{"id":159688,"date":"2022-09-26T09:53:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-black-screen-with-no-geometry-appears-after-launching-discovery\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T06:32:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T06:32:50","slug":"discovery-black-screen-with-no-geometry-appears-after-launching-discovery","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-black-screen-with-no-geometry-appears-after-launching-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery: Black screen with no geometry appears after launching Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"topic__title\" class=\"topic__title\"  id=\"DISCOVERY-BLACK-SCREEN-WITH-NO-GEOMETRY-APPEARS-AFTER-LAUNCHING-DISCOVERY\">Discovery: Black screen with no geometry appears after launching Discovery<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Problem:\u00a0<\/strong>Discovery\u00a0opens, but geometry, as well as the triad, is not visible.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-155299\" src=\"\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/OK-19-1.jpg\" alt=\" width=\"860\" height=\"459\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cause:\u00a0<\/strong>The main cause\u00a0of this is identified to be\u00a0the NVIDIA\u00a0drivers from the series 45x.x, which is working\u00a0on some machines,\u00a0but for some\u00a0machines, it\u00a0does not work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended solutions:\u00a0<\/strong>The solution is to upgrade to the latest graphic card driver other than the 45x.x series from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvidia.com\/Download\/index.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">the NVIDIA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-159688","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-discovery"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discovery: Black screen with no geometry appears after launching Discovery Problem: Discovery opens, but geometry, as well as the triad, is not visible. 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