How to Optimize Dell Laptops for Gaming?

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i think from what i could find is that dell does not allow you to overclock anything, and the CPU is a little below where it should be for the best experience. i have played with the power plan advanced settings, use a downloaded ryzen controller and lowered in-game setting. i've even done a few other things from a youtube video, which didnt seem to help much more. my main game is for honor, i have been playing it to varying fps, 1v1 and 2v2 is around 40-60 fps but 4v4 is what i enjoy the most, and it's only around 30-40 fps. anything below 30 is horrible. what can i do for a better fps?

UserBenchmarks: Game 13%, Desk 40%, Work 21%

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200U - 39.4%

GPU: AMD RX Vega 3 (Ryzen iGPU) - 3.6%

HDD: Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB - 27.4%

RAM: Unknown HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GB - 72.4%

MBD: Dell Inspiron 5575

Radeon Software Version - 17.12

Radeon Software Edition - Adrenalin

Graphics Chipset - AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics

Memory Size - 256 MB

Memory Type - DDR4

Core Clock - 1101 MHz

Windows Version - Windows 10 (64 bit)

System Memory - 8 GB

CPU Type - AMD Ryzen 3 2200U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx

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[deleted] · 5 years ago

I think you have the wrong idea here. It's not Dell specifically blocking overclocking. Overclocking needs chips that are first able to (physically speaking) and two, that have a really good cooling solution to support the load.

Laptops usually have so bad coolers that even at stock they throttle. Imagine if you were overclocking.

Also, and afaik, that cpu isn't capable of overclocking. That's amd at work here, not Dell.

If some of them are ranking higher, it's only because they have better cooling that allows them to boost for a longer time and such.

And also, you got no ssd in 2019, yo.

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Introvertedecstasy · 5 years ago

While SSDs help general performance, this guys issue is absolutely the built in graphics card. The CPU is fine, the GPU is garbage. OP may want to investigate about an expansion slot, or even USB 3.0 external graphics card.

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[deleted] · 5 years ago

A quick google search would have teached you that this laptop has no thunderbolt plug so it cant use any kind of external GPU.

I was pointing out the hard drive because it's a laptop and maybe with the ram that's maybe the only thing he can change.

If you were trying to patronize me on my knowledge of IT stuff, you've met the wrong IT guy

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r/DellXPS • [2]

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Optimizing gameplay on XPS 15 9500

Posted by AoKiba · in r/DellXPS · 3 years ago

I am fully aware that it is not a gaming laptop. However I don't ever plan to play heavy duty games such as League of Legends or PUBG, just steam games such as Rise of the Tomb Raider. To that end, I have looked up any and all ways to try and optimize my laptop's performance, and found:

cooling pads and the like are pointless
switching thermal mode from 'optimal' to 'ultra' can be helpful
NOT having power mode on 'best performance' is better, counterintuitive as it may sound

And my question is with the third point; is it true? Is there anything else I could try to optimize gameplay as much as possible (short of buying a gaming laptop)?

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fuzzyp44 · 3 years ago

Honestly it runs league fine.

It just has a fan constantly.

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r/GamingLaptops • [3]

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Need a good gaming laptop.

Posted by epicgamer1987 · in r/GamingLaptops · 4 months ago

As the title says, I need a decent gaming laptop that can run the upcoming Doom Dark Ages. I don’t know the first thing about laptops, and currently am looking at the Dell G15 i7. Just looking for some advice, is this a good laptop? Or should I look for something else?

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bstsms · 4 months ago

You need an 8 core CPU and a 3070 GPU min for low settings to play the new Doom on a laptop.

