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Successfull play on a Dell Inspiron 1525 ?

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I was just wondering if anyone has got the game running on this or a similar system.

I managed to create a character but as soon as I click next to start the game it load into a space station setting and freezes. Music is still playing and i do get a half rendered space station....
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Integrated graphics... 2GB of RAM...

    Probably not gonna work.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I also managed to play Free realms (I know i'm sorry) on this machine.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I have the same issue on my Dell Inspiron 1525. World of Warcraft works just fine. I hope they fix this by release or I'll ask for a refund.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Bandit007 wrote:
    I have the same issue on my Dell Inspiron 1525. World of Warcraft works just fine. I hope they fix this by release or I'll ask for a refund.

    If the machine doesn't meet the system requirements, there's nothing to fix. Understand, World of Warcraft is now a six year old game (give or take), and was designed to practically run on anything even at the time. This game is far more intensive, and unfortunately an Intel GMA X3000/3100 (the IGP with the 965 chipset) just isn't going to cut it, not for STO, or for any modern game really.

    That IGP will play WoW, or older games like Far Cry or FEAR at the lowest settings at maybe 1024x768, but STO isn't going to be so kind.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    The way to get this to work, follow the instructions here:
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2104043&postcount=3

    basically, do a manual install of the drivers. First, download the zip file version of the drivers from Intel. Then unzip them to a folder you can find later. From Device Manager, right click the display adapter, update driver, now this is the important part: click "let me choose drivers" and DO NOT let it try to find them automatically. Then click the "Have disk" button. Select the folder where you unzipped the files and point to the "Graphics" subfolder, then select the "igdlh.inf" file. That should get install, change your resolution, and allow you to play STO!

    (btw, the installation_readme.txt file in the zip file is wrong when it tells you to open the "longhorn" folder, as there is none. the files are in "graphics")
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I was having the same problem with my inspiron 1525, but this works

    Thanku thanku thanku
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