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    Can't play Battlefield with my external monitor

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by blueDepths, Feb 13, 2008.

  1. blueDepths

    blueDepths Notebook Enthusiast

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    When I try to run Battlefield 2 with my FS Amilo Xa2528 through an external monitor, the games refuses to start. The GPU is a Geforce 8600M GS.
    If I use the laptop screen on the other hand it works as it should.

    I can't try it with any other games at the moment, and I am curious if I will be able to play games at all with an external monitor? Is there some limitation that I am not aware of, or is this just a driver/software bug?

    I bought the laptop partly because it had DVI and I thought I would be able to play with my 22" LCD.
     
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    ScifiMike12 Drinking the good stuff

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    External monitor refresh rate set to 60hz?

    Also, try deleting your user profile folder (or whatever it's called). I think in there it contains your game settings, so deleting that will restore your BF2 game to factory settings.
     
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    blueDepths Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yep, that works. Thanks for your help. :)
     
    blueDepths, Feb 13, 2008
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