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Legacy_Jez_fr

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« on: November 20, 2010, 01:45:16 pm »


               Well obviously a lot of people here ignore former Bioware/NWN website, so I'm posting a link to the old, but still mostly valid NWN Technical FAQ

Also the very 1st thing to do when you have a technical issue, and it is true for any other game, start by doing a
DXdiag test

Under Windows XP and Vista go to Start  -> Run -> Type "dxdiag"
Under Seven hit Ctrl + R, and type  "dxdiag"
That will start Windows Dxdiag tool. Wait for the lower left green bar to fill up (its collating data).
Now you can check all various pages and see if there is any errors showing.
There's also a series of test you can do to check if everythings is ok.

Now, in the lower right, there is a "Save All Information" button. Click it, and save the "Dxdiag.txt" file on your desktop (or elsewhere). This text file contains a large number of informations about your system hardware and software, and it's safe and recommended to communicate it to a customer support service. They will ask it anyway if your issue isn't obvious (rarely the case), so you may as well attach it to your e-mail to the Tech support.

Here you can copy paste it with your issue description so that tech savyy people can see immediately all the basics they need to know, you will save time.

Hope that helps.
               
               

               


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Legacy_Jedijax

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« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2010, 06:25:09 pm »


               A very useful tip, Jez, though it seems my PC works correctly in every aspect, so my little big issue may not be related to it... One should never underestimate the power of this diagnostic.
               
               

               
            

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« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2010, 08:36:28 pm »


               Well this post was unrelated to yours. Just went through the full 1st page of issues and thought it could be of use to some. =)
               
               

               
            

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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2010, 10:04:14 pm »


               Oh, so selfish of me! Maybe it could be turned into a sticky, so it stays always visible? It is relevant to quite a lot of situations.