Technical support is for questions regarding help with technical problems such as installing or running a game. It is important to note system settings with these sort of questions.
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Borderlands 2 crashing on startup
I've been experiencing a crash on startup with my copy of Borderlands 2 through Steam. It all started when I had to forcibly restart my computer while Borderlands 2 was open (note: the restart was ...
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How do I stop Civilization V from freezing and crashing on “next turn”/
Sometimes, when clicking the "next turn" button on a late turn, Civilization V freezes (and in the background Windows shows an error, so it actually crashes). When this happens it is reproducible - ...
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Black screen when opening a SC2 replay
I'm getting a black screen when I try to open a StarCraft 2 replay (which is probably from an older SC2 version than the current one). What can I do to be able to watch the replay?
EDIT:
I do get ...
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Are all Vsync options equal?
I've noticed there are a handful of ways to apply v-sync to a game:
In-game option
Catalyst Control Center
D3DOverrider
RadeonPro
Windows 7 Desktop Window Manager (via DWM.exe when gaming in ...
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Why are my Sprites Flickering in Braid?
While playing Braid, I constantly see sprites flickering and disappearing through the whole game. I have searched a lot but no one seems to have the same problem on PC or Console.
here are some ...
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How can I disable the Launcher for Medieval 2: Total War?
Medieval 2: Total War has a launcher that has always been of questionable utility, but now is a complete annoyance since the update site is offline, and it pops up a dialog box to tell me this. How ...
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Why does over-clocking a CPU cause audio in Diablo 3 cinematics to go out of sync?
I have recently purchased Diablo 3 and noticed that the sound in the cinematics of that game was out of sync and always a few seconds behind the visual and the subtitle.
I then read that overclocking ...
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Skyrim see through textures.
Every since I updated my CCC for my AMD Radeon I have been able to see through my character's Armor, Hair, and other creature (creatures? features?). This has happened in Skyrim and World of Warcraft. ...
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Cannot save games after migrating PlayStation 3 save files
My PS3 recently YLOD, but I got it going long enough (via online video tutorials) to transfer my saved Skyrim data to a new PS3. However, it says, "This user already has Skyrim saved data". It allows ...
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How can I prevent crashes shortly after starting the game?
When playing Skyrim on my PS3, it crashes after only a few minutes, forcing me to restart the system. I have 55GB of free space and no other games are having this issue.
Any advice?
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Battlefield 3 freezes 5 minutes into the campaign
I have a brand new Alienware, hardware is probably not an issue. My laptop freezes about 5 minutes into playing Battlefield 3 campaign. Is there a known fix for this issue? Is this even a known issue ...
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I can't get past the opening splash screen when I try to start playing Skyrim
I just tried to run Skyrim and once the splash screen appears, I hit "Play." The splash screen blinks and pops up again. Nothing else happens, and the game does not open.
I'm stuck in a endless loop ...
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PC hangs for 1 second, every 30 seconds, while playing TF2. Does not occur with newer games
Last week I bought a new PC with these specs:
Mem: Kingston HyperX KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX
CPU: Intel Core I5 2500K Boxed
MoBo: Asus ROG Maximus IV GENE-Z
GPU: MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III Power Edition/OC
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Crysis crashes on Windows 8 Pro - what to do?
I recently got a new PC, which came with Windows 7. I installed Crysis on it and worked just fine. A few days later, Windows 8 was released and I had the option to update - which I did.
I ...
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DS won't power up
My son's DS won't power up when the button is pushed. It worked fine up until now, but it is about 5 years old. We have tried charging it (with several chargers in case that is the issue) and there is ...
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Driver: San Francisco pauses for about 10 seconds every 30 seconds
I just bought Driver: SF, and it's unplayable - every 30-40 seconds, it completely stops for about 10 seconds. The problem looks like this (warning: minor plot spoilers from the first 10 min).
I've ...
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Fallout New Vegas quits to desktop with no error message
Just installed Fallout New Vegas.
After some time of game play the game just quit to Desktop without any error messages.
Can someone point me directions on why this is happening and how can I fix it?
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Steam update stuck at 99%
I am having some trouble launching Steam. My PC was out of my home country for almost a year while I was changing jobs.
I am starting up a PC after almost a year. The PC remained in Spain, while I ...
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Super Paper Mario freezes in world 2-2
Whenever I talk to Mimi in world 2-2 of Super Paper Mario my Wii freezes. Do I have a bad disk, or is it my Wii? (actually, i can talk to her once, but if i try again, the freeze happens)
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Rendering artifacts (flickering/z-fighting in scope)
It appears that a lot of people have issues with flickering when using high powered scopes in BF3. The artifacts look like z-fighting issues, probably related to the large viewing distances when using ...
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How to fix League of Legends loading on dual screen?
I have dual screen and sometimes when the game loads it sort of loads in the middle of both of them making it impossible to play.
I already have it set to windowed borderless and I´m not going to ...
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No wifi connection on DS Lite
I recently switched internet providers (Telenet, in Belgium) and I want to be able to connect my DS Lite to my new router (which they also provided me with).
It's a "CPN / SVG6540E" combined ...
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Max Payne 3 is pausing itself randomly
I just purchased Max Payne 3 from Steam. This game pauses itself randomly (the same behaviour as if you were to hit the escape key on your keyboard), and I don't know what the issue with because I ...
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Overloaded Bookshelf?
It seems I may have inadvertently overloaded a bookshelf in one of my houses, and now I can't open the bookshelf's inventory or read any of the books on it. Is this a well-known bug? Is there a good ...
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Does Mirror's Edge run on Windows 7 Home Professional 64-Bit?
