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"Bad Video Card Drivers" Fix

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ronnoc1221
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Have you ever gotten the "Bad Video Card Drivers" crash? Here is a quick and easy fix for it. It should only take 1 minute.*

The crash should look something like this:
Error Report

--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 12/11/12 7:01 PM

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.4.5
Operating System: Windows XP (x86) version 5.1
Java Version: 1.7.0_06, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 420942032 bytes (401 MB) / 518979584 bytes (494 MB) up to 1037959168 bytes (989 MB)
JVM Flags: 2 total; -Xms512m -Xmx1024m
AABB Pool Size: 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) allocated, 0 (0 bytes; 0 MB) used
Suspicious classes: No suspicious classes found.
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
LWJGL: 2.4.2
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Texture Pack: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
Vec3 Pool Size: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]

org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoosePixelFormat(Native Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.choosePixelFormat(WindowsPeerInfo.java:52)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWindow(WindowsDisplay.java:185)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Display.java:311)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:856)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:784)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.java:765)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceFile:232)
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(SourceFile:515)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT 82dc4e2d ----------


  • All you have to do to fix this is right-click and hit Properties.
  • Now go to Settings.
  • Click on Advanced.
  • Once you are here, go to Troubleshoot.
  • See that little bar there? Slide it to just under halfway.
  • Open your minecraft and it should work on most PC computers


*note: I am not sure yet if it works for Windows 7. Please post in the comments if it does work for you or any problems that you find, and i will try to help you out. If you are extremely unlucky you will still have to update your driver.

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MineCraftatron85
12/12/2012 8:21 pm
Level 42 : Master Droid
YOU ARE AWESOME! YOU ARE MY BEST FRIEND!!! MY OTHER COMPUTER NOW WORKS!!! I NOW HAVE 2 COMPUTERS THAT WORK!!! YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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ronnoc1221
12/13/2012 3:04 pm
Level 28 : Expert Narwhal
Thanks.
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IvyTheLeopard
12/11/2012 10:37 pm
Level 8 : Apprentice Modder
rightclick what?
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ronnoc1221
12/11/2012 11:03 pm
Level 28 : Expert Narwhal
Just right-click anywhere empty on your desktop
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MineCraftatron85
12/11/2012 9:19 pm
Level 42 : Master Droid
i hope it works
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OutcastVamp
12/11/2012 9:08 pm
Level 28 : Expert Spelunker
Amazing blog diamond for u
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