Somethings wrong, some kind of light flashes when im playing halo

[Alwin Roth]

Ok first off,

I have a laptop
I did not get a new graphics card

this is what happened
a friend of mine said i should update my computer a bit, so he updated it for me.

in the little search bar, when you press start i typed in device manager.
(this is for vista)

once there i clicked the + sign next to Display Adapter,

then i updated the USB Human Interface Device by right clicking it and selecting "update driver software..."


all it did was simply... update, then when i started up halo, this problem occurs.

it doesnt flash up like that, but instead, it flashes rapidly that when im playing i can barely see my enemy, the flash comes mostly from the top to bottom from the corners of the screen.
heres an image of the problem:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll71/Alwin_Roth/halo2009-01-1318-55-01-68.jpg
[size=1]Edited by AlwinRoth on Jan 13, 2009 at 08:03 PM[/size=1]


anyone help pl0x?

[Sel]

Would be helpful if we knew your specs, and you didn't fill your specs section with a tonne of absolutely useless shit :downs:

[Hotrod]

There's probably something wrong with the video card itself, maybe something on it fried?

I'm not the smartest in that area, so I'm sure somebody else could give you more accurate advice.

Oh, and does this only happen in Halo, or other games as well?

[Heathen]

Happened to my friends. Is it vista?

Either your comp sucks or you could try running it in administrator mode or whatever.

Just right click and run as administrator.

[Alwin Roth]

i have vista,

the gaming rig is here:
http://www.xfire.com/profile/alwinroth/
scroll down to the bottom...

This problem occurs only when im playing halo pc or ce.

technically my laptop sucks, which is why i want to get a new one once i have the money for a new one -_-

[DaneO'Roo]

Awesome sunrays dude.

Ok I can help you out.


Right click the desktop, go Properties, hit Settings then Advanced.

Go to Troubleshoot and untick "Enable Write Combining"


Walah.


If it's not fixed, than your card either needs a driver update or your overheating or something.

[Pooky]

Ok first off,

I have a laptop
I did not get a new graphics card

this is what happened
a friend of mine said i should update my computer a bit, so he updated it for me.

in the little search bar, when you press start i typed in device manager.
(this is for vista)

once there i clicked the + sign next to Display Adapter,

then i updated the USB Human Interface Device by right clicking it and selecting "update driver software..."


all it did was simply... update, then when i started up halo, this problem occurs.

it doesnt flash up like that, but instead, it flashes rapidly that when im playing i can barely see my enemy, the flash comes mostly from the top to bottom from the corners of the screen.
heres an image of the problem:


[size=1]Edited by AlwinRoth on Jan 13, 2009 at 08:03 PM[/size=1]


anyone help pl0x?

Why would you want to remove that, it looks awesome!

It's like rave Halo :awesome:

[Evil_Monkey]

Looks like a driver problem. But like Selentic said, it would be useful to put the correct information into the computer spec section so we can see.

[Alwin Roth]

Why would you want to remove that, it looks awesome!

It's like rave Halo :awesome:

Thats what my friend said at first, so after playing online for around 30 mins, it begins to get a bit annoying... er i mean, fucking annoying.

[Alwin Roth]

Awesome sunrays dude.

Ok I can help you out.


Right click the desktop, go Properties, hit Settings then Advanced.

Go to Troubleshoot and untick "Enable Write Combining"


Walah.


If it's not fixed, than your card either needs a driver update or your overheating or something.

ummm, i right clicked on my desktop, there isnt a properties...
is it only for windows exp?

[StankBacon]

its a setting in the drivers somewhere.

[Heathen]

Happened to my friends. Is it vista?

Either your comp sucks or you could try running it in administrator mode or whatever.

Just right click and run as administrator.
Did you try this?

[Alwin Roth]

Did you try this?

not yet, i guess ill give it a go later, once i finish homework

[Heathen]

I am almost positive thats your problem...

[Alwin Roth]

I am almost positive thats your problem...

well i just opened up ce while running it as an administrator...

the damn rainbow still comes up, especially during online play.

[Heathen]

fuck me. Okay.

[Alwin Roth]

Dane's suggestion on fixing is something i can only do on the windows exp laptops, i have vista and whenever i right click on my desktop the properties doesn't come up..

[dydo]

Try turning off specular. I had this problem before and I turned it off and it disappeared! :D

[itszutak]

Yeah, specular seems to screw up a lot of things. Turn it off.

[DaneO'Roo]

How the fuck is there not a properties tab on right click desktop in Vista?

What the fuck??

[Timo]

Dane's suggestion on fixing is something i can only do on the windows exp laptops, i have vista and whenever i right click on my desktop the properties doesn't come up..

Then go right click > personalize > display settings > advanced. I'm pretty sure that's how it goes in vista (Windows 7 pew pew)

[Alwin Roth]

Ok well thanks, i turned off specular, and now that crap is gone ^_^

whats wierd is once i turned it off, everything was fine, then when i turned it back on, the rays vanished...

[Edward Elrich]

It may be your chipset. If it happens again, you could try turning decals off (if they're on) and see if that helps. I dunno if Intel has the same problem as nVidia 8x cards with them.

[Inferno]

If you updated your display drivers you can just do a driver roll back. At least I think you can Ive seen that option but never used it.

[Alwin Roth]

If you updated your display drivers you can just do a driver roll back. At least I think you can Ive seen that option but never used it.

can you explain how?

[Inferno]

Control Panel (Class View)>System>Hardware Tab>Device Manager
Then select the device you want to roll back and go to its property's and there should be a roll back driver option in the drivers tab.

[Higuy]

By the way, I think by checking Vysnc in your Video options in Haloce, it'll fix it. Or is that Horozontail Tearing..?

[Alwin Roth]

Control Panel (Class View)>System>Hardware Tab>Device Manager
Then select the device you want to roll back and go to its property's and there should be a roll back driver option in the drivers tab.


ok i tried to role back the display adaptors, but it wouldnt let me click, its there, but it's not enabling me to press it...

plus, my vysnc is always on, but it doesnt help...

[Reaper Man]

ok i tried to role back the display adaptors, but it wouldnt let me click, its there, but it's not enabling me to press it...

plus, my vysnc is always on, but it doesnt help...
Well, if you can't roll back, it most likely means you have an old driver.

[Alwin Roth]

Well, if you can't roll back, it most likely means you have an old driver.

i updated the driver about a month ago...