I was considering buying Mirror's Edge from Direct2Drive when it was on sale, but then noticed this at the bottom of the page:
Known Issues
Windows 7 is not supported
Has anyone had any ...
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Fix corrupted Xbox USB
I was playing Batman on my Xbox last night. This morning I turned on my Xbox and noticed that my profile wasn't there. I went then into "System Tools and Storage" and it says that USB is not formatted ...
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Skyrim crashes as soon as I boot up into the menu. How do I fix this?
Whenever I boot up Skyrim, it crashes as soon as it reaches the main menu with no dialog or anything. I thought this was related to my using dual monitors somehow, but I disconnected the other monitor ...
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Furniture turned purple, help?
All the small circle tables and most benches suddenly turned purple. How can I fix that (without restarting the game, I'm months into it)? I've been thinking about uninstalling and reinstalling all ...
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1answer
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Where did the world go?
I was playing on my main world when my laptop ran out of power. I found a charger and woke it up, but Minecraft had crashed. Now, it doesn't appear in the world selection screen!
I have verified ...
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New PS3 controller won't sync with PS3
I bought a new six-axis controller for my best friend, and I did a custom paint job on it. I had to take it apart, but after I put everything back together (right), it just blinks the red lights when ...
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How to fix a broken screen on Ms. Pacman (Midway) arcade
On my Midway Ms. Pacman arcade machine, when I turn it on, the very left part of the screen is near the center and then every other part of the screen is compressed into one pixel. The part that is ...
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How can I diagnose/fix a Rock Band 3 MIDI controller that stopped working?
We have Rock Band 3 for Wii, with the Mad Catz Rock Band Midi-Pro Adapter, and a Yamaha P-95 keyboard. This was working just fine. We hadn't used the keyboard with RB3 for a while, and when we plugged ...
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Is there a list of Punkbuster-free games anywhere?
I enjoy playing BF3, MW, etc, but Punkbuster always gives me a grief anytime there is an update.
I would like to know in advance which games use Punkbuster and which don't, as I will no longer be ...
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How can I run Myst in a window?
I can't stand running games full-screen if they aren't the same resolution as my main monitor, because it screws up all the windows I have on the other monitors.
Myst is especially egregious because ...
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Resistance 3, unable to delete game data, and installation of trophies freezing
Bought Resistance 3, popped it into the PS3 and the first thing that came up was an update. So I wait the 2 hours to download the 696 MB update, then let it install. The entire PS3 freezes at ...
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Expat Xbox gaming
I've just recently moved to then Netherlands from the U.S.. The only device that's really given me trouble so far is our Xbox 360 slim. The power supply is 110-only and the converter I bought for it ...
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Fraps runs fine for an hour or so, then the framerate crashes
Whenever I record footage with Fraps, everything will run silky smooth at 60 fps for about an hour or so, but then the framerate will constantly lag at 1-15 fps. This will happen when playing any ...
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Civilization V always crashes on big games
Since bigger is better, I usually want to play on Huge worlds with max number of Civs and City States. After I begin conquering the world and my empire spans about 50 cities, the game begins to crash. ...
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Football Manager Crash Dumps
I've a Football Manager 2010 game that continually crashes after a particular league match. When it crashes it generates a crash dump file. Does anyone know how to read this file so I might ...
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Using a laptop as the monitor for a console
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this but here goes:
How can you use the laptop monitor as the visuals for a console? I only have a Wii to test it with. I'm not very good with hardware ...
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Why are my flash game saves getting erased?
After installing stand-alone flash games like Machinarium, Dino Run SE, and Space Rubbish (all of which are good games by the way) I find that my game saves keep disappearing.
I have read how ...
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Xbox 360 power supply has red light at start of day
The adapter has a red light when we turn the power on at the mains. When it's not connected to the Xbox, it will be orange until we plug it in.
Since this happens at the start, it's not an ...
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What's With the Server Connection Error That Shows a Bunch of HTML?
So, as of yesterday, I've been unable to connect to any of four different servers, which work fine for others. Of the 4, three give me the following error:
What's up with this? Why is it ...
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Will installing a game on Xbox allow me to bypass a location at which the disc becomes unreadable?
I purchased "Batman: Arkham City" 7 days ago, and I was playing and it began saying "Disc Unreadable".
I proceeded to inspect the disc and noticed a sort of blur in the disc so it doesn't look the ...
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Can't save anymore in Fallout:New Vegas for the PS3
I'm on level 22 and I can't save manually any more - my save just goes over the last one. What do I do so I can save again? Do I have to delete saves? If so, how do I do it?
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NFS: Most Wanted complains that D3DX9_26.DLL is missing
I am struggling to play NFS: Most Wanted on my laptop. It has windows 7 and DirectX 11. But when I start NFS it says that D3DX9_26.DLL is missing.
I used to play this game on my PC which had Windows ...
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Just Cause 2 - Never get past loading screen
I bought Just Cause 2 via Steam and installed on Windows 7. My video card isn't great, but I could run the 3 test scenes at 30fps at 1280. When I played the game, it ended the first cut scene, I ...
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Broken text encoding in various parts of the Guild Wars 2 UI
Since day 1 of playing Guild Wars 2, I've been plagued by a text-encoding issue in various parts of the UI. It seems that anywhere that certain types of punctuation (bullet points, for example) are ...
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Skyrim is crashing my PS3
I've seen a thread or two about the lag problems in Skyrim on the PS3. However, I've seen few (if any) about Skyrim actually crashing the system. Perhaps my case is actually a lag, and I'm just not ...
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Minecraft world erased after Xbox system cache cleared?
My brother recently cleared the system cache on my Xbox. Now, when I launch Minecraft my world shows up but when I go into that world, it's a new/different world.
I reinstalled the update but It ...
