Chart crashes on the Satellite M40 154

I have a problem with my Toshiba M40-154. It has Pentium clocked at 1.73 Ghz with X 600 graphics card. The laptop was marketed as an entertainment machine, but my graphics driver crashes. Whenever I play a game involving lesser graphics, such as unreal tournament 2003 or need for speed \u200b\u200bMost wanted. I have updated all drivers, bios etc from the website and the problem persists.

I have send to Toshiba, and they he returned to me, saying: they could not find any problem with the machine. The problem is the breaks down of graphics card his own will even watch DVDs at times.

Anyone having the same problem and solve it? Can please give me the solution?

Please don't give me solutions like updating my drivers from the Toshiba website, because I spend my day on this Web site, updated my computer, wherever I should be working and better use or my time.
I'm sorry for writing so much, but you will understand how frustrated, you will be when you have a problem.

[Edited by: admin on August 28, 2006 11:00]

Hello Afonso
I understand your feelings... believe me.
Then...
(1) you did to be sure you have the latest version of DirectX installed?
(2) are you sure in the DirectDraw and Direct3D acceleration are enabled (dxdiag)?
(I know it sounds too simple, but perhaps you forgot to chek these: D)

(3) have you tried to format and reinstall the operating system?

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