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r/GamingLaptops • [4]

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Optimize Gaming Laptop

Posted by JailbreakBandit1 · in r/GamingLaptops · 5 years ago

[Help] Can someone help me optimize my gaming laptop? i mostly play rocket league. i have a Dell Inspiron 7559. here's my specs

Operating System

Windows 10 Home 64-bit

CPU

Intel Core i7 6700HQ @ 2.60GHz	64 °C

Skylake 14nm Technology

RAM

16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 797MHz (11-11-11-28)

Motherboard

Dell Inc. 0H0CC0 (U3E1)

Graphics

Generic PnP Monitor (1920x1080@60Hz)

Intel HD Graphics 530 (Dell)

4095MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (Dell)	55 °C

ForceWare version: 445.87

SLI Disabled

Storage

232GB Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 250GB (SATA (SSD))	39 °C

931GB TOSHIBA MQ02ABD100H (SATA (SSD))	34 °C

Optical Drives

No optical disk drives detected

Audio

Realtek Audio

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x7Sirix · 5 years ago

I have this exact laptop and it’s becoming a pain in the ass with the recent dx9 update. I’m tryna upgrade to the MSI GS66

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JailbreakBandit1 · OP · 5 years ago

Nvm guys i fixed it.

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saintgravity · 5 years ago

What was the fix?

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JailbreakBandit1 · OP · 5 years ago

I changed the setting to performance.

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AwesomeShizzles · 5 years ago

Whats wrong with it?

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saintgravity · 5 years ago

You didn't post what you need help with. Post your Rocket League settings too.

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r/GamingLaptops • [5]

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Finally my first gaming laptop. What should I do to optimize the gaming parformance?

Posted by PuzzleheadedCourse49 · in r/GamingLaptops · 3 years ago

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[deleted] · 3 years ago

Turn on max power mode, reinstall windows, get malware bytes as a scanner (it has no performance impact if you manually scan) also protects you from malware and malicious crypto mining exploiting your computer and breaking it, also turn off HPET and see if that helps and if it doesn’t turn it back on, lift ur laptop up, close stupid background apps that are unnecessary, and most obvious but makes the biggest impact is make sure your plugged in

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Shattia · 3 years ago

I disagree with the max power thing. Usually in laptop that decreseas the performances.
I'd rather go with some balanced mode instead. Less heat more FPS.

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PuzzleheadedCourse49 · OP · 3 years ago

Well i played red dead 2 with everything in ultra. I had the fans in full speed and max power. The temps hardly went above 80c.

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PuzzleheadedCourse49 · OP · 3 years ago

Shouls I turn on optimus or leave it on auto select?

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hurtfultruth601 · 3 years ago

Turn off, select the 3070ti if your using it for games.

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ampere_exe · 3 years ago

There is a guide (or rather “guides”) on YouTube, “just search gaming laptop optimization guide” and it will show you how to tinker with your settings and such. The g15 one is usually good

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Pizza_For_Days · 3 years ago

I have the same laptop. First thing is check if your trackpad is wobbly at all since its common among these models and mind started doing it after a month or so. Thermals on mine have been good overall.

As far as optimizing gaming performance, Balanced and Full performance mode gave me pretty similar results performance wise. Didn't see a huge difference between the two. Temps are decent out of the box for me. Alienware control center is kind of trash unfortunately so I use it as little as possible.

I'd just suggest downloading MSI afterburner to monitor your temps, frame rate, power, and clock speeds. You should run some benchmarks/play some games while doing so just to make sure you're hardware is performing as expected.

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Sea-Journalist-3509 · 3 years ago

How do you know whether the stats are ok ( not talking about temps) . Meaning how do I know the standars for clock speed and other options like wattage. Should it be full while playing?

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Pizza_For_Days · 3 years ago

It's going to depend on what you're playing but you should see the CPU hitting 4.1 ghz mostly as long as it's not getting too hot.

GPU usage and clock speed will vary depending what you're playing. A game like cyberpunk you'll see near 100 GPU usage and the GPU pulling 120-140 watts.

