Minecraft Forums

I have tried doing almost everything from looking up tutorials and updating the video card but it

just won't make minecraft work.

I currently have windows 8 installed with AMD Radeon HD 7640G (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM v1.20) video card.

This is what minecraft says when i open it up:


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 2/18/13 1:17 PM

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.4.7
Operating System: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java Version: 1.7.0_13, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 462555448 bytes (441 MB) / 518979584 bytes (494 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
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 31bd0925 ----------

I'm still looking for a fix to this as well... one that doesn't require you to be a professional programmer to do, that is.

Update your drivers. Right click on your desktop, click on Catylst control software (it might also say AMD VISION), look for an option about drivers, update as instructions say.

FUTURE REFERENCE: For NVIDIA users do the same thing, but just click on NVIDIA control panel.

Just checked myself, may not be in there. Instead go to AMD's website, http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/auto_detect.aspx

Quote from danthonywalker

Update your drivers. Right click on your desktop, click on Catylst control software (it might also say AMD VISION), look for an option about drivers, update as instructions say.

FUTURE REFERENCE: For NVIDIA users do the same thing, but just click on NVIDIA control panel.

Just checked myself, may not be in there. Instead go to AMD's website, http://support.amd.c...uto_detect.aspx

I had tried that already and it has not worked out

Your error message says that you are using Windows 7 (x86) Version 6.1, but you say you are using Windows 8. Which is correct? Are you a tad confused/dual booting, or is Minecraft being odd as usual?

Please post your system specs as well, just for extra info; you never know when it might help! Be EXACT. Don't just say, "4 GB RAM," say, "4 GB DDR3 RAM @ 1333 Mhz" The more detail, the better!

DISCLAIMER: No, I'm not a stalker, and I don't know how I would find you from your computer hardware People have actually made that accusation before, believe it or not!

thanks to all or you guys help but i have found a solution from this site: