Ok heres the deal, that evil game bioshock. I was trying to run the demo and it just kept crashing just after the load image before I even got to the menu. CS:S was running fine so it must be the game i thought...
Anyway i ran around some forums and found the recommended hotfixes on the nvidia website, did them with no issue. The game still didn't run. I then found that I may need to get the latest forceware driver - 163 whatever it was. The hints told me to turn of the firewall and uninstall nvidia from add/remove programs. I did, woohoo i thought nearly fixed, but no. I tried to run the forceware driver and it would not install! I got this screen:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?act=Attach&type=post&id=5645Dam it! Whats going on! Now none of my games run sad.gif I only got this laptop yesturday it is high spec, runs vista home premium, Geforce 8600m GT, Duel core. It should be dominating bioshock but its falling at the first hurdle...
here is my diag:
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System Information
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Time of this report: 9/19/2007, 03:24:45
Machine name: COOKIE-PC
Operating System: Windows Vista" Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.070627-150
0)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 1520
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A02
Processor: Intel® Core"2 Duo CPU T7500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1398MB used, 2913MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode
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DxDiag Notes
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Display Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 1: No problems found.
Sound Tab 2: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D: 0/4 (retail)
DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (retail)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail)
DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)
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Display Devices
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Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 8600M GT
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0407
&SUBSYS_01
F11028&REV
_A1
Display Memory: 1008 MB
Dedicated Memory: 241 MB
Shared Memory: 767 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dum.dll,nvwgf2um.dll
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.0143 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 6/14/2007 16:25:00, 4763648 bytes
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Basicly, WHAT THE HELL blarg.gif thumbsdown.gif !! please help me. thanks. whistling.gif