On the otherhand, a game like CSGO which is 10 years old is not going to push the GPU to 100% most likely, which is fine since it's more CPU demanding

You're basically just monitoring temps, power, clock speeds to make sure you're not throttling and seeing reduced performance

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PuzzleheadedCourse49 · OP · 3 years ago

Thanks. Well the build quality is great so far. Will download msi. Idle temps are around 40 to 50c.

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PuzzleheadedCourse49 · OP · 3 years ago

Haha i got 100x better temps after turning it on.

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[deleted] · 3 years ago

Rgb is stupid

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r/BudgetGamingLaptop • [6]

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Optimizations Help

Posted by idk_ballersigma · in r/BudgetGamingLaptop · 2 months ago

Hi guys, I got a hand-me-down gaming laptop from my brother its a Dell G3 with an i7-10750H and a GTX 1650 I upgraded the RAM from 8 to 32GB but i'm still not quite getting the FPS I expected in R6 and GTA V

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Content_Magician51 · 2 months ago

I have a Lenovo with the exact same specs. How much FPS are you having in those two games?

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idk_ballersigma · OP · 2 months ago

~70 in R6 and ~65 in GTA V

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r/ThrottleStop • [7]

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Can anyone suggest an ideal configuration for my Dell G15 5511 (RTX3050Ti, i5-11G, 24GbRAM)

Posted by LUCIFER_3A2T7G1 · in r/ThrottleStop · 4 months ago

I am a complete noob, and my laptop is almost 3 years old now. I want to be able to ever so slightly overclock my CPU (and GPU, for which I have installed MSI Afterburn), but I am not very well versed with this chapter of technology.

I want the best config to overclock my PC, (only) while I am gaming, but also remain stable, (don't wanna eff up my baby).

I want to the best config to keep in order to undervolt my PC to increase battery life.

Is there a kind soul here who can help?

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unclewebb · 4 months ago

Post a screenshot of the ThrottleStop FIVR window. What CPU model do you have? An 11th Gen Core i5 does not support any overclocking. Any CPU voltage control is probably disabled by the Dell BIOS. A screenshot will show what options are unlocked and available to you.

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Bebo991_Gaming · 4 months ago

Follow a youtube tutorial, you may have issues with undervolting due to the plundervolt

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SpectrumGun · 4 months ago

Well, if you said you are a "noob", I recommend you watch the included videos from the zip file to at least know where everything sits. About overclock, is not possible on your CPU, and about undervolt, I don't know if it is possible. After the plundervolt vulnerability, some laptop manufacturers disabled the option to undervolt.

After watching those videos and confirming if your laptop can undervolt, go to FIVR option and search for CPU, off-set voltage. You can try reducing 10mV at a time and see how the temperatures/consume go

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r/techsupport • [8]

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How to optimise laptop for gaming.

Posted by [deleted] · in r/techsupport · 6 years ago

I have a Windows Laptop that I have been trying to play a few games on such as Apex Legends, CSGO and more. When I run the games the frame rate is low and it is incredibly irritating. I play with the setting to put all graphics quality on low and whatever other settings I think would help. This doesn't seem to work so I was wondering if I'm doing anything wrong, Is there was a way to optimise this or is my laptop just not good enough.

Here are my device specs that I find in settings:

Installed RAM: 8.0 GB (7.84 GB useable) Intel core processor i7 GeForce 940MX graphics card

And yea, those are the only things that I think matter. I might be wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

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https://www.walmart.com/ip/MSI-Thin-15-6-inch-FHD-144Hz-Gaming-Laptop-Intel-Core-i5-13420H-NVIDIA-GeForce-RTX-4060-16GB-DDR4-512GB-SSD-Gray-2025/14673204103?classType=REGULAR&athbdg=L1100

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MyFavoriteBurger · 6 years ago

I have the EXACT same specs as you. turns out, our graphics card is kinda shitty. What you can do that might help is:

1-make sure u are using the Nvidia gpu (https://steamcommunity.com/app/22320/discussions/0/490124466478653678/)

2-Adjust the game in the Geforce Experience panel all the way to the performance side.

