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Anonymous
September 2, 2005 7:22:45 PM

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I have a Dell Inspiron (laptop) 8200 with the following specs:

Pentium4 mobile 1,6 GHz
384 MB RAM (SO-DIMM)
Geforce4 440 Go 64 MB Video adapter (running Dells newest driver version:
6.13.10.4258 and directx 9)
Windows XP SP2 (fully up to date)

My problem is halflife 2. When I run halflife2 I first receive an error
message which tells me my driver is out of date and could cause problems if
I choose to continue and run the game (this is the latest driver according
to Dell). Then, if I choose to continue and start up the game, it runs fine
for about half an hour (800x600 and medium graphics) and then the whole
system crashes and I get a blue screen (the fan is also running at max by
now). Windows blames the nvidia driver for the problem. I have tried running
the game at the lowest possible graphics settings also, but the same problem
occurs. Another thing is that I cannot try the standard nvidia drivers from
their download site because these do not cover my video adapter (I need a
specially made Dell driver for my adapter). So no help there. Also the
system requirements of halflife2 state that I need at least a directx level
7 graphics card, 1,2 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM and 4,5 GB of diskspace, all of
which I have! I have asked Dell for help, but they state that they can't
help me. And since I already have installed the latest drivers, they state
that it is my videoadapter that is too old. What can I do? Is my
videoadapter really too old to run halflife? Or can this problem be solved
if Dell make newer drivers? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

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September 2, 2005 7:22:46 PM

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It sounds as if the system is overheating, HL2 may requires a hefty graphics
card
and a good amount of ram. I run it on a desktop with a 6600gt 128 and 1 gig
of ram.
It does heat up the cpu.
"Jakob Jung" <strider@sensewave.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Dell Inspiron (laptop) 8200 with the following specs:
>
> Pentium4 mobile 1,6 GHz
> 384 MB RAM (SO-DIMM)
> Geforce4 440 Go 64 MB Video adapter (running Dells newest driver version:
> 6.13.10.4258 and directx 9)
> Windows XP SP2 (fully up to date)
>
> My problem is halflife 2. When I run halflife2 I first receive an error
> message which tells me my driver is out of date and could cause problems
> if I choose to continue and run the game (this is the latest driver
> according to Dell). Then, if I choose to continue and start up the game,
> it runs fine for about half an hour (800x600 and medium graphics) and then
> the whole system crashes and I get a blue screen (the fan is also running
> at max by now). Windows blames the nvidia driver for the problem. I have
> tried running the game at the lowest possible graphics settings also, but
> the same problem occurs. Another thing is that I cannot try the standard
> nvidia drivers from their download site because these do not cover my
> video adapter (I need a specially made Dell driver for my adapter). So no
> help there. Also the system requirements of halflife2 state that I need at
> least a directx level 7 graphics card, 1,2 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM and 4,5 GB
> of diskspace, all of which I have! I have asked Dell for help, but they
> state that they can't help me. And since I already have installed the
> latest drivers, they state that it is my videoadapter that is too old.
> What can I do? Is my videoadapter really too old to run halflife? Or can
> this problem be solved if Dell make newer drivers? Any help is greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks.
>
Anonymous
September 2, 2005 8:25:00 PM

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Your video adapter is indeed too underpowered and old in design to
successfully run a modern graphics intensive game like Doom 3. Time to
upgrade if you plan on playing the newest games.

--
DaveW
"Jakob Jung" <strider@sensewave.com> wrote in message
news:D f9jmv$3rc$1@orkan.itea.ntnu.no...
>I have a Dell Inspiron (laptop) 8200 with the following specs:
>
> Pentium4 mobile 1,6 GHz
> 384 MB RAM (SO-DIMM)
> Geforce4 440 Go 64 MB Video adapter (running Dells newest driver version:
> 6.13.10.4258 and directx 9)
> Windows XP SP2 (fully up to date)
>
> My problem is halflife 2. When I run halflife2 I first receive an error
> message which tells me my driver is out of date and could cause problems
> if I choose to continue and run the game (this is the latest driver
> according to Dell). Then, if I choose to continue and start up the game,
> it runs fine for about half an hour (800x600 and medium graphics) and then
> the whole system crashes and I get a blue screen (the fan is also running
> at max by now). Windows blames the nvidia driver for the problem. I have
> tried running the game at the lowest possible graphics settings also, but
> the same problem occurs. Another thing is that I cannot try the standard
> nvidia drivers from their download site because these do not cover my
> video adapter (I need a specially made Dell driver for my adapter). So no
> help there. Also the system requirements of halflife2 state that I need at
> least a directx level 7 graphics card, 1,2 GHz CPU, 256 MB RAM and 4,5 GB
> of diskspace, all of which I have! I have asked Dell for help, but they
> state that they can't help me. And since I already have installed the
> latest drivers, they state that it is my videoadapter that is too old.
> What can I do? Is my videoadapter really too old to run halflife? Or can
> this problem be solved if Dell make newer drivers? Any help is greatly
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks.
>
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Anonymous
September 3, 2005 8:28:59 PM

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Doom 3? Do you give bullshit answers so often that you use boiler plates?

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


"DaveW" <nowhere@dot.org> wrote in message
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> Your video adapter is indeed too underpowered and old in design to
> successfully run a modern graphics intensive game like Doom 3. Time to
> upgrade if you plan on playing the newest games.
Anonymous
September 5, 2005 1:34:23 AM

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1. Copy the small Pieter's nv4_disp.inf into the folder where you extracted
the large driver package, overwriting the existing file.

From there on it's just like updating video drivers normally:

2. Uninstall your current nVidia drivers through Control Panel -> Add/Remove
Programs. Reboot.

3. Upon loading Windows, you may be prompted for location of new drivers, in
which case navigate to the folder where you extracted the driver package.
Otherwise, just launch Setup.exe.

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


"Kevin Barnes" <k.barnes@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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>i have downloaded both of these , what do i do with the small file?
>(pieters)
>
> many thanks
Anonymous
September 6, 2005 4:05:08 AM

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First of One wrote:
> 1. Copy the small Pieter's nv4_disp.inf into the folder where you extracted
> the large driver package, overwriting the existing file.
>
> From there on it's just like updating video drivers normally:
>
> 2. Uninstall your current nVidia drivers through Control Panel -> Add/Remove
> Programs. Reboot.
>
> 3. Upon loading Windows, you may be prompted for location of new drivers, in
> which case navigate to the folder where you extracted the driver package.
> Otherwise, just launch Setup.exe.
>

THANK YOU! The driver works perfectly! The help is greatly appreciated!
I now run halflife2 smoothly at an acceptable level of detail. No more
blue screens. Problem solved.

Jakob
Anonymous
September 6, 2005 9:54:49 PM

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Glad it worked for you. Now, unlike desktop cards, mobile video chipsets do
receive some customization from model to model. If somewhere down the line
you discover a "fringe function" no longer works, keep in mind this is a
generic driver.

--
"War is the continuation of politics by other means.
It can therefore be said that politics is war without
bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."


"Jakob Jung" <strider@sensewave.com> wrote in message
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> THANK YOU! The driver works perfectly! The help is greatly appreciated! I
> now run halflife2 smoothly at an acceptable level of detail. No more blue
> screens. Problem solved.
>
> Jakob
!