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    Minecraft won't run on computer
    « on: September 10, 2015, 09:05:31 PM »
    I get an error report and I don't understand what it is telling me when I try to run Minecraft. Can you help?

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    Re: Minecraft won't run on computer
    « Reply #1 on: September 11, 2015, 10:21:08 AM »
    Please provide more information about your computer and what the error message.
    Windows 8 and Windows 10 dual boot with two SSD's

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      Re: Minecraft won't run on computer
      « Reply #2 on: September 11, 2015, 04:09:02 PM »
      Windows Vista Home Basic - Service Pack 2
      Dell Inspiron 1545
      Pentium Dual-Core CPU [email protected] GHz 2.00 GHz
      Memory (Ram) 3.00 GB
      System 32- bit OS
      Sound Card - IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
      Display Adapters -Mobile Intel 4 series Express Chipset Family
      Anti-Virus- Microsoft Security Essentials
      Windows CD - Yes

      Here is the report I get when trying to run Minecraft:

      [23:19:19] [Client thread/INFO]: Setting user: Awesome847
      [23:19:19] [Client thread/INFO]: (Session ID is token:cb2266d2724b4b7eb4c4007ae32c0472:4a287be141034b708db2d6c73077af37)
      [23:19:22] [Client thread/INFO]: LWJGL Version: 2.9.4
      [23:19:23] [Client thread/INFO]: Reloading ResourceManager: Default
      [23:19:24] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Starting up SoundSystem...
      [23:19:24] [Thread-6/INFO]: Initializing LWJGL OpenAL
      [23:19:24] [Thread-6/INFO]: (The LWJGL binding of OpenAL.  For more information, see http://www.lwjgl.org)
      [23:19:25] [Thread-6/INFO]: OpenAL initialized.
      [23:19:25] [Sound Library Loader/INFO]: Sound engine started
      [23:19:48] [Client thread/INFO]: Created: 512x512 textures-atlas
      #
      # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
      #
      #  EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0x27a73ed8, pid=4020, tid=516
      #
      # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_25-b18) (build 1.8.0_25-b18)
      # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (25.25-b02 mixed mode windows-x86 )
      # Problematic frame:
      # C  [ig4dev32.dll+0x3ed8]
      #
      # Failed to write core dump. Minidumps are not enabled by default on client versions of Windows
      #
      # An error report file with more information is saved as:
      # C:\Users\Verno\AppData\Roaming\.minecraft\hs_err_pid4020.log
      #
      # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
      #   http://bugreport.sun.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
      # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
      # See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
      #
      AL lib: (EE) alc_cleanup: 1 device not closed
      Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM warning: Using incremental CMS is deprecated and will likely be removed in a future release

      thank you

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      Re: Minecraft won't run on computer
      « Reply #3 on: September 11, 2015, 07:03:29 PM »
      That is good information. Unfortunately, I know next to nothing about gaming. Hopefully, some will step in here.
      Windows 8 and Windows 10 dual boot with two SSD's

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      Re: Minecraft won't run on computer
      « Reply #4 on: September 18, 2015, 10:58:10 PM »
      I don't remember how I fixed for a friend but it has to do with opengl, try updating your graphics drivers.
      Pff computers are easy, math is hard.