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Apologies if this is in the wrong forum thing. I'm new to this. So I have tried to play the demo of minecraft on my PC and I keep getting this message.



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 1/22/13 8:10 PM

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.4.7
Operating System: Windows 8 (x86) version 6.2
Java Version: 1.7.0_09, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot™ Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 827038680 bytes (788 MB) / 1037959168 bytes (989 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB)
JVM Flags: 3 total; -Xbootclasspath/a:C:\\PROGRA~2\\Java\\jre7\\lib\\deploy.jar;C:\\PROGRA~2\\Java\\jre7\\lib\\javaws.jar;C:\\PROGRA~2\\Java\\jre7\\lib\\plugin.jar -Xmx1g -Xms1024M
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
LWJGL: 2.4.2
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Texture Pack: Default
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null[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:232)
at asq.a(SourceFile:56)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT f0ee2a31 ----------






I keep updating my driver but it just won't work. I have ati Mobility Radeon HD 4200 Series. Is it because of windows 8? I really want to play and buy minecraft because it looks really fun and i have played it on xbox and I am hooked now. Please help! It's REALLY FRUSTRATING! Thanks a ton!

Re download it

Quote from JAS_5253

Bad video card drivers!

This is pretty obvious. Your video card drivers are outdated. If something is outdated, update it.

Open minecraft and select 'options' and then 'force update'

If that fails, are you running a dual graphics system?

Quote from TheIdioticKing

This is pretty obvious. Your video card drivers are outdated. If something is outdated, update it.

obvs i have updated it multiple times. Nothing Works!!!

Quote from lavawall565

Open minecraft and select 'options' and then 'force update'

If that fails, are you running a dual graphics system?

no