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CS locking PC up - i NEED help!!

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November 25, 2002 1:11:45 AM

First off, my system specs:

Gigabyte GA-7ZX mobo w/ VIA KT133 chipset
1.0 GHz AMD Athlon (thunderbird)
512 MB PC133 SDRAM
Geforce2 mx 400 (32MB)
Integrated creative SB PCI128 sound
Primary master: 40 GB 5400 rpm maxtor harddrive
Primary slave: 10 GB 5400 rpm maxtor harddrive
Secondary Master: 52x cd-rom
Secondary slave: HP CD-burner
Linksys 10/100 NIC
300w PSU
Windows 2000 - SP3

Ok, now the problem:

CS locks up on me alot, after varying lengths of time. The only way i have to get out of it is to hit the reset button. I've tried reinstalling, i've reformatted, swapped out RAM sticks, tried a different geforce 2 card, uninstalled anti-virus... i've tried just about everything.
I play in OpenGL 1024x768 mode, EAX and A3D are both disabled. After reformat it wasn't locking up hardly at all until I installed norton anti-virus. Then it started locking up frequently again, so i uninstalled it and deleted all registry keys. Then it worked fine for a day or two... Now its locking up all the time again (I haven't installed anything new). I can play BF1942, starcraft, and warcraft without lockups... Its only Half-life mods that cause this.

Please someone help me out, cause this really blows. I've racked my brain trying to figure it out and have gotten pretty much nowhere.

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November 25, 2002 2:28:22 PM

If it is the sound chip, disable it in bios then play for awhile to see if it freezes up.

the Prisoner

I'm not a number, I'm a free man! :mad: 
November 25, 2002 9:25:33 PM

i got it fixed, a fellow cs bud gave me this <A HREF="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;270715" target="_new"> link </A>from microsoft as a 'shot in the dark' solution, and thankfully its what worked. Its a problem associated with AMD athlons and Nvidia or matrox graphics cards. Check out the link if you're curious.
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