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    Left 4 Dead and Quadro 140M?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by darkdss, Nov 21, 2008.

  1. darkdss

    darkdss Notebook Consultant

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    I'm trying to play left4dead on my T61 which has a nVidia Quadro 140M, but I keep getting this "cannot render D3D error".

    Their troubleshooting guide says to upgrade my drivers, which are the latest (from Lenovo) or try some launch commands off the .exe file... which fail to work.

    Has anyone else run into this problem with gaming? If so, do you know a solution?

    Please help... I must kill zombies! :(
     
    darkdss, Nov 21, 2008
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  2. darkdss

    darkdss Notebook Consultant

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    I figured it out.

    Run game in windowed then set the resolution.

    Must be an initial memory leak or something.

    Hope this can be of use to someone searching for it thru google or something~!
     
    darkdss, Nov 21, 2008
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  3. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Thanks for posting back.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 21, 2008
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    pepclub Notebook Consultant

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    I'm also running a Quadro 140M and got the same error(almost!) when playing l4d demo. I set my max resolution, -w 1280 -h 800 in the advance launch options and it works.

    This was the thread and solution I posted earlier in the l4d forums: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=748993
     
    pepclub, Nov 21, 2008
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    I got it to run fantastic when overclocked.
     
    illini71, Nov 21, 2008
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  6. darkdss

    darkdss Notebook Consultant

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    how do u OC the quadro?
     
    darkdss, Nov 25, 2008
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    erikpirate Newbie

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    I just got the same "failed to create D3D device!" message, i was wondering if anyone could walk me through how to fix this problem. i'm just dying to play L4D again, anything helps guys thanks.
     
    erikpirate, Mar 2, 2009
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    erikpirate Newbie

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    So after several hours of looking around I figured out what worked for me. I right clicked on L4D>properties>set launch options...>and typed in "-1280 -h 800" (minus quotes) Good Luck!~= :)
     
    erikpirate, Mar 2, 2009
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    radicrains Newbie

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    what do you mean my L4D? the whole file? or the .exe? please specify cause im pretty blur in trying to get to the set launch options..
     
    radicrains, Jun 12, 2009
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