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Inspiron 9300 crashes
Hello, I just received my i9300 and after some tweaking, setups, etc., decided to try out its gaming performance. GuildWars ran fine with no problems whatsoever, but then I decided to DL AmericasArmy the new 2.4 version, which I thought it is supposed to chew up like nothing (since its so famous for running half-life 2, etc. with no problems), imagine my disappointment (even bigger than 1 coming from how they messed up the game in this patch) when my laptop gave me a "Physical memory dump" message twice in the row whenever I ran AA.
My system is:
P M 2.00Ghz
2Gb RAM
256Mb 6800Go
80Gb HD
WSXGA+ (got this 1 by mistake instead of UXGA one)
What could be the problem??!!! Any1 have any ideas? Would really appreaciate, since I can't return this system now.
My system is:
P M 2.00Ghz
2Gb RAM
256Mb 6800Go
80Gb HD
WSXGA+ (got this 1 by mistake instead of UXGA one)
What could be the problem??!!! Any1 have any ideas? Would really appreaciate, since I can't return this system now.
- I have the same problem as Blazeard. No problems with Farcry or Battlefield2, but Americas Army 2.4 is very unreliable. Guess I'll have to stop playing...
I've put the system on 'Safe sound' since one of the error messages mentioned a sound problem, but it still crashes. Upside is, that when it does play fps is 90+ (1024x768).
That reminds me, change your display to 1024x768 BEFORE starting the game, that may help..Message Edited by dc.. on 08-27-2005 11:02 AM
- Tried the 77.77 drivers and it said it couldn't find compatible hardware. However, did a Google search and came up with Forceware 77.70 drivers from guru3d.com.
It's working ok so far. Didn't even bother to switch screen res before I started the game. - That's the problem I had with 77.77, it didn't find any corresponding hardware. Thanks for the link to guru3d though, it seems that the 77.70 is exactly for the 6800 Go and other mobile chips. Downloading it as I type, will see how it works. Thx again for the tip.
Well I installed that driver, but still no luck with AA. Didn't get a blue screen yet, but none of the servers want to work for me, I either sit there for 20 mins waiting for Punkbuster to get updated (after I alreadt did it manually), or it just throws me off the server.
I think its something about the game, probably that particular version (2.4), since they added the unreal engine and bunch of other stuff.
- I'm using 2.4 and all seems ok now. I know punk buster can take 2-4mins to authorise, but 20 seems excessive.
Are you able to log on to your personal jacket? Do you run Zone Alarm or similar? Initially I found dialog boxes were popping up behind the game wanting authorisation to access the net. Yes, I get those problems all the time, so Im used to checking the firewall as well as manually updating the punkbuster before starting the game, but it still doesn't seem to want to let me play. When I click on Join (for server), either it does nothing, or starts loading the server, and after I get in, half the time punkbuster authorization starts (which rarely goes through) and half the time nothing happens, only the name of the server pops up in the dialog box and in every case I am able to look around 1 room from a fixed point, but that's as far as it goes. Then I either quit or it throws me back out into the server list.
Hard to accept that I have to stop playin, I love that game (before 2.4 at least, now all the interfaces are messed up and dont work), but in the worst case scenario I'll wait till the next patch and try to run it then.
Thx for all the help
- "every case I am able to look around 1 room from a fixed point, but that's as far as it goes."
Viewing from a fixed point seems to be common now before the round ends (it stops cheating by ghosting other players). If you get this far at least you are connected to a server. You should be able to join a team at the end of a round.
Have you tried the game on another machine to see what sort of response you get (just to see if your account is ok)? Might be worth describing your problems on one of the forums, like AAO Tracker for example. I know 2.4 is a lots slower to authenticate that the older versions. - Yes, game seemed to work fine on my old P4 3.0, 512mb, factory installed gfx desktop. Sometimes the game does start (very rarely though), the problem is it just throws me out into the server list screen after 10-30 sec. I will start a thread on AA.com to see if they can help, but it seems they ask for all kinds of test results in order to diagnose the problem.
JHL2859
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Posted August 18th, 2005 16:00
Do you have the latest drivers for your video adapter? If you don't or are unsure, right click your desktop, go to nVidia Display and click on your monitor. Then click on the name of your display adapter. Under ForceWare version, it should say 77.77. If it does not, go to www.nvidia.com and install the latest drivers.
If that doesn't fix the problem, make sure that your computer does not have a defective power supply, RAM, CPU, or cooling (meaning hardware problems). If it does have a hardware defect, call up Dell and if your system is still under warranty, I'm sure they'll replace it for you.
I hope this helps.
Jeff