Okay freaking out!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted by Gamerfan001

First attempt here I go! if I play in windowed it will boot a bit after logging in.

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Ok wait, so it rebooted or the game started? lol Sorry now I'M confused :p

First attempt failed. I got the error the min I logged in on that ship. "Unable to detect directx. Shutting down. Please restart Final Fantasy XIV"

Think I should just call Dell and yell at them to help me fix it?

Try one more thing before the Bios attempt.

Go to Manage 3D Settings, Global Settings tab, then select the high-performance NVidia card.

I selected that Fiosha. I'll try second attempt.

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Originally Posted by Gamerfan001

Think I should just call Dell and yell at them to help me fix it?

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LOL you could sure. Did you try the link I sent you and restarting your computer and hitting the Delete key? O.o If your unsure of what you see, just look at the screen that comes up and tells us what you see...maybe we can get you working tonight/day ...depending on time zone >.< lol

Hold up, you have a slight problem.. FFXIVBoot.exe is not the game itself. You gotta do it for FFXIVgame.exe

Attempt 2 failed! Should I call dell first?

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Attempt 2 failed! Should I call dell first?

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I read dozens of posts from people who talked to dell about this problem and got no where, but feel free to try. I do highly recommend you do what i said to do but to the file FFXIVGame.exe

Okay I removed the FF14boot one from the list. I search the list and can't find FFXIVgame.exe on the list. I click Add and type it in I get this..

FFXIVgame.exe
Final Not Found
Please check the file name and try again.

file should be located at C:\Program Files (x86)\SquareEnix\FINAL FANTASY XIV\ffxivgame.exe

If you dont have it, I've no idea where to go next..

Theres no FFXIVgame.exe but there is FFXIVgame. So select that 1?

That should be the one. It should have a FFXIV looking icon on it.

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Originally Posted by Gamerfan001

Theres no FFXIVgame.exe but there is FFXIVgame. So select that 1?

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You should see this:
http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/t...s/th_FFXIV.jpg

I did so and did what he suggested. I applied it loaded up the game and same error.

The last thing I can think of is what Geesus was saying about the bios (and reassuring you that you will not destroy your computer in the process).

When you fully restart your computer, you should see something when booting up, probably like the DELete key.

Look through the options you see using the arrow keys, find the Optimus checkbox, and uncheck the box. Save settings and restart computer once more.

Direct me through that before I actually go do it. Do it like...

1)restart comp
2)hold down the DEL key
3)...

Friend is having me update drivers first!

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Originally Posted by Gamerfan001

Direct me through that before I actually go do it. Do it like...

1)restart comp
2)hold down the DEL key
3)...

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Restart>tap Del key...u may hear a beep of the laptop "yelling" at you lol Then just wait.

You can also just restart see what shows on the screen, let us know. Then we can direct you some more ;)

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Originally Posted by Fiosha_Maureiba

Look through the options you see using the arrow keys, find the Optimus checkbox, and uncheck the box. Save settings and restart computer once more.

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Actually Fiosha, the version I worked on today (Dell 960) it's bios was GUI and rather nice. ;) You can use the arrow keys still but it was nice to just mouse and click. :)

Understood.

1. Restart
2. Continue to press DEL key until the Bios comes up.
3. If it's the BIOS I'm thinking of... On the left-hand side, look for a section called Video / Graphics
4. There should be a setting somewhere for Optimus.
http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-fil...0_4AB25384.jpg
5. Uncheck it.
6. Save BIOS settings (varies per computer, on mine it is F10, on yours, you may have to scroll to the bottom and choose Save Changes and Exit.

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Actually Fiosha, the version I worked on today (Dell 960) it's bios was GUI and rather nice. ;) You [b]can[/url] use the arrow keys still but it was nice to just mouse and click. :)

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Oooh! Neat! I think the last Dell I touched was an E6410. But I couldn't remember if it was mouse friendly.

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Understood.

1. Restart
2. Continue to press DEL key until the Bios comes up.
3. If it's the BIOS I'm thinking of... On the left-hand side, look for a section called Video / Graphics
4. There should be a setting somewhere for Optimus.
http://en.community.dell.com/cfs-fil...0_4AB25384.jpg
5. Uncheck it.
6. Save BIOS settings (varies per computer, on mine it is F10, on yours, you may have to scroll to the bottom and choose Save Changes and Exit.

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It also may say Save Exit Apply. If it says that do as you usually would Apply>save>exit ;) But Fiosha has what I believe are the correct steps that should help you get playing. :D

You're doing the right thing! But it's ffxivgame.exe! ffxivboot.exe is the updater that pops up when you first run it. ffxivgame.exe is the actual client. You want to adjust the nVidia settings for that.

my friend fixed it for me and now it works. He made me install the update to my graphics card. It plays now but now SWTOR and Aion graphics seem to run slower. T.T I rather just wait then for the ps3 version if it will be this much of a hassle!

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my friend fixed it for me and now it works. He made me install the update to my graphics card. It plays now but now SWTOR and Aion graphics seem to run slower. T.T I rather just wait then for the ps3 version if it will be this much of a hassle!

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That make no sense that ffxiv work but Aion and SWTOR run slower lol anyways if you like ffxiv more you should play that aion is pretty old game and SWTOR i guess a lot like it but i see it as a wow clone so i did not even care about it.

Everything you do would be a hassle sadly that how computer is if you want to play at best setting you have to do a few things but if you end up picking the ps3 see you too then :(

You should try a different graphic driver or a beta driver.

Popped in stronger graphic card on two computers, same Nvidia drivers. One behaved. The other had significant troubles with the driver. Grabbed a beta driver for the card and now it plays games much better.

Computers are mysterious creatures sometimes.

Btw, now that I'm at work ... during your POST Screen Yomu you will see something that says, "Press F12 for boot options". When you hit it, your prompted for a few options, choose the system setup and that will take you to the BIOS screen where you will choose video or SHOULD choose video and turn off your Optimus feature. ;)

Sorry took so long but not having a POS Dell at home, I hand build my stuff, I couldn't remember the sequence >.<

From personal experience i had the exact same issue. The solution for me was to overclock it using the AMD overclock tool. May be a little hassle but I've been playing like this for about a year on my ASUSG73. If you check my specs my system is well within high end operation range. The issue is ultimately your laptop video card driver . It will work, but you have to kinda work around it.

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I rather just wait then for the ps3 version if it will be this much of a hassle!

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Don't, FFXIV in 720p looks like XI. I would know, that's almost how I play it on PC. But seriously, I tried DCUO on PS3 (sorry, it's the only example) and it didn't look promising for the future of console MMORPGs. I know SoE are far from development gods, but still, you have to look at the facts and little to no memory + an MMORPG's potentially extremely high load... Doesn't work well when you try to throw nice graphics at it.

Bottomline, work hard to get stuff working on PC. You'll have a better experience when it comes to MMORPGs.

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Originally Posted by Fiosha_Maureiba

4. There should be a setting somewhere for Optimus.
5. Uncheck it.

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This will allow Megatron to take over your computer.

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Originally Posted by Kirzan

Don't, FFXIV in 720p looks like XI. I would know, that's almost how I play it on PC.

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New engine with 2.0, so you can't bet that how FFXIV in 720p looks now will be how it looks on the PS3.