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    steam issues on my m17x r2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Zethix, Sep 7, 2010.

  1. Zethix

    Zethix Notebook Enthusiast

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    so i got my new laptop and it booted up into a crash screen and restarted.... i ran the diognostics and it cheacked out and started in safe mode.... i then reinstalled windows and drivers from the dell site however i cannot launch any of my steam games, when i press the play button all other dl pause far a few seconds then continue to dl as well steam tends to stop reponding when installing new games.... any ideas

    i7920xm( is there a driver other than what windows installs?), 8gig ram, CF 5870m 10.8 ati drivers installed np, blu-ray reader, 500gig 7200rpm,
     
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    try reinstalling steam maybe ?
     
    mfractal, Sep 7, 2010
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    Zethix Notebook Enthusiast

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    well nevermind this alien must have crash landed cuz it has issues now i cant even boot into windows at all...... im shippen this back ......... :( :mad:
     
    Zethix, Sep 7, 2010
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