BSOD ( maybe? )

[Dino]

It's probably your graphic card, what I think is that your driver is actually crashing, and your OS isn't able to restart it.

Try to use windowmode and check, if the crash still happens.

Freelancer is a old game, maybe your graphic card doesn't like to load a specific line of the code, where it sometimes manage to kill your driver, at least this would explain why you get a black screen and your fan is running on a high RPM.

It would also help, if you tell us which graphic card your notebook is using.

Edit: When you installed disco, did you allowed the installer to install the bloom effect?

I'm running Starlancer all fine, together with Serious Sam & some others. They are even older than Freelancer, and ever had problems with them.

My graphic card is Nvidia Quadro 2000M, with 2GB DDR5. It's more for 3D modelling and simulations, but I ran some quite demanding games on it. And yes, I have bloom mod installed.

Edit: Just happend, returned to game in window mode, doesn't help.