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    black screen COD4

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by compman91, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. compman91

    compman91 Notebook Guru

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    on my XPS M1530, i play call of duty 4, at one point the screen goes completely black, and stays like that for like 10 minutes until i power off the machine.
     
    compman91, Jan 26, 2008
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  2. Johnny T

    Johnny T Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Have you updated to the latest drivers?
     
    Johnny T, Jan 26, 2008
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    Can you alt-tab out of the game and close it from the task manager?

    What driver are you using?

    Also, have you downloaded the latest patch for COD4?
     
    crash, Jan 26, 2008
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  4. compman91

    compman91 Notebook Guru

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    all my drivers are new, because they were just installed on my computer by dell. i got this laptop like a week ago. as for the patch, i just found out about that, and i installed it just now. i think that my be the problem. thanks though, to both of you.
     
    compman91, Jan 26, 2008
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    crash NBR Assassin

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    In that case, head over to laptopvideo2go.com for some better video drivers. Make sure you download the correct version (XP/Vista 32/64 bit) and follow the guide there on how to install them.

    I'm using 169.09 and it works well. Other good ones are 169.04 and 169.25
     
    crash, Jan 26, 2008
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    Try to alt-tab as soon as the screen goes black. I was having this problem and if you do it fast enough it showed the ndmmk (or whatever) nvidia driver has stopped responding error popup in the lower right of the desktop. If its that then I dont know what to tell you. I havent gotten a chance to test solutions to this yet. Try earlier drivers like crash says. Also if you are overclocking it should work fine if you dont. Thats how mine went anyway.
     
    swoley2k, Jan 26, 2008
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    Actually I was suggesting newer drivers since compman91 is using the original Dell driver.
     
    crash, Jan 26, 2008
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    Yup 100% agree. You need some new drivers...official Dell or what ever company drivers are never the newest ones.
     
    Johnny T, Jan 27, 2008
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