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    Vostro 1500 problems... Bioshock!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by afroahmed, Sep 7, 2007.

  1. afroahmed

    afroahmed Notebook Guru

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    The game gets past the initial cutscene after going on "new game" but then does nothing after the bioshock logo. Just a black screen, although it appears to be loading. I left it a minute and nothing happens. Cntrl/alt/delete and i have to cancel it...

    what could be the problem and how can i fix it? I was running med settings on 1440x900.

    Cheers.
     
    afroahmed, Sep 7, 2007
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    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    well, i hate to say it, but you may have to reinstall it
     
    Crimsonman, Sep 7, 2007
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    Waveblade Notebook Deity

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    That's what happened with the demo for me :/
     
    Waveblade, Sep 7, 2007
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    afroahmed Notebook Guru

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    Reinstall the game? i just installed it. No problem though... doesnt take long :) Could it be the drivers? im just using the ones that came with my vostro (dell driver cd) ... havent updated them from nvidia.
     
    afroahmed, Sep 7, 2007
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    afroahmed Notebook Guru

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    Waveblade - How did you fix it?
     
    afroahmed, Sep 7, 2007
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    k2yip Notebook Enthusiast

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    Beat the game on my vostro
    same thing happened to me at first
    go to laptopvideo2go and download some drivers
     
    k2yip, Sep 7, 2007
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Install 163.44 driver (has special tweaks and fixes for Bioshok) for best performance. Get them from laptopvideo2go.
     
    PhoenixFx, Sep 8, 2007
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    sameerlovesuall Notebook Enthusiast

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    sameerlovesuall, Sep 8, 2007
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    Get newer video drivers from laptopvideo2go. Updating your BIOS shouldn't be necessary and is dangerous (if you lose power during the middle of the update your laptop is a paperweight).
     
    Jengu, Sep 8, 2007
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    sameerlovesuall Notebook Enthusiast

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    connect the ac adapter and the battery to the system before u flash the BIOS
     
    sameerlovesuall, Sep 8, 2007
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    afroahmed Notebook Guru

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    I dont want to flash the bios. But i wil install the new drivers

    Can someone please explain what i need to download and how to install / uninstall the drivers so that i have the best ones for bioshock?

    Thanks.
     
    afroahmed, Sep 8, 2007
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    The Solution to this is the 163.44 Bioshock Drivers here http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=14562

    These drivers were specially released to make it so that Bioshock runs properly on Nvidia hardware. I was having the identical problem with the demo before.

    Don't reinstall, and DON'T flash your bios.
     
    Dragoneye1589, Sep 8, 2007
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    whats wrong with flashing and updating the BIOS if u have the AC adapter and battery set up fine?
     
    alkaeda, Sep 8, 2007
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    k2yip Notebook Enthusiast

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    what is the deal with the terrible, TERRIBLE advice on this thread (bios flashing)?
    the bios has nothing to do with the problem at all

    anyways
    go to laptopvideo2go.com

    click the link in the top to download drivers
    choose the most recent one for your OS
    then you'll end up at a thread
    there should be multicoloured links
    download the driver, AND the 'modded inf'
    run the driver exe, and it should extract files to folder x (to be specified by you)
    copy the modded inf to the folder x and replace the existing file
    open file x and run the 'setup' file
     
    k2yip, Sep 8, 2007
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  15. afroahmed

    afroahmed Notebook Guru

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    Thanks k2yip. I will try that tonight after work.

    Thanks to everyone else too for there input.. appreciated.
     
    afroahmed, Sep 9, 2007
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