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i keep getting this when i try to play on my dell laptop what should i do?





Bad video card drivers!
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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 1/13/12 5:58 PM

Minecraft: Minecraft 1.1
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java: 1.6.0_30, 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:230)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:648)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 2ea297c1 ----------



do i need to download something different? please post the link of what i need to do




also sorry if this is in the wrong place :sad.gif:

Quote from ahumbleminer

what manufacture is your graphics card?

i have no clue im a computer noob

Quote from ahumbleminer

hmm, ok, it's a laptop right? near the keyboard there should be a sticker on it, does it say "HD graphics" at any point on that sticker?

no....

i see

LATITUDE D610

and a sticker that says

Designed for microsoft windows XP

Quote from ahumbleminer

ok, do you know the full name of your laptop? I'll Google it myself and take a gander =)

ok so the name of the laptop is called Latitude d610 and here is a pic i got of google https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTV0nL8OU3Y7HSB-p71UXeOeYTjsFgGBR0peegpzbsVf4TgHDV5Qw

Quote from ahumbleminer

right, i googled your laptop, it has a built in graphics card, so i tried to look for loaders on the Dell website, and i got nothing =/ i don't know if you can play minecraft on that computer.

but bare in mind i might be wrong, so keep checking it out, i'm by no means the fountain of all computer knowledge. =)

thank you so much for the help at least i can play on my old computer on singel player :smile.gif: