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    Sudden stall in-game

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Sepharite, Dec 29, 2007.

  1. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    This only started happening a few days ago (I got my laptop 2 weeks ago). It's an Inspiron 1520, and I have an 8600m GT. In all the games, after maybe 20 minutes of play, the game would suddenly stall momentarily. It's like it's going to crash but somehow fixes itself. I was wondering if that means anything? Is my videocard being damaged in any way? Or is this not enough info? =(
     
    Sepharite, Dec 29, 2007
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  2. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Update drivers, turn off all background apps, monitor temps.
     
    Lithus, Dec 29, 2007
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    sepharite, what game are you playing?
     
    larson, Dec 29, 2007
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    I'm having a similar problem in F.E.A.R. Combat.

    It stops working, the screen goes black, and I hit "Ctrl+Esc" and it takes me to the Start Menu, and everything works fine.

    Then when I finally quit playing, it tells me that the drivers failed in a little popup message.

    Unfortunately, I don't know what to do since Dell hasn't released any new drivers for the M1530 and it won't let me install the latest Forceware. (I didn't do a clean install).
     
    Zahn1138, Dec 29, 2007
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  5. H3rmaN

    H3rmaN Notebook Evangelist

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    yup, as above! Simply sounds like its got too much to deal with, then continues to work normally after its "caught up"...

    Disabling background items will help!
     
    H3rmaN, Dec 29, 2007
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  6. Sepharite

    Sepharite Notebook Consultant

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    I'm running either Half-Life 2, COD4, or Crysis. And my drivers are all updated. But I think you're right about the background apps. Useless virus scan I got for free keeps crashing my programs, how ironic is that =S Just glad it isn't my vid card screwing up. =D
     
    Sepharite, Dec 29, 2007
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