Blue screen error - help.

Its an amillo L7 series Neil, what i can see is that ive got a savage pro card not even 3d, or savage 4, so means as Dave says its solitaire thats about as much as a basic will handle
 
The savage range is better than the Intel integrated chips but lower than say Nvidia.

You can play some older games but not the later ones. It also depends on what the developers chose to use when doing the graphics side of it. 2nd Life isn't that 'fancy' but they obviously chose to use a feature that is only supported by the latest Gfx chipsets.

Unfortunately thats teh thing with PCs, you end up wanting more than you can use.
 
Answered my question in long winded techy way of ..nope lol!

Just looked around & theres nowt for savage pro basic cards as i say now its savage 4 geoforce or not even savage 3d, so can simply say there is no games to play other than board ones as long as they are 2d, choice very limited especially when its not a pre historic machine at all:(
 
If you was thinking of upgrading your graphics card remember DX10 is out at the moment and new games will require a DX10 card soon.

This should also make DX9 cards a bit cheaper so could be worth waiting a bit.

I love online gaming its the only way to play.

IMO Laptops arnt really for gaming unless you spend £2000+
 
Mel, 3D games have been out for many years, I can guarantee yours will run some games liek Unreal and Forsaken(These being two old but superb ones), driving games like Motorhead ran back in the days of Voodoo IIs so would fly on yours. These are just a couple of examples.

What I have tried to say is that Gfx chips are having more and more features built into then (bump shading/texture rendering etc) and Direct X 9 (and 10) offer programmers an API to use these directly. If they do then any card that doesn't support these features no matter how 'powerful' will have the same problem you have. Its not necessarily a lack of ooomph, more a lack of one or two tiny features being built in.

So if you avoid games that 'need' DX9 then you should be fine DX8 will support your Gfx chip just fine as will any older DX versions.

PS, XP brought DX9 in whether you wanted it or not. Previously teh game would have just reported that your version of DX was not supported, now they let your machine fall over in a big heap. and they call it progress..........
 
This is from the instruction manual. I take it this is the CD you said earlier that you don't have.


Reinstalling Windows XP
You can reinstall the Windows XP operating system with the "Windows XP Recovery CD" and the
"Drivers & Utilities" CD.
The instructions are provided on the case of the Recovery CD.
!
During the reinstall process your personal files and any installed programs will be deleted.
We advise that you backup your files to an external hard drive, or CD / DVD disk before
you start.
► Switch the notebook on.
► Press the F12 key when the message F2: Setup F12: Boot Menu appears on the
screen.
► Insert the "Windows XP Recovery CD" into the CD/DVD drive.
► Select the CD-ROM and press the Enter key.
► Follow the instructions on the screen.
After the installation you must install all the drivers again. Some installed hardware components will
not be correctly supported until this has been done.
► Insert the "Drivers & Utilities" CD into the CD/DVD drive.
The CD starts automatically.
► Click on the Desk Update button.
► Select Automatic driver installation (Express) and click Start installation.
► Follow the instructions on the screen.
► Restart your notebook when the driver installation is completed.
 
There is no point in re-installing XP as theres nowt wrong with it. this is purely down to a case of the game Mel wants to play not being compatible with the hardware in her laptop.

IIRC this laptop has a hidden partition with the XP stuff on it.
 
Dont worry i aint touching it dont want to make matters worse & no point with re installation anyways:D Just means i cant play the games i want to:(
 
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