I have this f***ing annoying problem with my `puter...

It seems to lock up during ANY half-life gameage.
I have had this problem with 3 operating systems, and i am getting a little bit s***ted off, especially with the qgl lan getting closer...

it seems to do it while running open gl.

pls help, i am feeling a little bit insane atm, and would like to shoot this c*** of a thing...

'it seems to do it while running open gl'

hm dont use it maybe? :D

yesh yesh i use D3D so ner :P

i have tried that, if i run direct 3d, the f***ing thing seems to reboot

ouch, its prolly some random non-likeness between some hardware or something stoopid like that. hopefully someone here will know :/

yeah, hopefully...

i am now running windows 2k, and it still does it...

the frame rate is about 60!!!

but that's about it...

What version of directx you running?
Also try to reinstall win 98 i heard win2000 f***s most games

version 8

and bowen runs win 2k, and has now probs at all...

i have had the prob with 98, me, and now 2k...

should i go to directX version 9??

it's out isn't it??

ok, I reckon save your config, and then delete the config.cfg in your cstrike folder.

then go into the video options and make it 800x600 (first) then try and play a map of cs.

then type exec backup.cfg (backup being your saved config. and you should have all your video and keys rebound.

remove your sound card physically from the computer.

then try.

its directX 8 not 9 thats out
and u did install the proper drivers

f*** you people aren't even close

corpse can you borrow someone else's 3d card? If you can, grab it, whack it into the slot, do the driver thing and then try HL. My best bet is that your video card has taken a beating. OpenGL just doesn't "crash" a system so easy =P

its either the 3d card
or the drivers for it

I used to have that same problem I fixed it by upgrading the VIA 4 in 1 drivers

(don't get them from VIA they only got 1.27)

my board is a asus a7v I got the drivers www.athlonmb.com

Pom, I agree with Einstein. Grab bowen's card (its the same one isnt it? tnt2?) and see what happens. Are your errors BOD or just resetting?

Call me pommy if you need my help.

You problem with CS or HL might not be video card etc. When you upgraded cs did you use the upgrade patches? or did you d/l the full version and install it. I had the same problem, and what happens is, the upgrade changes a .cfg file in your hl directory which stuffs up your video card. All it is , is simply 3 lines of text you add to a file. I dun remember exactly, but surf the official halflife forums and they should tell you

sounds like win2k has disabled agp support :(

if all else fails...

-reinstall win2k
-install via 4-in-1 4.28a
-install all your drivers except your video card ones
-install service pack 1
-install DX8
-install detonator 6.47 (or whatever one you want)
-install via agp hotfix
-install coolbits reg-thingo and turn off V-SYNC & FSAA
-enjoy

gl

okies boys, and plague...

i have tried pretty much all of that, except for changing video cards.

i have reistalled o/s, i have reinstalled half-life, changed video drives (i now have the latest det3 drivers) even changed sound drivers, done the config file thingy in the cstrike directory, reseated ALL of my cards, even f*** around with norton antivirus (that made a bit of an improvement), and i have now got rid of NAV, and it still does it...

i have f***ed off just about every thing that chews up some resourses, and it still does it...

but anyway, i have about 4 other video cards the same as mine that i can get my hands on, so i will try your suggestion einstein...

thanx guys...


/me wont be laying the smaq down on any of yo asses w00t!

reinstall your via drivers if you are running 2k its got a line in the readme that states 'if you are running windows 2000 you must run setup with the switch /x or something'

so ie, you go to dos shell and go to the dir with the agp via drivers in it, and go setup.exe /x or whatever the switch is

that will install it manually replacing the old ones, and it will re-enable 4x agp mode or whatever -

this happened on my friends duron and i fixed it via the aforementioned way

okies, if you can email me the EXACT procedure to do that it would be much appeciated...


you can get the address from the bottom bar on my posts.. i canät do much atm, coz iäm at a mates place, and his computer is in swedish...


w00t

Take the side of and put a fan on it like a big house fan and see if it still locks up its a lot simpler than any of the s*** above i couldnt be f***ed reading

thank you uncle sprinkles...

ever so helpful as always...

No worries how is it going?

stuff the pc... get one of these
http://www.ghettoscooter.com/images/ghettoscooter.jpg

yeah good ross, good.

i can't understand what it is with this f***ing `puter tho...

it is quite a good machine, except for this half life thingy..

athlon 750
128mb pc100 ram (soon to be 256mb)
tnt2 64 32mb video
msi slot a athlon board
4x burner
50x rom
20g hdd
cmedia sound
alfa network card
blah blah blah blah...
(OH AND LACK OF A f***ING CABLE MODEM!!!)

What else do you do on it that is particularly intensive other than play CS? Any other games?

nothing really, just mp3ing, divXing, emailing..

that's pretty much it

I know why dont I just ICQ you