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chriskmee

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I dont know if this is the right place for this, but anyways....... I just installed Fear on my laptop, and i have been playing it on high settings for a while. Then one day vista does its Blue screen of death and blames my graphics card for the problem, and suggested i update my graphics card drivers, so i updated some drivers for the card. Now i have another slight, but annoying problem. I can play fear great on high settings for a while, then all of a sudden it laggs, a consistent steady lagg. I have to turn off the game, and turn it back on, then it works great for another 30 min or so. I dont remember this problem when i had the old driver for my card, but i could be wrong.

if it makes a difference, i installed like 3 drivers at once, i just told them to restart later. they all "fixed" different problems, so i installed them all. It made me restart my computer 3 times, once for every driver.

I just noticed another problem, my computer will not go to sleep, nothing i tried will make it sleep.

HP DV9500t
core 2 duo t7700 2.4Ghz
Vista Home Premium 32bit
2 gigs RAM
2 5400rpm 160GB HDD's
Nvinia G-Force 8600mgs (i think 256mb)


Any help on either problem would be greatly appreciated
 
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This sounds like an overheating issue. The most obvious reason is because you said it plays fine for a while, then it starts to lag and it need to be shutdown. When a video card starts to become too hot, it will throttle down the clock and memory speeds to help lower the temps, which will cause the game to all of a sudden run much worse.
 
You could try:

1) Lapping the CPU

2) Cleaning out the dust

3) Re-apply thermal paste

4) Lower the settings

5) Get a fan on the bottom.
 
ok, that makes sense, i guess it would be better than a major overheat and something like "the mysterious blue smoke" or something. I have some questions about oscars post.

what is "lapping the cpu"

Re applying thermal paste-- i have a laptop, i believe taking it apart (except for hard drives and things that are designed for easy access) will void my warranty. My graphics card is defiantly not easily accessible

Get a fan on the bottom-- i have one fan in my laptop, i dont think i can add any more. I also use a cooling stand, the Targus Mobile X.

I think this problem probaly arised now because i watched a few hours of recorded tv, then decided to play fear when i was done with that. so it was already hot and playing fear just made it hotter. and my computer wouldn't sleep, even though the screen would turn off. I fixed this sleeping problem though, i found a post somewhere with my answer, under the battery settings, all battery mode settings default to "when media sharing is enabled, computer may not sleep". changing that fixed that problem =)


thank you so much for the quick and probably correct answers
 
You can't lap it because there is no heatspreader on the GPU/CPU, it's just the core itself. I also wouldn't recommend it because it can be dangerous if not done correctly.

I also wouldn't advise opening up the laptop, as it would void the warranty and may cause more issues then it solves.

I believe what he meant about a fan on the bottom is an external cooling pad. What I would try first is manually setting the fan speed to 100%, and see if that helps. To do that I would download RivaTuner, once you do that then i'll tell you further on how to do it.
 
ok, ill install it, do u have an x-fire or IM account? or would u rather just use this forum to help?

rivatuner.jpg
 
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I dont know if i made this clear or not, but when i said i turned the game off then back on and it worked for another 30 min, i literally turned it off, waited for 10 seconds, and turned it back on. Is this still an overheating issue?

Also, i can play Warrock on high settings fine, no problems at all. Just Fear seems to have this problem.
Note: Fear is meant for winxp, im running it on vista home premium
 
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anybody have suggestions?? I think its kind of weird that all i have to do is close the game, wait 2 seconds, then play it again. some friends at school told me this
could be a memory leak?


My problem still remains that fear on high settings will last 15 - 30 minutes then lagg. a simple close of the game and restart after 5 seconds lets it go for another 15 minutes or so.

could this be something else besides graphics card?

i am getting a cooling fan for x-mas

help is greatly appreciated
 
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