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    M11x R1 - Windows, alt tab, volume kicks out l4d won't reload

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by passive101, Aug 12, 2011.

  1. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    On my M11x R1 I used to be able to alt tab and go back into l4d and l4d2 all the time. Now I've re installed the video driver and that will leave it running in the bottom tray. I click on it, but it just goes for a second of sound and is kicked back to the desktop.

    If I try to change the volume with FN F8 or F9 it does the same thing as does accidentally hitting the windows key.

    Any idea what changed?
     
    passive101, Aug 12, 2011
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    jozeconzeta Notebook Enthusiast

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    What BIOS version are you running?
     
    jozeconzeta, Aug 12, 2011
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  3. passive101

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    A05 and I am running the 335 video card with Dells most current driver. 11/8/2010 is the Nvidia Driver date
     
    passive101, Aug 12, 2011
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    try closing AlienwareOn-ScreenDisplay from task manager?
     
    DivineAura, Aug 13, 2011
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    I didn't think of that. I'll definitely try that. Any reason the game should be crashing using alt tab?

    I don't see an option to then off the on screen display. Where is it located exactly?

    ETA. I didn't see an easy way to turn it off in software, however the OSD has it's own software so I simply uninstalled it.
     
    passive101, Aug 15, 2011
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    crashing eh? my l4d2 did crash on full screen mode but windowed (borderless) works fine but without antialiasing and fewer fps :x
     
    DivineAura, Aug 16, 2011
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