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    driver help!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by sw3n, Oct 1, 2011.

  1. sw3n

    sw3n Newbie

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    i recently updated my graphic driver to 285.38 and whenever i try to minimize in LoL the game would just crash. any advice?
     
    sw3n, Oct 1, 2011
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  2. Kristofer

    Kristofer Notebook Guru

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    This is a known issue with LoL. You can try using ALT+Enter to enter windowed mode first. Honestly, there should be a fix eventually. Though it might help, I wouldn't recommend rolling back drivers.

    For now try windowed mode and edit the game file to go borderless.

    How To:

    After switching into windowed mode, exit the game.
    Go to Riot Games\League of Legends\RADS\solutions\lol_game_client_sln\release s\ (some random number here) \deploy\DATA\CFG

    Find the file called "game".

    Open the file with notepad.

    Below the option "Windowed=1" make a new line and put "BorderlessWindow=1"

    Restart your game.
     
    Kristofer, Oct 1, 2011
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    smokingjam Notebook Evangelist

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    dont minimize?
     
    smokingjam, Oct 1, 2011
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  4. Kristofer

    Kristofer Notebook Guru

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    He may want to chat while playing LoL. Either way, please read the forum rules and stick to posting helpful suggestions.
     
    Kristofer, Oct 1, 2011
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    sw3n Newbie

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    i didnt have any problem before i updated though. so it must be the driver thats causing it to crash?
     
    sw3n, Oct 1, 2011
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  6. Kristofer

    Kristofer Notebook Guru

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    Yes, most likely it is a driver issue.
     
    Kristofer, Oct 1, 2011
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