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Postby Big Daddy » Mon Aug 14, 06 12:03 pm

Everytime I start any of them up via Steam the screen enlarges and freezes. I waited half an hour for it to load but it still wouldn't. I then pressed the off switch and it came on but froze and shut down. I repeated the same thing again and again and it still happened so it is not a one-off.

Can someone help?!
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Postby Gishank » Mon Aug 14, 06 12:09 pm

Erm, what graphics card do you use?
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Postby Big Daddy » Mon Aug 14, 06 12:21 pm

I think it's a Radeon 9200SE but when I play CS it says "Video Drive Outdated"
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Postby Gishank » Mon Aug 14, 06 12:28 pm

Right goto.....

Control Panel > System > Hardware Tab > Device Manager > Extend Display Adapters > Right Click Radeon 9200SE > Update Driver


Then try it again, hopefully it will work :)
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Postby Big Daddy » Mon Aug 14, 06 12:30 pm

Kk ty. Trying it now.
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Postby Gishank » Mon Aug 14, 06 12:33 pm

Did it work by any chance?
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Postby kBo » Mon Aug 14, 06 2:34 pm

Just for future reference, when you have a problem like that and it gives you a legible error message you should probably try finding a solution based on what the message says. I'm sure you know what video drivers are.
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Postby Siva » Tue Aug 15, 06 12:36 pm

INTERNET.

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Postby Big Daddy » Tue Aug 15, 06 4:18 pm

Well, I upgraded it but it needs to be upgraded again and I don't have a windows update to do that. =( I guess my comp has had its day. It had its day when I started playing DX actually.
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Postby Imperial » Tue Aug 15, 06 4:21 pm

Post your comp specs and we will have a look, also post your os as well.
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Postby Gishank » Tue Aug 15, 06 4:25 pm

Tant, my pc was made when DX sp was released -.-" How do you think i feel.
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Postby Big Daddy » Tue Aug 15, 06 4:32 pm

Do you have files waiting to be written on to my DX CD? Can you access your documents? Is your computer worth £50 now because of all the viruses embedded onto it? Do you have a McAfee that can't protect you from a pop-up? I thought not.
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Postby Gishank » Tue Aug 15, 06 4:37 pm

I have 2,000 trojans's so don't talk to me about virus's
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Postby Imperial » Tue Aug 15, 06 5:03 pm

I used to have a windows 95 and that couldnt even play games lol
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Postby DarkKnight » Tue Aug 15, 06 6:40 pm

Sh¤gån wrote:I have 2,000 trojans's so don't talk to me about virus's


... get rid of them?
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Re: HL:2, HL:1S HL:1DM HL:2DM HL:2LC launching problems

Postby Alistair » Tue Aug 15, 06 7:24 pm

±Tantalus[AW]± wrote:Everytime I start any of them up via Steam the screen enlarges and freezes. I waited half an hour for it to load but it still wouldn't. I then pressed the off switch and it came on but froze and shut down. I repeated the same thing again and again and it still happened so it is not a one-off.

Can someone help?!


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Postby -TheSpecialist- » Wed Aug 16, 06 4:53 am

Well if you meet the minimum requirements you should be good to go.
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Postby Big Daddy » Sat Sep 02, 06 11:39 pm

My video card is Radeon 9200 SE Family Edition.
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