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[deleted] · 6 years ago

thank you

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r/SuggestALaptop • [9]

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Rugged or Semi-rugged gaming laptop?

Posted by Anonymous__Lobster · in r/SuggestALaptop · 4 months ago

So I really need to buy a laptop. Possibly two laptops. Not sure.

All the computers I currently own are simultaneously breaking.

Does anyone game on a rugged/ruggedized and/or semi-rugged laptop?

I'm peripherally aware of Getacs, Durabooks, Toughbooks, and Latitudes. Unsure of any other offerings in the industry. I know some latitudes might be semi-rugged, and some are just normal, not-rugged metal laptops? I'm sure there are other rugged or semi-rugged computers, but I have not heard of them.

I'm not sure if any rugged or semi-rugged laptops in the industry are fast and/or powerful enough to play games? However, I have been told they are innately designed to have strong cooling systems, which, if true, is promising.

If I do two separate laptops, the large part of the impetus is I need to work on cars with a laptop. If I could the two-laptops route, I could spend 50-300$ on something used for this, or I could spend a lot more and just get one laptop to do everything.

Any advice or tips much appreciated, thank you.

I recently purchased an MSI Thin 15 B13VF-2829US. I'm considering returning it.

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2. MSI Stealth 16 AI Studio

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PriusPet · 4 months ago

You're right on returning that, budget MSI laptops have awful build quality, so very much the opposite of "Rugged".

What is your definition of "Rugged"? Good build quality, component quality, damage resistance?

Unfortunately there isn't a toughbook-like gaming laptop. That market is too niche. However, I can try to suggest some laptops which are built well and do perform, just be aware that higher build quality comes with a higher cost.

Knowing this, how much are you willing to spend? Are you also open to refurbished / open box laptops? What games do you play, and at which settings and resolution do you want them?

Two laptops shouldn't be required. Getting a good one with a solid warranty (things like Accidental Damage Protection) could be a great way to be preventative, given the worst arrives.

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Anonymous__Lobster · OP · 4 months ago

I was thinking about dumping ~2500 into a DIY edition framework. That was with buying the components separately. But I didn't realize the gpu is another 400$ on top.

But you only get at best an 8 core cpu so I'm not sure if it's a good deal. Oh, and it only has one 2280 slot. It has a spare 2230 slot. But it'd be really nice if it could fit 2 2280s.

I'm not some normal yuppie guy so I think two laptops will probably be the move but I'm not sure. It's just too risky working on cars with a 2000+ dollar computer. Dirty too.

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PriusPet · 4 months ago

Understandable. It's dirty work after all, and having a "throwaway" kind of laptop you can just swap out every time it breaks is much easier, both on your wallet and your mind.

Judging by your comment, you are able to spend $2000-$2500. If this is wrong, please let me know.

So, here are three suggestions, and ironically enough the first two are MSI

1. MSI Vector 16 (Soon)

This Vector is equipped with the 5080 and 16GB of VRAM, but it has a rather disappointing 16gb of regular RAM. In this day and age, you can still get by with 16gb, but 32gb would allow for more multitasking and knowing damn well that you can run next year's games. Fortunately, these are upgradable SODIMM memory sticks. Next to that there's the usual "high end" shebang. Intel Core U9 275HX, solid performer for gaming tasks and is a nice step forward from the previous 14900HX. 16" 240HZ screen with a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, allowing for you to see more vibrant and punchy colours and comes with a better HDR experience.

However, the laptop hasn't been released yet, it's coming next week. If I were you, I'd hold for that time and wait until proper reviews have dropped.

I can't confirm whether this laptop has two or more SSD slots, but judging from previous models of Vector and the fact that it has four SODIMM slots, it seems likely.

