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Old 01-28-2008   #1 (permalink)
kenziek


 
 

graphic driver quits working!!!

all the new games i play like pirates of the caribbean will at first work
right and as soon as i move on the games a little my graphic driver will stop
working on my windows vista 32 home premum intel laptop and it will recover
in a few minutes.
does any one know how to fix this??? i asked the game makers and they just
said some thing about ram and i still have plenty of ram on my computer.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-29-2008   #2 (permalink)
Dustin Harper


 
 

Re: graphic driver quits working!!!

Make sure you update your video drivers to the newest released drivers.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@xxxxxx
http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page

"kenziek" <kenziek@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> all the new games i play like pirates of the caribbean will at first work
> right and as soon as i move on the games a little my graphic driver will
> stop
> working on my windows vista 32 home premum intel laptop and it will
> recover
> in a few minutes.
> does any one know how to fix this??? i asked the game makers and they just
> said some thing about ram and i still have plenty of ram on my computer.
My System SpecsSystem Spec
Old 01-29-2008   #3 (permalink)
Andy [YaYa]


 
 

Re: graphic driver quits working!!!

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Make sure you update your video drivers to the newest released drivers.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@xxxxxx
> http://www.vistarip.com | Vista Resource & Information Page
>
> "kenziek" <kenziek@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:0C266622-26F1-475D-BDB4-7FC20D6DB812@xxxxxx
Quote:

>> all the new games i play like pirates of the caribbean will at first work
>> right and as soon as i move on the games a little my graphic driver will
>> stop
>> working on my windows vista 32 home premum intel laptop and it will
>> recover
>> in a few minutes.
>> does any one know how to fix this??? i asked the game makers and they
>> just
>> said some thing about ram and i still have plenty of ram on my computer.
What model Notebook? (Make/Model)

if the video card is quitting when you get into the game, then it could be
overheating and crashing, but updating the drivers could also be the
solution.

My System SpecsSystem Spec
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