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Old 07-13-2009, 07:18 PM   #1
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Age Of Empires 3 issue

game played fine untill i had an issue with my pc when it turned on and off during a power cut Now every 20-30 seconds the screen goes blank i loose sound and nothing happens for a few seconds!

Any ideas on the problem?
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Old 07-13-2009, 07:24 PM   #2
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To clarify, this only happens you play AOE3 or does the system do this all the time?
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Old 07-14-2009, 01:22 PM   #3
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only on AOE... might just try to reinstall it!
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Usually the problems are caused by driver issues (Usually video but can be audio related also). If your drivers are outdated you will need the most recent ones or if your drivers are up to date check for a recent update to the game on the support website.
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Did you ever end up resolving your problem? It kind of sounds like the power outage could have damaged something in your system.
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