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    BF2 problem

    Discussion in 'Other Manufacturers' started by davkal, Mar 14, 2007.

  1. davkal

    davkal Notebook Guru

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    Ok, I just bought my Compal Hel80 from discountlaptops.com and got a couple of days ago. It has vista. I installed BF2 and it installed fine but when I click the icon to play it it load and then gets to the bf2 screen the switches to the full black screen and crashes back to the desktop. I tried running in compatibility, administrator I do not know what else to do. Any ideas. Do i need to reinstall the graphics driver? IF so how do I do that?
    -davkal
     
    davkal, Mar 14, 2007
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  2. csinth

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    Well you have a 7600...
    Check out this article. Go to laptopvideo2go.com for the lastest drivers. You will probably need to install the proper Vista drivers... the thing is nVidia just hasn't released a great set of Vista drivers yet, but I'd check that website out.

    Edit: Here's how to install these special drivers, first you should uninstall your last drivers. Download this program,and read the readme for further instructions.
     
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  3. davkal

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    I updated the drivers and it still does not work, any other suggestions?
    -Davkal
     
    davkal, Mar 25, 2007
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    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Since you updated your drivers have you tried reinstalling the game?
     
    Kdawgca, Mar 25, 2007
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  5. davkal

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    Yea, I also re installed the drivers a couple times.
     
    davkal, Mar 25, 2007
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    Wel BF2 works fine for me.
    Here are some steps I did.
    1. Downloaded newest patch/update for BF2
    2. Downloaded and installed newest Nvidia Vista drivers that I got from Nvidia.com
    3. Updated my DirectX
    4. Ran BF2 and it worked as it should.
     
    Rockblaster13, Mar 26, 2007
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  7. davkal

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    exactly wich driver did you install? could you give me a link to the exact driver.
    Just tried updating direct x and its still not working how can this be happening?

    -Davkal
     
    davkal, Mar 26, 2007
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    Rockblaster13, Mar 27, 2007
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