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Hi all not sure if this is in the right place but, I have been playing Persona 4 from a disc for about two weeks and all of a sudden the game screen has turned black. I can successfully load the main menu and chose a save but once the save has loaded the screen is black, I can hear the character moving and the menus opening and closing but I cannot work out what is wrong and how to fix it.

Please show the emulog and post all non-default settings (for example using screenshots).

All my settings are default [attachment=52722]

You were loading a savestate in that log. The savestate was made with a different bios.
There is a warning:

So this can be your problem. Reload the game without using savestates and see if it works.

I've done that no difference

Can you please show the emulog after you started a new game or loaded an existing game from the memcard using the ps2-load function?

PCSX2 1.3.0-0 - compiled on Jul 3 2014
Savestate version: 0x9a0a0000

Host Machine Init:
Operating System = Microsoft (build 9200), 64-bit
Physical RAM = 4027 MB
CPU name = Intel® Core™ i5-4210U CPU @ 1.70GHz
Vendor/Model = GenuineIntel (stepping 01)
CPU speed = 2.393 ghz (4 logical threads)
x86PType = Standard OEM
x86Flags = bfebfbff 7fdafbbf
x86EFlags = 2c100000

x86 Features Detected:
MMX.. SSE.. SSE2.. SSE3.. SSSE3.. SSE4.1.. SSE4.2.. AVX.. FMA

[wx] Directory 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\sstates' couldn't be created (error 5: access is denied.)
Reserving memory for recompilers...

Loading plugins...
Binding GS: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\gsdx32-avx-r5875.dll
(pxActionEvent) (LoadSinglePluginEvent) The configured GS plugin file was not found(LoadCorePlugins)

C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\gsdx32-avx-r5875.dll
(GameDB) 9653 games on record (loaded in 239ms)
[wx] Failed to load shared library 'C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\DEV9ghzdrk.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
Path: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\DEV9ghzdrk.dll
File is not a valid dynamic library.
Some kinda plugin failure: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\DEV9ghzdrk.dll
[wx] Failed to load shared library 'C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\ZZOgl-cg.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
Path: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\ZZOgl-cg.dll
File is not a valid dynamic library.
Some kinda plugin failure: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\ZZOgl-cg.dll
[wx] Failed to load shared library 'C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\ZZOgl.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
Path: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\ZZOgl.dll
File is not a valid dynamic library.
Some kinda plugin failure: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\ZZOgl.dll

Loading plugins...
Binding GS: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\GSdx32-AVX.dll
Windows 6.2.9200
Binding PAD: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\LilyPad.dll
Binding SPU2: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\SPU2-X.dll
Binding CDVD: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\cdvdGigaherz.dll
Binding USB: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\USBnull.dll
Binding FW: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\FWnull.dll
Binding DEV9: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\plugins\DEV9null.dll
Plugins loaded successfully.


Initializing plugins...
Init GS
Windows 6.2.9200
Init PAD
Init SPU2
Init CDVD
Init USB
Init FW
Init DEV9
Plugins initialized successfully.

HLE Notice: ELF does not have a path.

Opening plugins...
Opening GS
Opening PAD
Opening SPU2
* SPU2-X: Enumerating PortAudio devices:
*** Device 0: 'Primary Sound Driver' (Windows DirectSound)
*** Device 1: 'Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)' (Windows DirectSound)
*** Device 2: 'Speaker/HP (Realtek High Definition Audio)' (Windows WASAPI)
*** Device 3: 'Speakers (Realtek HD Audio output)' (Windows WDM-KS)
Opening CDVD
Intel® HD Graphics Family (10.18.10.3431)
* CDVD: Opening drive '\\.\E:'...
* CDVD: setSpindleSpeed success (11080KB/s)
* CDVD: IO thread started...
* CDVD: KeepAlive thread started...
* CDVD: Disk Type: Double-Layer DVD
* CDVD Disk Open: DVD, Single layer or unknown:
* * Track 1: Data (Mode 2) (2151360 sectors)
Opening USB
Opening FW
Opening DEV9
McdSlot 0: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd001.ps2
McdSlot 1: C:\Users\Jamie\Documents\PCSX2\memcards\Mcd002.ps2
Plugins opened successfully.
EE/iR5900-32 Recompiler Reset
Bios Found: Europe v02.00(14/06/2004) Console
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to NTSC.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 59.94 fps
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to PAL.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 50.00 fps
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLES_554.74;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = PAL
ELF (cdrom0:\SLES_554.74;1) Game CRC = 0x117D1977, EntryPoint = 0x00100008
(SYSTEM.CNF) Detected PS2 Disc = cdrom0:\SLES_554.74;1
(SYSTEM.CNF) Software version = 1.00
(SYSTEM.CNF) Disc region type = PAL
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to NTSC.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 59.94 fps
(UpdateVSyncRate) Mode Changed to PAL.
(UpdateVSyncRate) FPS Limit Changed : 50.00 fps
(GameDB) Enabled Gamefix: VuClipFlagHack
Closing plugins...
Closing DEV9
Closing FW
Closing USB
Closing CDVD
* CDVD: KeepAlive thread finished.
* CDVD: IO thread finished.
Closing SPU2
Closing PAD
Closing GS
Plugins closed successfully.

I would start by making an image with IMGBurn of your disc and also install it in a different folder, windows 7 and 8 have a permission bug even in the users folder (Program Files is the 2nd), if you have a 2nd partition/harddrive install PCSX2 there or make it in the root of C, like C:\PCSX2.

Thanks I'll try that

I guess you have UAC enabled. Therefore pcsx2 is missing its writing rights.
I would suggest to put pcsx2 ver. 1.3.0 not into 'C:\Program Files (x86)\PCSX2 1.2.1\' but into something like 'C:\PCSX2 1.3.0\