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When ever i try to play minecraft it goes to a black screen and after about 20 seconds it will do this. Ive updated my video card at Dell.com and i dont know what else to do.





Bad video card drivers!
-----------------------

Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.



--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 3/9/11 7:27 PM

Minecraft: Minecraft Beta 1.3_01
OS: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
Java: 1.6.0_24, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:260)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:632)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT ca7ac29a ----------

look this up on youtube
never bothered to learn, but youtube full of it
just type the error msg u get wen u try to run minecraft into youtube search

Quote from NotSoSuperMan »

look this up on youtube
never bothered to learn, but youtube full of it
just type the error msg u get wen u try to run minecraft into youtube search

That is perhaps the least helpful solution for bad video card drivers I've ever seen.

OT:
Post a dxdiag

-Press Windows Key + R
-Type in "dxdiag" (without quotes)
-Press Enter
-Click "Save all Information"
-Open the file, and Copy-Paste everything from the start up to (but not including) Sound Devices.
-Use Code tags when posting (Click the button above the post area that says "Code")

Help ! i have the same problem...


Bad video card drivers!
-----------------------

Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.



--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 5/27/11 5:25 PM

Minecraft: Minecraft Beta 1.6.4
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java: 1.6.0_25, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:287)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 60ac1c69 ----------