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    Anyone else play SC2 on their M15x? I am having SERIOUS stability issues..

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by zaitsev72, Jun 28, 2011.

  1. zaitsev72

    zaitsev72 Notebook Geek

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    Whenever I play Starcraft 2 custom games the computer generally crashes. Sometimes it crashes to blue screen, black screen, blue screen to memory dump, makes weird noises, etc. I updated the drivers for my memory card but I really can't figure out the problem. Anyone else had issues?
     
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    I play a lot and never crash, spec: i7 720, gtx 260 4g ram 500gb hdd 7200k.
    I think it might related to graphic card based on ur describe.
    Some time I not play anything but screen still turn of suddenly and my option is reinstall windows :D
     
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    Like something wrong with the graphics card? What driver do you use?
     
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    I finished the game on it. No problem, no crash, no lag. gpu was 5870 tho. Make sure stealth mode is turned off. And those custom maps or the game copy might me faulty.
     
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    I have no issues either. What are your temps like while gaming?
     
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    My temps are all normal. The game will be laggy sometimes too. With the set up I have and how much I paid, that is just completely unacceptable, as I am sure you can all understand.
     
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    Which BIOS do you have?
     
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    Version A08 1.00
     
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