Critical Error - Help!

Kobrabyte · 04-29-2012, 11:42 AM

Anyone know why i get this error

-Graphic device is invalid. please run the configuration tool-

I've got an alienware m17x with an Nvidia 580m. When i run the configuration tool, the graphics card does not show up as an option, only the intergrated graphics card. This laptop runs every game from crysis 2 to battlefield 3 so i know it's not the PC. Anyone have any idea what is causing this? please don't ask for my specs, it won't do anything. And i have tried re-installing the game twice. No luck. Anyone have a fix for this? thanks in advance.

erwem576 · 04-29-2012, 11:45 AM

Best guess: Update GPU driver even if you have to choose a beta driver.

Kobrabyte · 04-29-2012, 11:52 AM

I did that, it did not help. I have the latest drivers for my card. Thanks for trying.

ezodagrom · 04-29-2012, 09:38 PM

It's an issue that happened in Sonic Generations as well in laptops that use the Optimus technology, read these 2 posts to fix the issue (2nd link is about Sonic Generations, but the same fix works in Binary Domain).
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...40&postcount=1
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...4&postcount=87

cra0kalo · 02-14-2013, 08:32 AM

I actuallygot fed up with this so I'm working on a tool

http://puu.sh/22s78

04-29-2012, 11:42 AM	#1
Kobrabyte Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 7	Critical Error - Help! Anyone know why i get this error -Graphic device is invalid. please run the configuration tool- I've got an alienware m17x with an Nvidia 580m. When i run the configuration tool, the graphics card does not show up as an option, only the intergrated graphics card. This laptop runs every game from crysis 2 to battlefield 3 so i know it's not the PC. Anyone have any idea what is causing this? please don't ask for my specs, it won't do anything. And i have tried re-installing the game twice. No luck. Anyone have a fix for this? thanks in advance.

04-29-2012, 09:38 PM	#4
ezodagrom Join Date: Aug 2010 Reputation: 232 Posts: 828	It's an issue that happened in Sonic Generations as well in laptops that use the Optimus technology, read these 2 posts to fix the issue (2nd link is about Sonic Generations, but the same fix works in Binary Domain). http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...40&postcount=1 http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...4&postcount=87 Last edited by ezodagrom: 04-29-2012 at 09:40 PM.

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04-29-2012, 11:45 AM	#2
erwem576 Join Date: Apr 2008 Reputation: 20 Posts: 569	Best guess: Update GPU driver even if you have to choose a beta driver.

04-29-2012, 11:52 AM	#3
Kobrabyte Join Date: May 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 7	I did that, it did not help. I have the latest drivers for my card. Thanks for trying.

02-14-2013, 08:32 AM	#5
cra0kalo Join Date: Feb 2010 Reputation: 13 Posts: 50	I actuallygot fed up with this so I'm working on a tool http://puu.sh/22s78