Gaming problems in Vista - Satellite P300

Hey.
I just bought a Toshiba Satellite P300-1CE that came with Vista Home Premium. The problem is that I cannot run any game on it. I've tryed NFS Most Wanted, Battlefield 2 and Titan Quest(theoretically I should have no problems with my configuration - processor P8400, video Ati 3650, drivers up to date).
When I try to run the game, I only get a black screen and the computer freezes, I need to reboot. Any ideas?

Have you installed SP1 for Windows Vista and all other Hotfixes?
Are you sure that the drivers up to date? Check this on the Toshiba website and you should only use the Toshiba graphic driver because they have an overheat protection.
http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > Support & Downloads > Download Drivers
Do you have an antivirus program? Try to disable it while you play games.

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Message was edited by: Jay Padia

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Message was edited by: stuckuser

Hey,
I agree what Horwath wrote. I had the same problem few days ago and so I removed the upper and lower filters in registry and restarted the computer. After this I was able again to use my CD/DVD drive :)
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Has your P300 connector for second HDD?
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> (1) BIOS changes required? After upgrading
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> (2) Current hard drive contents
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> (3) Boot Disk
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Have you already created such recovery discs?
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> (4) How do I copy the orginal and format the new hard drive with the licensed operating system VIsta Home Premium edition 32 bit onto my new hard drive.
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