This problem is starting to make me angry. While running SC2 my laptop just black screens with gray line going vertical. At first you can still hear everything going on in the background but then my hole system crashes and I have to manually shut it down and restart. It seems to happen at random times. I have had it happen while at the log in screen, checking my ladder, and the most annoying one is during a game. Not at a specific time during either. At this point I don't even care about the fact that it is hurting my ladder score. I just want SC2 to work! Anyway if anyone has similar errors or possibly a solution please let me know. I have tried updating all of my drivers (video, sound, NIC, etc) which was a project in and of itself. Windows 7 is completely up to date. I have tried graphic and sound settings in the game on both High and low. About the only thing that I have not done is disable Turbo Boost for my processor off. Which is not in the BIOS so I don't know how I am going to do that. I'm not even sure that it is the cause for concern. I have an ASUS G73 gaming laptop btw. Thanks for your time if you respond.
Post your specs. Open Run>type in Dxdiag>Save all information and post System Information and the first bit of Display Devices here. Should look like this: ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 5/20/2010, 00:44:43 Machine name: JOSHUA-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100226-1909) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Dell Inc. System Model: Dell XPS420 BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06 Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz Memory: 4096MB RAM Available OS Memory: 4030MB RAM Page File: 2895MB used, 5162MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 32bit Unicode --------------- Display Devices --------------- Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT Manufacturer: NVIDIA Chip type: GeForce 9800 GT DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0605&SUBSYS_062D10DE&REV_A2 Display Memory: 2256 MB Dedicated Memory: 497 MB Shared Memory: 1758 MB Current Mode: 1680 x 1050 (32 bit) (59Hz) Monitor Name: Dell SP2009W Monitor Model: DELL SP2009W Monitor Id: DELD01A Native Mode: 1680 x 1050(p) (59.954Hz) Output Type: DVI Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um Driver File Version: 8.17.0011.9745 (English) Driver Version: 8.17.11.9745 However, I'll say right now, it seems like your gfx card is either not enough, not compatible, or overheating.
