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guitarherogod   06-27-2008 at 05:27:21 PM

everytime i try to play half-life, it crashes
i play for like 2 mins and it crashes http://img.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] s/pfff.gif
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WHY?
this is driving me MAD http://img.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] es/fou.gif
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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP http://img.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] s/ouch.gif
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and i hope i did not post this thread in the wrong place http://img.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] histle.gif
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strangestranger   06-27-2008 at 05:39:59 PM
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you mean the original?

have you tired running it in compatability mode?

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guitarherogod   06-27-2008 at 05:50:28 PM
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no, but i will try anything to play longer than 2 mins

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guitarherogod   06-27-2008 at 06:16:53 PM
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ok, i tried the compatability mode system and it still crashed.
i'm telling ya, i am GETTING ANGRY.

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guitarherogod   07-04-2008 at 01:19:09 AM
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aziraphale wrote :

Have you checked your temps?


what does that mean?

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strangestranger   07-04-2008 at 09:44:15 AM
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temperatures of your components.

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llama_man   07-04-2008 at 02:25:39 PM
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Some quick questions to help us help you...

What are your system specs? (i.e. model of processor, motherboard, graphics card, memory)

When did you last update your drivers? Do you know the version numbers?

What are your system temperatures?

Are you noticing any other strange behaviour from your PC? (Odd sounds etc)

Are any other programs effected, or just Half Life?

What operating system are you running? Have you got the latest patches / service packs for it?

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guitarherogod   07-09-2008 at 07:04:42 PM
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System Specs:
Model Of Processor: Intel Pentium III processor
MotherBoard: Tabor3 WS440BX'
Graphics Card: Nvidia Vanta

Drivers:
Xtreme G tweaked Drivers
Version 7.1.2.4

i do not know if i can find out the tempratures

everytime i try to play Frets On Fire or enable nView, the screen goes blank

just Half-Life

OS: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Service Pack 2 is installed

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strangestranger   07-09-2008 at 07:42:06 PM
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you can run xp one that thing?

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guitarherogod   07-09-2008 at 08:26:18 PM
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strangestranger wrote :

you can run xp one that thing?


what do you mean?

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mothhive   07-09-2008 at 08:46:46 PM
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I think he's referring to the fact that your PC isn't particularly powerful and is suprised that it manages to even run XP, never mind Half Life. :D

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STEMNIN   07-09-2008 at 08:58:38 PM
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..what shader model does that card support? like 1.0?

Quote :

Vanta Graphics Core:128-bit
Pixels per Second:200 Million
Memory Bandwidth:1.0GB/s

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strangestranger   07-09-2008 at 09:22:08 PM
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tbh, i have seen 1ghz p3's running xp with 128MB or ram, it ain't pretty especially when you have an "IT" department who put the same progs on every comp regardless of spec's like virus scanners which run at startup that you cannot disable.

since that is a home comp, i would expect even more useless junk to be installed on it.

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guitarherogod   07-09-2008 at 11:01:27 PM
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i have no pixel shader support

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db4s   07-10-2008 at 06:31:30 AM
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time for a new computer :D

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cafuddled   07-10-2008 at 11:28:16 AM
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Try and find an old version of the game, a version that is on a CD and has not been updated. It could be that your computer has broken and cant take a bit of stress.

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guitarherogod   07-11-2008 at 09:41:07 PM
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i know, i do need another computer.
but i need a some help with my GFX card

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