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Technical problems with games, such as installing or running a game. To get helpful answers, include as much detail as possible in your question, e.g., hardware specs, error messages, and what you’ve tried so far to solve the issue. Modded Minecraft tech support is off-topic.
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Using a laptop as the monitor for a console
I've never seen a laptop with native video input support (and I used to work for a major laptop manufacturer, so I've seen quite a few). They generally have video output ports which are typically VGA …
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I need to test network connection before I can connect to Xbox Live
Have you tried setting a static DNS server in your Xbox's network config? The people in this thread seemed to have good luck with that as a fix to this problem.
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Unused area of laptop display while gaming
You may want to look at alternate resolutions that match the aspect ratio of your display panel. It's probably 16:9 or 16:10. You may have tried other resolutions that don't match the ratio of your …
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Is there a way to hook my Super Nintendo to my 2 year old Vizio TV?
It's going to depend on what inputs the TV has. Most TVs still have coaxial input (ie, the kind that screws on). The TV must be on the right input and tuned to the right channel. Typically this is …
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Spore freezes after playing for a while
This sounds like a graphics card issue. The missing textures might be caused by an out of date or buggy graphics card driver or an issue with overheating.
First, a few general things to check - is …
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Will installing a game on Xbox allow me to bypass a location at which the disc becomes unrea...
Once installed from the disc to the hard drive, the Xbox only uses the disc at startup in order to verify that the correct disc is in the drive. Past that point, it won't read the disc again (typical …
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Limit FPS in Games to prevent overheating
This is a tricky one. Apple (by and large) keeps their stuff pretty much under wraps, and doesn't expose most of this functionality.
It should be possible to set a maximum p-state or clock frequency …
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Getting freaky error while trying to run Thief:Deadly Shadows?
Ugh, Thief: Deadly Shadows. This game is kind of a buggy mess. I played about 75% of the way through it before I finally gave up. On my system, it would crash to desktop about 2/3rds of the time wh …
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Used Xbox 360 won't turn on anymore
When the Xbox 360 starts up, there's a little ring of lights around the power button - are these lights all off, some green, or are any of them red?
If there are green lights, I'd check the connectio …
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Will a step down converter from 220V to 110V-100W "toast" a Nintendo Wii?
You'd probably be fine with either a 60W or a 100W step-down converter - if the Wii power brick draws at most 52W, the transformer has to be able to supply at least that amount as well. This means th …
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What is causing my low framerate in Prototype 2?
There are some serious issues with the PC port of Prototype 2, from what I can gather.
Most people who have complained about the game's performance have been running on ATI graphics - I'm not sure …
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How can I slow a game down?
I figured out what was happening when I unplugged it that effectively throttled the CPU, go to:
Control Panel -> Power Options -> Edit Plan Settings -> Change advanced power settings
Look for "Proce …
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Modern Warfare 3 Multiplayer is "Currently Unavailable?"
This is actually a pretty common Steam issue. You might want to check out this help topic on the Steam support site.
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How did I earn "Steeling with Feeling" without earning "To The Smithy!"?
In the first few days after the game launched, there were a multitude of achievement glitches. If your game was interrupted around the time you earned that achievement, it may not have synced properl …
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Can the Ratchet and Clank "Burn Ring" Appear in other games?
There is not a way to damage a disc by playing the same part of the game over and over again. The power output of the laser is not sufficient to damage commercially printed discs in any reasonable ti …
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