Inspiron 1300 Upgraded RAM and now my games crash

Question

I recently upgraded my ageing Inpsiron 1300 from 256MB of Ram to 2GB Crucial RAM (1.8V) 533Mhz.   I used to be able to play Command & Conquer Renegade, Generals (and Zero Hour). Now my games crash or I get a BSOD.   I've got the latest drivers from the Dell site..........what do I do??

dgkpcon · Answer

The B130 is not a gaming laptop but some games play well on it.My kids have one with 2gb and plays fine.What settings are you using,and screen res.Turn off A/V when playing and do not have anything running in back ground.Before you start a game set the screen res. first,do not start game and let system automatically adjust. Try this microsoft hotfix for games KB940105. http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=38535

Message Edited by dgkpcon on 11-02-2007 02:50 PM

Message Edited by dgkpcon on 11-02-2007 03:07 PM

Raptor5 · Answer

Yes I know that the 1300 is not a gamming laptop but the intel onboard is a 64MB graphics processor and is capable of playing games on a basic level. There are games that are officially support for this.   It did also previously run my games until I upgraded it.   So the question is why doesn't it now?   Also that hotfix is for Vista and I'm running XP:Home SP2

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