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Spectral Agony · May 07, 2006, 02:37 PM // 14:37

Hello,

My old laptop (3yr old Thinkpad T41) played GW like a champ for months. This new laptop (specs below) is supposedly "better" and in fact seems to handle GW better. When I turn off post processing GW plays very fluidly and seemingly flawlessly. However, from time to time I get a blue screen of death related to the video card and the computer restarts. It does not seem related to how long I play the game; sometimes over an hour, sometimes one minute, but it always happens eventually. Clearly this makes missions much more challenging and promotes the development of tourette's syndrome. I *think* this is a memory issue with the vcard as opposed to a heat issue but who knows. Can anyone lend some advice? Much appreciated!

-Specs:
HP manufacturer
XP Pro SP2
Intel Pentium M 1.86 gig
1 gig RAM @ 782 MHz
Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express Video Card
latest driver for video card is version 6.14.10.4308 from 4/25/05

Also there's an Intel add-on configuration program for the vcard, with options to adjust things like 3D Settings and Video Overlay. (I'm pretty much a newbie at adjusting these things, but I've tried obvious-sounding tweaks)

Narada · May 07, 2006, 03:00 PM // 15:00

If the BSOD isn't up long enough/giving you an error code:

Go Start -> Control Panel -> System,

Select the "Advanced" tab -> under "Startup and Recovery" select the 'settings' button -> under "System Failure" uncheck "automatically restart'.

That hopefully should bring up an error message instead of just flat out rebooting your computer. After you write down the error message you can reboot manually, then you should post the error here.

Spectral Agony · May 07, 2006, 04:05 PM // 16:05

Thanks Narada, hopefully that will give some more info.