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    L4D2 doesn't work on my computer

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Damonkashu, Feb 11, 2010.

  1. Damonkashu

    Damonkashu Notebook Consultant

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    I've got a sager 8662, 4 GB of RAM, running windows 7 64-bit, and every other game I join, it will crash in an audio looping crash once the game starts.

    Anyone else try to play Left 4 Dead 2 and experience this sort of problem? Valve support is not helping me at all
     
    Damonkashu, Feb 11, 2010
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  2. Magical_Unicorn

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    Sounds like you should try updating your drivers. What version are you currently running?
     
    Magical_Unicorn, Feb 11, 2010
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    sounds like display drivers.
     
    surfasb, Feb 11, 2010
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    I am running Win 64 bit also on my D900F. I had that audio looping problem when I first installed L4D. L4D2 has always run well. I'm trying to think how I fixed it...... I want to say it was the newer nVidia drivers, but I'm not sure.

    One trick I learned when trouble shooting games misbehaving is to take the game out of "full screen" mode and tell it to run in a window.
     
    tjp888, Feb 11, 2010
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  5. Totemobakadesu123

    Totemobakadesu123 Notebook Geek

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    I also have the same problem. I have the NP8662 with a Q9100, 260M.
    for some reason, It runs fine if I create the game on a local server. For all other games, I freeze at the beginning with a looping sound
     
    Totemobakadesu123, Feb 11, 2010
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  6. roymathieu

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    no problem with L4D2 here
     
    roymathieu, Feb 12, 2010
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    Might want to try right clicking on L4D2, then Properties, the Local Files tab, and Verify integrity of game cache. Or delete the local game content and download it fresh.
     
    ccarollo, Feb 12, 2010
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    Try disabling multicore rendering in the options menu. Might work.
     
    Purlpo, Feb 12, 2010
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    I tried all those (disabling multicore, deleting the cache in the game, verifying integrity, etc) and I even did a clean install. There must be something else that is crashing it.
     
    Totemobakadesu123, Feb 12, 2010
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