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    Volume buttons not working in SWTOR

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Veeshun, Dec 16, 2011.

  1. Veeshun

    Veeshun Notebook Guru

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    Hi I have a brand new M17x R-3 and I notice that the volume/mute buttons do not work at all when I'm playing Star Wars The Old Republic. I have to minimize to windows to get them to work. I noticed some people posted about this in the m18x forum but no one has any answers. Anyone have any suggestions to fix this?
     
    Veeshun, Dec 16, 2011
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    its more than likely just lack of driver support or a bug. It worked for me in beta, so idk what the problem is. Unfortunately, I didn't pre-order the game So I can't look and see if there is a fix. :(
     
    bigtonyman, Dec 16, 2011
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    Well I tested other games with no problem. Not even playing in windowed mode fixes it at all. I'm running out of ideas, hopefully an answer will be found once the game is out for everyone.
     
    Veeshun, Dec 16, 2011
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    if this doesn't get fixed I'll go find someone at bioware to bother about it :p
     
    bigtonyman, Dec 16, 2011
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    You could try reinstalling the latest OSD driver from dell and see if that helps.
     
    zoolian982, Dec 17, 2011
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    This prob happens in some games too, need a fix btw :)
     
    Syredisa057, Dec 17, 2011
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    I'm going to try reinstalling the OSD driver. Looks like more people in the m18x forum are experiencing this. All my games except SWTOR work.
     
    Veeshun, Dec 17, 2011
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    I finally figured out a fix, I clicked the Run this program as an Administrator check box on the OSD exe. All my buttons now work. Now to figure out how to get rid of the UAC message on start up now :/
     
    Veeshun, Dec 18, 2011
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