Nick92

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Nick92

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March 26th, 2009 23:00

Can't play Games after fresh Reinstall

Can someone tell me what I need to do, or the drivers that I need to download to be able to play games

After I installed my game, it shows it loading then I hear a ding and it never opens.

Already says I have DirectX 8.1 higher when I tryed DLing it, but sometimes it says I need this still.

---> DIMENSION E510, WINDOWS XP

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    Posted March 30th, 2009 06:00

    all those question marks indicate you need to install drivers.  Go here for your video driver:

    http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx

    but first go to dell support for your computer type (enter your service tag) and download and install your mother boards chipset.  The chipset should take care of a few of the ?'s Then ck the download list and download anything else you may need.  There's a graphics driver there I'm sure.  

    Installing a fresh copy of XP is only the beginning.  Make sure you go to windows update and install all the high priority updates. 

    Well this should keep you busy for a bit.  Let me know when your done.

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    Posted March 28th, 2009 10:00

    bump

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    Posted March 28th, 2009 14:00

    What are you trying to play and what are your system specs? 

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    Posted March 28th, 2009 21:00

    Im trying to play warcraft

    System specs? dimension e510

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    Posted March 29th, 2009 07:00

    Do you have XP or Vista?  What video card do you have?

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    Posted March 29th, 2009 10:00

    Xp and my video card is unknown every where I look. Device manager has question marks next to it and it says unknown thorugh dispay in my computer

     

    and I've tried DLing 3 different games so its not just that one. They all say I need DirectX either 6 or 8.1 or higher. When I try to dl direct it says I already have it.

     

    I just found out to the dell website that i have a Radeon X600 256mb video card, but it still doesnt show on my comp.

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    Posted March 30th, 2009 16:00

    Thank you Uncle Ripper for your time and all your help. It works great now.

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    Posted March 30th, 2009 18:00

    You're very welcome.