diff --git a/Bizware/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.SlimDX/IGL_SlimDX9.cs b/Bizware/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.SlimDX/IGL_SlimDX9.cs
index 8ca6bbc767..a65faf0689 100644
--- a/Bizware/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.SlimDX/IGL_SlimDX9.cs
+++ b/Bizware/BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.SlimDX/IGL_SlimDX9.cs
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 			{
 				BackBufferWidth = 8,
 				BackBufferHeight = 8,
+				BackBufferCount = 2,
 				DeviceWindowHandle = OffscreenNativeWindow.WindowInfo.Handle,
 				PresentationInterval = PresentInterval.Immediate,
 				EnableAutoDepthStencil = false
@@ -88,20 +89,27 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 
 		void ResetDevice()
 		{
+			devBB.Dispose();
 			ResetHandlers.Reset();
-			for(;;)
+			for (; ; )
 			{
-				var pp = MakePresentParameters();
-				try
-				{
-					dev.Reset(pp);
-				}
-				catch { }
-				if (dev.TestCooperativeLevel().IsSuccess)
+				var result = dev.TestCooperativeLevel();
+				if (result.IsSuccess)
 					break;
+				if (result.Code == -2005530519) // D3DERR_DEVICENOTRESET
+				{
+					try
+					{
+						var pp = MakePresentParameters();
+						dev.Reset(pp);
+						break;
+					}
+					catch { }
+				}
 				System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);
 			}
 			ResetHandlers.Restore();
+			devBB = dev.GetBackBuffer(0, 0);
 		}
 
 		public void CreateDevice()
@@ -118,6 +126,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 			
 			flags |= CreateFlags.FpuPreserve;
 			dev = new Device(d3d, 0, DeviceType.Hardware, pp.DeviceWindowHandle, flags, pp);
+			devBB = dev.GetBackBuffer(0, 0);
 		}
 
 		void IDisposable.Dispose()
@@ -816,19 +825,19 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 		public void BeginControl(GLControlWrapper_SlimDX9 control)
 		{
 			_CurrentControl = control;
-			//don't dispose this backbuffer reference, even though it's tempting to.
-			//it results in weird flashes of corruption when changing the vsync setting (unproven; it's another similar code sequence that broke it)
-			dev.SetRenderTarget(0, _CurrentControl.SwapChain.GetBackBuffer(0));
-		}
 
+			//this dispose isnt strictly needed but it seems benign
+			var surface = _CurrentControl.SwapChain.GetBackBuffer(0);
+			dev.SetRenderTarget(0, surface);
+			surface.Dispose();
+		}
+		Surface devBB;
 		public void EndControl(GLControlWrapper_SlimDX9 control)
 		{
 			if (control != _CurrentControl)
 				throw new InvalidOperationException();
 
-			//don't dispose this backbuffer reference, even though it's tempting to.
-			//it results in weird flashes of corruption when changing the vsync setting (unproven; it's another similar code sequence that broke it)
-			dev.SetRenderTarget(0, dev.GetBackBuffer(0, 0));
+			dev.SetRenderTarget(0, devBB);
 
 			_CurrentControl = null;
 		}
@@ -865,6 +874,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 			var tw = new TextureWrapper() { Texture = d3dtex };
 			var tex = new Texture2d(this, tw, w, h);
 			RenderTarget rt = new RenderTarget(this, tw, tex);
+			ResetHandlers.Add(rt, "RenderTarget",
+				() =>
+				{
+					d3dtex.Dispose();
+					tw.Texture = null;
+				},
+				() =>
+				{
+					d3dtex = new d3d9.Texture(dev, w, h, 1, d3d9.Usage.RenderTarget, d3d9.Format.A8R8G8B8, d3d9.Pool.Default);
+					tw.Texture = d3dtex;
+				}
+			);
 			return rt;
 		}
 
@@ -874,15 +895,18 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 
 			if (rt == null)
 			{
-				//don't dispose this backbuffer reference, even though it's tempting to.
-				//it results in weird flashes of corruption when changing the vsync setting
-				dev.SetRenderTarget(0, _CurrentControl.SwapChain.GetBackBuffer(0));
+				//this dispose is needed for correct device resets, I have no idea why
+				//don't try caching it either
+				var surface = _CurrentControl.SwapChain.GetBackBuffer(0);
+				dev.SetRenderTarget(0, surface);
+				surface.Dispose();
+
 				dev.DepthStencilSurface = null;
 				return;
 			}
 
+			//dispose doesn't seem necessary for reset here...
 			var tw = rt.Opaque as TextureWrapper;
-			//TODO - cache surface level in an RT wrapper
 			dev.SetRenderTarget(0, tw.Texture.GetSurfaceLevel(0));
 			dev.DepthStencilSurface = null;
 		}
@@ -900,7 +924,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 			{
 				BackBufferWidth = Math.Max(8,control.ClientSize.Width),
 				BackBufferHeight = Math.Max(8, control.ClientSize.Height),
-				BackBufferCount = 2,
+				BackBufferCount = 1,
 				BackBufferFormat = Format.X8R8G8B8,
 				DeviceWindowHandle = control.Handle,
 				Windowed = true,
@@ -908,7 +932,12 @@ namespace BizHawk.Bizware.BizwareGL.Drivers.SlimDX
 			};
 
 			control.SwapChain = new SwapChain(dev, pp);
-			ResetHandlers.Add(control, "SwapChain", () => { control.SwapChain.Dispose(); control.SwapChain = null; }, () => RefreshControlSwapChain(control));
+			ResetHandlers.Add(control, "SwapChain", () =>
+				{
+					control.SwapChain.Dispose(); 
+					control.SwapChain = null;
+				},
+				() => RefreshControlSwapChain(control));
 		}
 
 		DeviceLostHandler ResetHandlers = new DeviceLostHandler();