- Feb 18, 2008
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Hi! Would anyone be able to help with this problem?
I bought a new gaming laptop (schenker xmg p505) - with GTX 980M, i7, 8gb ram
I downloaded steam and installed a game from my library (the first STALKER), played for a couple of mins, all was well. Bought a couple of new games (ARMA II and then standalone DayZ) with the plan to play them over this weekend
But disaster - now when I launch these games after 5-10 seconds they lock up - and I mean completely, as in the only way out is to hold down the power button and restart windows
Some other points which might help narrow down what's causing the problem
1) i've been playing Elite Dangerous (not on steam) - runs at ultra level with no problems. I've also run a couple of low graphics intensive steam games (audiosurf and unturned) which work fine
2) I've spoken with nVidia tech support who talked me through a clean driver reinstall - did that but nothings changed
3) in case it was my antivirus (eset smart security) i completely uninstalled - but no difference
4) only had this laptop for a week - apart from eset, itunes and ms office i havent really installed anything else
PLEASE can someone help - i had this dream of returning to pc gaming for once in my life with a decent rig - wahhhh!!!!
p.s. Thanks for reading!
I bought a new gaming laptop (schenker xmg p505) - with GTX 980M, i7, 8gb ram
I downloaded steam and installed a game from my library (the first STALKER), played for a couple of mins, all was well. Bought a couple of new games (ARMA II and then standalone DayZ) with the plan to play them over this weekend
But disaster - now when I launch these games after 5-10 seconds they lock up - and I mean completely, as in the only way out is to hold down the power button and restart windows
Some other points which might help narrow down what's causing the problem
1) i've been playing Elite Dangerous (not on steam) - runs at ultra level with no problems. I've also run a couple of low graphics intensive steam games (audiosurf and unturned) which work fine
2) I've spoken with nVidia tech support who talked me through a clean driver reinstall - did that but nothings changed
3) in case it was my antivirus (eset smart security) i completely uninstalled - but no difference
4) only had this laptop for a week - apart from eset, itunes and ms office i havent really installed anything else
PLEASE can someone help - i had this dream of returning to pc gaming for once in my life with a decent rig - wahhhh!!!!
p.s. Thanks for reading!
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