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    call of duty 5 freezes

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by charlie.lim, Nov 20, 2008.

  1. charlie.lim

    charlie.lim Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi. cod5 is running fine for me, but when I minimize it and come back to it later, my screen just turns black. I can move my mouse, but that's all i can do, and it just stays like that.

    any ideas? i have a dell vostro 1500 with 6800m gt
     
    charlie.lim, Nov 20, 2008
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  2. whizzo

    whizzo Notebook Prophet

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    update your GPU drivers. not a guaranteed solution, but it might help.
     
    whizzo, Nov 20, 2008
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  3. BenLeonheart

    BenLeonheart walk in see this wat do?

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    I'd recommend not to alt+tab out of it...
     
    BenLeonheart, Nov 20, 2008
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    Masterbassist Notebook Consultant

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    Yeah it happens to me too, unforutanly, you cant alt+tab out of it, and i dont know if the guys are gonna haave a patch for it

    fallout 3 had a similar problem but they fixed it
     
    Masterbassist, Nov 20, 2008
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