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Mitchell Freeman
Sorry for the cross-post...I'm not even sure where exactly to start with
this particular issue. I have an IBM Thinkpad R32. No, not the ultimate
gaming platform, but it's not the bottom of the heap either. I don't expect
much, and I'm not disappointed. But lately, I have been getting denied!
In two separate games, the laptop will run as would be expected for about 5
min, then it just shuts down. Power off. Done. No message, no errors, no
dialog boxes, just off. When I reboot the laptop, it does not give me any of
the normal Windows XP "The system has recovered from a..." messages either.
I have the laptop plugged into the wall, so I am reasonably sure power is
not the issue. The laptop is not even a year old yet, so while it is
possible I may need to send it in for service, I am not convinced of that
either. Most of my older games (Sim City 4, The Sims, Starcraft/Warcraft,
Dungeon Siege) work just fine. The only commonality between the two new
games is that they are the only ones that use DirectX 9 (I just reinstalled
9.0b just in case DX was hosed). The latptop does not do this when using it
in any other game, or any of my business apps (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
etc.). Just these two new (recent) games.
If the games crashed on any other system, I would bug the respective
software vendors, but the reality is that they run fine on all my other
platforms (including a Toshiba laptop I have as a backup). I run a clean
system--I basically run Office and that's about it. I even removed half of
the garbage that shipped on the laptop (IBM Global Center, etc.) and just
left the important stuff. And again, the laptop runs fine otherwise. Other
than the games (Temple of Elemental Evil and StarWars Galaxies, if it
matters). So I would say the Thinkpad is the culprit, since this only
happens on that laptop and not my Toshiba, but it also only happens when I
run those two games and not under ANY other circumstances (which would
otherwise point at those two games).
Anyone else have a similar situation? Any clues would be appreciated.
this particular issue. I have an IBM Thinkpad R32. No, not the ultimate
gaming platform, but it's not the bottom of the heap either. I don't expect
much, and I'm not disappointed. But lately, I have been getting denied!
In two separate games, the laptop will run as would be expected for about 5
min, then it just shuts down. Power off. Done. No message, no errors, no
dialog boxes, just off. When I reboot the laptop, it does not give me any of
the normal Windows XP "The system has recovered from a..." messages either.
I have the laptop plugged into the wall, so I am reasonably sure power is
not the issue. The laptop is not even a year old yet, so while it is
possible I may need to send it in for service, I am not convinced of that
either. Most of my older games (Sim City 4, The Sims, Starcraft/Warcraft,
Dungeon Siege) work just fine. The only commonality between the two new
games is that they are the only ones that use DirectX 9 (I just reinstalled
9.0b just in case DX was hosed). The latptop does not do this when using it
in any other game, or any of my business apps (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
etc.). Just these two new (recent) games.
If the games crashed on any other system, I would bug the respective
software vendors, but the reality is that they run fine on all my other
platforms (including a Toshiba laptop I have as a backup). I run a clean
system--I basically run Office and that's about it. I even removed half of
the garbage that shipped on the laptop (IBM Global Center, etc.) and just
left the important stuff. And again, the laptop runs fine otherwise. Other
than the games (Temple of Elemental Evil and StarWars Galaxies, if it
matters). So I would say the Thinkpad is the culprit, since this only
happens on that laptop and not my Toshiba, but it also only happens when I
run those two games and not under ANY other circumstances (which would
otherwise point at those two games).
Anyone else have a similar situation? Any clues would be appreciated.