeon, 2000 MHz
Motherboard Name Unknown
Motherboard Chipset Unknown
System Memory 4096 MB
BIOS Type Unknown

Display
Video Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 (512 MB)
Video Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 (512 MB)
Monitor Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB]

Multimedia
Audio Adapter High Definition Audio Controller [NoDB]
Audio Adapter High Definition Audio Controller [NoDB]

Storage
IDE Controller Intel(R) ICH9M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller
IDE Controller Ricoh Memory Stick Controller
IDE Controller Ricoh SD/MMC Host Controller
IDE Controller Ricoh xD-Picture Card Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
Disk Drive Hitachi HTS543232L9SA00 (298 GB, IDE)
Optical Drive DTSOFT Virtual CdRom Device
Optical Drive TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633P
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 295621 MB (37039 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse HID-compliant mouse
Mouse Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad

Network
Network Adapter Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 5100 (192.168.1.7)
Network Adapter Realtek RTL8102E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
Modem TOSHIBA Software Modem

Peripherals
Printer Dell AIO Printer 946
Printer HP psc 2400 Series
Printer Microsoft XPS Document Writer
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2934 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2935 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2936 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2937 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2938 [NoDB]
USB1 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2939 [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293A [NoDB]
USB2 Controller Intel(R) ICH9 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 293C [NoDB]
USB Device Chicony USB 2.0 Camera
USB Device USB Composite Device
USB Device USB Human Interface Device
Battery Microsoft AC Adapter
Battery Microsoft ACPI-Compliant Control Method Battery

[PeterCanessa Oh]

You did indeed (continuation of http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Viewers/i-get-a-black-and-grey-screen/qaq-p/1510227) and in the mean time I was checking people with a similar problem :-) (It probably doesn't affect this issue but don't trust "my connection is fine", speed alone can be very misleading.)

Anyway:

Nearly all the answers are use a different viewer and/or update drivers, which you say you've done.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Viewers/Answer-for-the-Black-Screen-Question/qaq-p/943765 ad others suggest there's a conflict between anti-aliasing and shadows.

I am still looking for a definitive fix but at least you know you aren't alone.  ATI cards do seem to have more trouble with SL than nVidia, and do you have a twin-card setup there?  I have no idea but that may cause issues too.