Graphics prob on a laptop

[I-25]

The game runs fine on my lap but if i ever need to close the lid, as soon as i open it i get an error message that says


Graphics Layer Detected Problems?

and the game shuts down

any way to prevent this?

comes in handy to shut the lid sometimes and id hate to lose my 3 hrs so far into my patrol

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by I-25

The game runs fine on my lap but if i ever need to close the lid, as soon as i open it i get an error message that says


Graphics Layer Detected Problems?

and the game shuts down

any way to prevent this?

comes in handy to shut the lid sometimes and id hate to lose my 3 hrs so far into my patrol

Maybe I can help you a bit..
I don't play DW,anymore,but what kind of spec,in your laptop?

[I-25]

dell D620

3GB ram

running on a internal graphics (intel 945 chipset)

this is the only game it does it on ,any other i can shut the lid and it will have no prob

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by I-25

dell D620

3GB ram

running on a internal graphics (intel 945 chipset)

this is the only game it does it on ,any other i can shut the lid and it will have no prob

like a conflict for me,you say at the other games running fine and smooth,have you any mods on top?

[Pisces]

Closing the lid usually makes the laptop go into sleep mode or hibernate or whatever it is called. Games do not like that when they are running. Atleast, older games used to. DW is not much different than Subcommand graphics wise. A solution would be to go to the power setting in configuration panel in windows and see if you can find a option that says what the laptop does when you close the lid. (What Windows version do you have?) 'Nothing' would keep the machine awake, it however does maintain a high power consumption . Which may drain you battery if it is not plugged in. (and perhaps cooling problems due to bad circulation/heat radiation)

And if you want to go away from your laptop for a while, why not save the game before you do it? Loosing 3 hours of game-play is preventable.

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Pisces

Closing the lid usually makes the laptop go into sleep mode or hibernate or whatever it is called. Games do not like that when they are running.

Spot on.
The only way to prevent the problem I-25 is having is simply save the mission and exit the game before putting the portable to hibernate/suspend.

[I-25]

i disabled the sleep\hibernation thing a long time ago. when i shut the lid it does nothing.

the only mod i'm running is RA 1.1

[caymanlee]

When I use Nvidia video card(9800GTX+), I encountered similar problem time to time: Graphics Layer Detected Problems. but if often happen when I check 3d model in USNI REFERENCE

later, change AMD video card 5870, this kind of thing never happen again

therefore, I guess this is some kind of card driver problem for support DW

since you use Intel Intergrated-videocard, I suggest you try to roll back you video card diver to pre-2008 version, or update to the latest version, 2 direction try

[Pisces]

Well then it's probably a temperature thing. There are applications (like speedfan) that can measure the cpu/case temperature and fan speeds when it runs in the background. See if you can get a temperature graph/log and look what happends if the lid is closed but the game keeps running.

But the best advise I can give is simply save whenever you're done for the moment.