Video Card Failing at 'Counter Strike: Source' Startup

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Hi Al,

Here's some suggestions, presented in the form of questions. ;-)

If this just started happening, would a System Restore correct the issue?
If you have any other DX based games installed, do they work?
Is it possible for you to test your card on another system?

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"Al" <Al@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4804D578-F2F4-46CD-B9F8-74AFB582185E@microsoft.com...
| Hey all, I am having a problem loading Counter Strike: Source, it loads the
| start up screen then I get a window that says "Failed to set video mode -
| reseting to default...Game will now restart with new video settings"...it
| loads the startup screen again and I get "Failed to set video mode - falling
| back to safe mode settings."...it loads the startup screen one last time then
| I get: "Failed to set video mode. This game has a minimum requirement of
| DirectX 7.0 compatible hardware."
|
| I have a GeForce 4 Ti 4200 which has run the game perfectly in the past.
| Steam is up to date, CSS is up to date, my video card's drivers are up to
| date, the directX from the Half Life 2 CD is installed.
|
| Any ideas? Or is my card just plain broken?
| Thanks
| Alex