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    laptop problemb here

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by meogge, Mar 23, 2007.

  1. meogge

    meogge Newbie

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    hey guys im very new to this forum and im even newer to laptop pc's
    heres the thing i jsut purchased an HP pavillion dv6000 i was at the store by Geeksquad that this laptop is great for gaming it comes with windows vista but heres my problemb i cant even play diablo 2 on my laptop the game loads perfect but wne i try to move everything turns black and freezes up for a little while it this problemb my graphix card or processer or do i jsut need more ram it only has 1 gig of ram im clueless any help would be great.. thanks
     
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  2. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    easy to check, if the HDD light blinks steadily it's too little RAM, otherwise it's some other problem (GPU driver / something is not cooled properly / etc)
     
    E.B.E., Mar 23, 2007
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  3. meogge

    meogge Newbie

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    were exactly is the HDD light
     
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    Thibault Banned

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    What graphics card do you have?
    1 GB of RAM is plenty for Diablo II.

    Did you try uninstalling the game and reinstalling it?
     
    Thibault, Mar 23, 2007
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  5. Cheffy

    Cheffy Notebook Evangelist

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    Heck, 512 MB is plenty for diablo 2! This is hardly a computer taxing game by today's standards. Sounds like driver issues. Check out:

    www.laptopvideo2go.com

    and hunt down vista drivers for your laptop. Goodluck!
     
    Cheffy, Mar 23, 2007
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    meogge Newbie

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    yea i have it on ym desktop also the one im using now it was jsut mad becuase i bought a new laptop that wouldnt even run diablo 2
    i honestly have no idead what drivers i would even need to begin to look for and direct link would be greatly appreciated
    does anybody know exactly what kind of ram i need becuase iw hant to add more anymore
    some specs on my laptop
    hp pavillion dv 6000 it has an intel(R) core(TM)2 cpu t5200 @ 1.60GHz
    1014mb of ram 32 bit operating system
     
    meogge, Mar 23, 2007
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  7. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    You need the Diablo update. All my newer laptops freeze without it. Search online for the URL. On a new hi-rez laptop you will end up with a small window into hell ;)
     
    hydra, Mar 26, 2007
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  8. Thibault

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    Your laptop should have no problems running Diablo II.
    Try downloading the latest Diablo patch from Blizzard's website.

    And what graphics card do you have in your notebook? Try updating the drivers for that. Tell me what graphics card you have and I'll link you to the drivers.
     
    Thibault, Mar 26, 2007
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