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    Unable to play Bioshock Demo - Vostro 1700

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by TheFreshness, Sep 4, 2007.

  1. TheFreshness

    TheFreshness Notebook Enthusiast

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    I installed Steam and downloaded the new Bioshock demo on my new Vostro 1700. When I start the game, the screen goes black, and eventually crashes. "Bioshock Demo.exe has encountered an error and needs to close".

    This is what happens everytime I try to run the game. Other games run fine on my new laptop. Any one else have an issue like this?
     
    TheFreshness, Sep 4, 2007
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  2. xScorp1on

    xScorp1on Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you update to the newest drivers? The 163.44 are designed to work with Bioshock.
     
    xScorp1on, Sep 4, 2007
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    Paznos Notebook Consultant

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    The game should still run even if he doesn't have those drivers though, I had problems with the demo from steam too with the same problem, I redownloaded it and everything worked fine.
     
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    Yeah, I am using the 163.44 drivers from Laptopvideo2go.
     
    TheFreshness, Sep 4, 2007
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