Game not starting: Possible FIX for some users:

[KENCO 1]

Hello,

I had the problem of the game not starting.

Symptoms were:

- The "Arma" load screen would appear for ~5 seconds then go away and nothing would happen.

- No -xxx swiches helpled

- would see "Syncing" for a spit second in Steam

- Dxdiag would crash

My Fix:

Rolled back my Nvidia drivers to: 306.97 and the game STARTED to work. It's better to do a full uninstall of the drivers from the control panel before you roll back to 306.97. I didn't at first and the game would work but the screen would flicker.

Note: I have not tried updated to the latest drivers again so I don't know if they would now work....

So instead of updating drivers try rolling them back...

Hope it helps.....anyone :)

Ken.

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System Information
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Time of this report: 3/9/2013, 14:38:03
      Machine name: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431)
          Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
      System Model: System Product Name
              BIOS: BIOS Date: 12/19/12 19:54:34 Ver: 18.05
         Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz
            Memory: 16384MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 16324MB RAM
         Page File: 4125MB used, 28520MB available
       Windows Dir: C:\Windows
   DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
  User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
   DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
    DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

Display Devices
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         Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 590
      Manufacturer: NVIDIA
         Chip type: GeForce GTX 590
          DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
        Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_1088&SUBSYS_15963842&REV_A1
    Display Memory: 4048 MB
  Dedicated Memory: 1488 MB
     Shared Memory: 2560 MB
      Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
      Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
     Monitor Model: VE247
        Monitor Id: ACI2493
       Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
       Output Type: DVI
       Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.0697 (English)
    Driver Version: 9.18.13.697
       DDI Version: 11
      Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
 Driver Attributes: Final Retail
  Driver Date/Size: 10/2/2012 16:21:00, 18252136 bytes
       WHQL Logo'd: n/a
   WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
 Device Identifier: {D7B71E3E-53C8-11CF-26C5-953508C2C535}
         Vendor ID: 0x10DE
         Device ID: 0x1088
         SubSys ID: 0x15963842
       Revision ID: 0x00A1
Driver Strong Name: oem25.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section081:9.18.13.697:pci\ven_10de&dev_1088
    Rank Of Driver: 00E02001

[Mastiff 10]

this worked for me! thank you, after a wek of trying everything!