This laptop has a metal construction, and is thinner. It also features the same screen that the Vector has. This laptop has 32gb of memory. This laptop has two SSD slots, both allowing 2280 size SSDs. Both are NVMe with PCIe gen 4. Unfortunately the thin-ness of the laptop also affects performance. This laptop has a lower wattage, older RTX 4080 which features less VRAM. (12gb) Next to that, it has an inferior Ultra 9 185H, which is per-core slower, and has 8 less cores as well. It can't be overclocked either, unlike the unlocked HX chip.

3. Helios Neo 16S (Soon)

This laptop has a 5070 Ti. This is roughly equivalent to a 4080 in performance, and has the same VRAM. This laptop has an OLED screen.

Again, I can't confirm whether this laptop has two or more SSD slots, but judging from previous models of Helios / Helios Neo, it's likely.

All in all, it's option 2 or wait. It's a tough time to buy a laptop right now, and I do understand if there's some pressure on that because of US legislature regarding tarifs constantly changing, but I'd just sit tight until the laptops have been released and the reviews have come out.

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Claw 8 Windows power plan tweak

Posted by onehoon · in r/MSIClaw · 6 months ago

Hi.

I tried tweak window power plan on my claw 8

TDP setting MSI m center 2.0 : manual 30W

Changed 2 things in windows power plan

- Max processor state : 99%

- boost mode : Disabled

with these 2 changed settings

3D mark timespy graphic score result about 4,100 (same result with no tweak)

but cpu score drops to 5,xxx from 7,xxx

game performance

- my diablo4 setting is 60FPS limited and use about 25W, but with tweaks only 20w (same 60FPS)

- KCD2 same result same FPS but low TDP

- CPU temp drops about 10 celsius (80->70)

- every game, 3d mark use only 25W max (no 30W with this tweaks)

- but For CPU bounded game (like MHW), game performance issue (lower fps)

- with tweaks, Max CPU Freq. is limited to 2.2GHz, (GPU is not limited max 1.95GHz)

I am looking for any apps which can switch windows power plan per game.

Thx.

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https://github.com/Sabrina-Fox/WM2-Help#toolsfor-all-models

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sodisacks · 5 months ago

How were you able to change these settings? When I check my power options I'm only able to change minimum processor state. The maximum processor state option is not there nor is the boost mode setting.

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onehoon · OP · 5 months ago

you need to chanhe windows registry google will help you.

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sodisacks · 5 months ago

Googled it and looks too complicated for me. Oh well

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kurosawabobby · 6 months ago

If you can stomach the 90s interface on Motion Assistant you can set per game profiles and specify what exact CPU frequency cap you want, the TDP and the frame limit for each game. You can also specify what these settings should be for when the Claw is plugged in or on battery.

What you've discovered with the power plan tweak is the disabling of turbo boost on the chip (2.2 is LL without turbo boost enabled). For GPU bound games this is great and will actually bring down your TDP AND give you more FPS. Win win. But for CPU bound games it doesnt work well. Luckily a lot of games are GPU bound so capping CPU frequency and framerates is the way to longer battery life and better performance.

The reason why you dont see the TDP hit 30 when you disable boost is because the GPU has already received the max wattage it can handle. Thats why you see the TDP stuck at 24/5 w when you disable boost. Which really tells us that the 5-6w extra (for worse frames) is used to support the CPU boosting.

In Motion Assistant you dont have to just choose turbo boost on or off (but you can do this as there is a turbo on/off switch in the tool). You can specify the exact CPU frequency on a per game basis. So it's a matter of a lot of testing to see what your game needs from the CPU for maximum performance. But this level of fine control really enables you to get the absolute max out of the performance of the Claw and imo worthwhile, especially for some of the harder to run games.

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onehoon · OP · 6 months ago

thanks great feedback!

i installed motion assistant (latest version) but it wont run (crash quit)

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xtey1 · 6 months ago

Did you get motion assistant from here?

Version 1.1.9.8

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kurosawabobby · 6 months ago

Which version? And does it install and then crash when starting? Or doesnt install at all?

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