Thanks, I'll give it another try. I never used what the immediate loading driver did, instead I used the on disc driver and the newer one from the website. The included software did indeed crash my system.
My setting was always composite, but as soon as I tried to make the capture setting in VirtualDub it immediately went to the black screen. I tried restarting, I tried reinstalling files and finally a new updated Virtualdub but still nothing. Some on videohelp have had this same thing happen for no reason.