The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Windows 8 | P170EM | 7970m - Metro apps not starting?

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by WillyWonka23, Oct 17, 2012.

  1. WillyWonka23

    WillyWonka23 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I am running Windows 8 RTM on my P170EM with the 7970m. I am having issues with some of the metro apps. They open and immediately close. I think it could be a display adapter issue with the 7970m. I am currently running the 12.9 beta driver from leshcatlabs.

    Anyone else having issues opening metro apps? If so, any thoughts toward this?
     
    WillyWonka23, Oct 17, 2012
    #1
  2. Support.1@XOTIC PC

    Support.1@XOTIC PC Company Representative

    Reputations:
    203
    Messages:
    4,355
    Likes Received:
    1,099
    Trophy Points:
    231
    That doesn't sound so much as a driver issue rather a strange bug in the release candidate. Have you generated any crash reports?
     
    Support.1@XOTIC PC, Oct 17, 2012
    #2
  3. WillyWonka23

    WillyWonka23 Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    48
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    It is displaying some error logs on the applications that fail. I will and contact Microsoft about the logs. Reading around, this is a very common problem occurring.
     
    WillyWonka23, Oct 18, 2012
    #3
  4. Support.1@XOTIC PC

    Support.1@XOTIC PC Company Representative

    Reputations:
    203
    Messages:
    4,355
    Likes Received:
    1,099
    Trophy Points:
    231
    Typically the case with software so early on in it's life cycle. I imagine you'll be seeing a slew of updates as the launch gets closer.
     
    Support.1@XOTIC PC, Oct 18, 2012
    #4
  5. clintre

    clintre Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    99
    Messages:
    375
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Can you post which apps you are having problems with? I am running the RTM as well as well as the 7950m. I have not seen this particular issue so far, but I have not tried all of the apps.
     
    clintre, Oct 18, 2012
    #5
  6. jaybee83

    jaybee83 Biotech-Doc

    Reputations:
    4,125
    Messages:
    11,571
    Likes Received:
    9,150
    Trophy Points:
    931
    hes running the RTM,not the RC :)

    Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
     
    jaybee83, Oct 18, 2012
    #6
  7. metamasterplay

    metamasterplay Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I have the exact same problem. Windows 8 RTM with an AMD 6770M with the HP Catalyst 12.9 drivers. Some of the apps that don't work are Skype and Multimedia8, and others work just fine.

    I've tried changing drivers, refreshing windows, resetting OLE and all the tricks I've found on the internet, but nothing does it.
     
    metamasterplay, Oct 26, 2012
    #7