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    Simple Driver Update? Or Something Worse?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Wraith13, Aug 27, 2011.

  1. Wraith13

    Wraith13 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Recently I had an experience where I tried to run a game (Amnesia: The Dark Descent) and instead of starting up the entire screen starting flickering pinks, greens, and some blues. It did this for several seconds before my system blue screened. When I restarted it, the little "Windows has a solution to your problem" window popped up and told me that something was screwy with my drivers.

    Im just hoping that a driver update is ALL thats required and that my video cards arent about to blow up. Anyways, my drivers havent been able to update successfully since I got my system because my internet connection has been wonky (off and on, sometimes decent, sometimes dial up speeds). And because of this, the driver downloads always have a corrupted file or two and thus cant be installed.

    I will be moving to the city soon and will have much better speeds so should I just hold off on PC gaming till I can properly update my drivers?

    Im just looking for confirmation as to whats wrong is all.
     
    Wraith13, Aug 27, 2011
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    Anyone? (10 chars)
     
    Wraith13, Aug 29, 2011
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    Is that the only game with the problem ??
     
    Spydweb, Aug 29, 2011
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    So far its happened twice while trying to load that game. Over the course of 3 startups. I'm to afraid to try loading any other games in case it does this again and causes permanent damage.
     
    Wraith13, Aug 29, 2011
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    Well it sounds like a driver problem, since it happens as soon as it loads, but you need to try something else to see if it is a hardware problem.
     
    Spydweb, Aug 29, 2011
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