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Graphics Gaming Issue!

by samusgravity Sep 30, 2007 9:27AM PDT

I have a Windows Vista Home Basic laptop. It has a gigabyte of RAM and a 1.6 GHz Celeron M processor. My graphics card is an Intel Graphic Media Accelerator 950 with 224 MB of shared memory and 32 MB of system memory. Here is my problem: Whenever I play older games (such as the original Halo), my laptop unexpectedly restarts on me. After I turn it on, Windows "Problem Reports and Solutions" pops up telling me that my graphics card caused the problem!!! Is there any way I can play my games in peace? Please help!

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update driver
by mementh Sep 30, 2007 9:48AM PDT

try updating your video driver??
See if that helps?
Try putting the program under a compatibility mode?

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My Intel 950 worked better when I...
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 30, 2007 10:49AM PDT

1. Installed the latest driver from intel.com
2. Disabled Aero.

Bob

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