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    Left 4 Dead 2 randomly shuts down

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by aggiekevin, Oct 29, 2010.

  1. aggiekevin

    aggiekevin Notebook Consultant

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    This is probably my first time playing Left4Dead 2 with the 260.99 driver and the game is randomly cutting out. Otherwise the computer is running perfectly Any ideas? I will switch back down to one of the modded drivers later to test but I am short on time right now. I have an R2, i5, FSB is 160.
    Thanks
     
    aggiekevin, Oct 29, 2010
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    unclewebb ThrottleStop Author

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    Maybe FSB at 160 is too high. Have you done any long term stability testing?

    Many users are limited to the low 150 range.
     
    unclewebb, Oct 29, 2010
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    aggiekevin Notebook Consultant

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    I haven't done any testing with it but 158 was stable. Now when I start up the computer I do not see the Windows 7 splash screen.
     
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    aggiekevin Notebook Consultant

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    I went back down the the stock clock. Shutdown time is now 17 secs and startup to desktop visual is 80 secs. I forgot that a long time ago I disabled the flash screen, DOH! Virus scan en route...
     
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    Vidaluko Notebook Evangelist

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    I used to have a similar problem, with the same game, I solved it by doing a left click in the game, then properties, then local files, then verify integrity of game cache...
     
    Vidaluko, Oct 29, 2010
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