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    FZ11L hangs in FSX / Bioshock

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by David Horn, Sep 1, 2007.

  1. David Horn

    David Horn Notebook Enthusiast

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    My FZ11L has developed a problem (well, it's had it since new but I assumed it was a video driver problem) where it will randomly hang in Flight Simulator X or Bioshock. However, the other day when it did it there was a bluescreen error first, which reported a memory parity fault.

    The 2GB of RAM tests OK using Vista's built in test, so this leads me to suspect a fault in the video memory for the 8400M GT. Is there any way to test this? I've tried various drivers (currently on 163.44), but it's so random I'm not sure exactly what it might be.

    Irritatingly, it's now 1.5 months old so it'll take some begging at the local Comet store to convince them to let me replace it.
     
    David Horn, Sep 1, 2007
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  2. roor

    roor Notebook Deity

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    not sure, both both of those games are pretty demanding
     
    roor, Sep 1, 2007
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