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Okay so I've been spending the last five hours trying to figure out why my laptop "couldn't run Minecraft" only to find a three year old topic that solved my problem in two minutes. Being three years old, it was locked and buried away, so I figured I would potentially help anyone else out who may be having this problem!
This fix works for semi-old and hella-old Dell laptops with Mobile Intel integrated graphics cards. Every other topic I've seen where someone has one of these devices and had this problem were answered by "upgrade yer shizz" (which in some cases may be correct) It worked on my Dell Latitude E4300 Laptop with a Mobile Intel 4 Series Express graphics device, and also worked on the OP's Dell Inspiron 1300 with a Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express graphics device.
The fix:
*Download latest Minecraft client if not already present
*Rename the downloaded Minecraft.exe to Minecraft.jar
*Open a command prompt (go to start, all programs, accessories, command promt) and type the following command : java -Xmx800m -jar "C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\Desktop\Minecraft.jar"
(RENAME THE PART IN QUOTES TO WHATEVER DIRECTORY YOUR MINECRAFT.JAR IS IN)
*Should open up Minecraft with no problems
Credit to this goes to WolfyB and Darknesschaos.
Note that this fix seems to ONLY help Intel Mobile Integrated Cards in laptops!
If this helps you, feel free to post what model your GPU is, and I'll add it to the supported list.
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This fix works for semi-old and hella-old Dell laptops with Mobile Intel integrated graphics cards. Every other topic I've seen where someone has one of these devices and had this problem were answered by "upgrade yer shizz" (which in some cases may be correct) It worked on my Dell Latitude E4300 Laptop with a Mobile Intel 4 Series Express graphics device, and also worked on the OP's Dell Inspiron 1300 with a Mobile Intel 915GM/GMS, 910GML Express graphics device.
The fix:
*Download latest Minecraft client if not already present
Credit to this goes to WolfyB and Darknesschaos.*Rename the downloaded Minecraft.exe to Minecraft.jar
*Open a command prompt (go to start, all programs, accessories, command promt) and type the following command : java -Xmx800m -jar "C:\Documents and Settings\Brandon\Desktop\Minecraft.jar"
(RENAME THE PART IN QUOTES TO WHATEVER DIRECTORY YOUR MINECRAFT.JAR IS IN)
*Should open up Minecraft with no problems
Note that this fix seems to ONLY help Intel Mobile Integrated Cards in laptops!
If this helps you, feel free to post what model your GPU is, and I'll add it to the supported list.