bought a refurbished dell pc crashes when pc game loaded. says "cannot open gl subsystem" what is wrong
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The PC your using (Operating system, or video card) are to old.
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YOU have discovered the problem with buying a pre-loaded system.  If you change the hardware, your OS won't load.\n\nThey got a special price on the OS, BUT it HAS to be used on THEIR system. (SOMETIMES even a minor upgrade, an additional PCI board, etc., is enough to cause it to stop working.  THEY wantyou to buy a NEW one, NOT upgrade the existing machine!!) \n\nThe ONLY solution is to either reinstall ALL the original parts; or buy, or download a new OS for your "upgraded" system, depending on the OS you decide to use.
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You need to check your video card...you may not have OpenGL support on it. (anything integrated is not likely going to have it unless the machine was built to run Windows XP Media center on it)
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AS you have already attached an external monitor and verify the problem. It means that it is either the motherboard or the video card. If the video card is integrated then the you will have to get the motherboard replaced, else the Video card. I think you have the Geforce 5200Go card in Ins 8200. You will need to get the same replaced.\nTry updating the video driver once. It may work.\nGet it from here:\n\nhttp://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=INS_PNT_P4_8200&os=WW1&osl=EN\n\nIf the issue is still there, its better to contact Dell Support.\nChat with them from the link given below:\n\nhttp://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/gen/chat?c=us&l=en&s=gen\n\nI hope the issue gets resolved soon. :)
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I think every thing is OK.\nIf you see nothing on monitor than reinstall the AGP Card, RAMs  into the motherboard. \nCheck each connections into the motherboard and reinstall Windows. \nHope it will solve the problem other wise you will have to visit a technician.\nGood Luck!
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Go to the device manager & chec all devices status. Any thing having trouble or ned driver solve that. Not ok? Remove latest added hardware & try. Not the motherboard or processor(LOL). If can try system restro. Restore ur changes. Try ur parts in other working PC. Ur VGA problem in 98 should be driver.
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This is most likely a hardware issue.  Have you installed any new hardware recently (right before the problem started)?\n\nPossible solutions:\nCheck for new drivers for your motherboard.\nCheck for new drivers for your video card.\nCheck for BIOS upgrades.\nIf you bought your computer from an OEM (e.g. Dell, Gateway, etc.), try going to the vendor's website and see if they released any new driver packages.
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is your card a intergrated one,and if it isnt check to see if it is seated correctly as i had this error once because i had,nt inserted it properlly\n        go into bios and check the agp&#92;pci setting,it should be st to agp...not pci\n        also try downloading another catylyst driver ,try going to http://www.download.com/Display-Video/3150-2108_4-0.html?tag=dir for the appropriate driver and then burn it to disk,and install it from disk,not file\n        good luck
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I was in your problem 2 days ago, and the VGA card was not connected proparly, I opened the case, connect the Display adapter well and start, and hey everything is going to work again.
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reinstall the program/drivers.  It sounds like a data crash.
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Take it back or send it back and get a new system!  That one sounds like it is full of beans!\n\nI have had some bad hardware at times.  Trying to fix it and not getting it back before the 30 day trial is expensive.  You end up with expensive junk.  \n\nI had a repair guy out several times to fix a PC I bought and even him told me to get it back to the store fast!  I ended up with a different model that had no problems at all.
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This case may has hundreds of causes, therefore I am not sure what trouble you are facing.I have only a little trick that I found working in such cases  and want to tell you.\nOpen CPU and take off all PCI cards ( Such as LAN card or sound card or modem, if any ) take out RAMs from DIMM slot and finally take CMOS battery out of motherboard.Now connect them back one by one within  an intervale of 5 minutes.Now boot your computer again and see  if problem is solved.If it did not work you can try checking whether it's because a malfunctioning device.To do this take off a device and see if problem solved, if not, reconnect the device and see again by removing another device. For example first remove the modem and boot your computer, if problem still exist then reconnect modem and next try removing CD Rom or one of RAMs.\nAs I told you this case may has hundred of causes, if this all not help you, you need to check CMOS battery or hard disk first of all for thier consistency.\nFor the graphics problem right click on any empty area of you desktop and click properties > open " settings " tab and then click " advanced" . Another property tab should open, select " troubleshoot" tab. Here you find a silder labeled " Hardware acceleration "  or something like this.By deafault it's always set on " Full " .Move the slider to a lower position and I am sure it will fix graphics problem.
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It's a problem with your graphics card. I had the same problem and the only way for me to fix it was to buy a new one. You could try updating your driver, that might work, but I doubt it because it didn't help mine. On the bright side, my graphics card was only about $50 and it was really easy to install. If you can't spend the money just uninstall everything and only install Sims up to Nightlife and ask for a video card for Christmas. If you search Sims 2 compatible video card you can find lists that let you know which ones will work.
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HOLD ON GUYS!!!\nbefore you start ripping your computer apart, and running out to buy a new video card try the simple things first.\na) are all cables connected correctly and securely.\nb) are all power cables connected. etc.\nc) did you try the reset button\nd) try a different monitor on your computer, and see if your monitor will work on another computer.\nif none of those things work and you are comfortable opening up your computer, then do so and check the connections.
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Try Help, Detect and Repair first ... no need to reinstall :)
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intel865GSAL is not compatible with windows vista \nhave no idea about the compatibility or graphic memory of this m/b  \nbut its definitely not compatible
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Take out your "Graphics Card" and restart the PC. The OS will choose the default display driver as supported via the motherboard.\n\nHOW TO GET BACK TO EARLIER STATE...\n\nTry putting the card back... install the drivers from the driver CD (you got from the graphic card people) again... and make your graphic adapter work with the graphic card once again... (Find it in display settings or in control panel)