Hl2

[FOGOLD]

I'm having a lot of grief with HL2 locking up with a looping sound. Sometimes |I can close it to desktop sometimes not.

xp4000+
A8nSLI
1 Gig RAM
X800XL 256
Drivers can't rmember
Audigy 2 ZS latest drivers

Its the only game that gives me grief.

[Fishu]

Long time ago I had a similar kind of problem with some games, but not all.
Back then I used 3D mark to find out whether its results have changed at all - sure had, it locked up.

Eventually it came down to GFX drivers, which I couldn't fix by reinstalling the drives and had to dig up couple of months old registry backup which fixed it.
I think I had one of the first generation Radeons back then.


Some more guesses which aren't quite so likely...

Also few other things can cause such lockups:

CPU overheat
Direct-X problem
Chipset driver problem

Also likely things, but which I don't think would be it:

Low voltage from PSU
RAM chip is fubarred
Soundcard driver problem (hardly likely I'd say)


My best guess goes for the display drivers or other files/settings related to graphics.
It sounds very much like the problem I had a long ago.
I just don't  know what caused it... I was lucky to have a backup of the whole windows registry.
Since then I've made registry backups roughly every month.

[FOGOLD]

Yes, the problem is just about gone if AA and AF is disabled in drivers and in game and sound down at "medium". All fine and well, but a pity on a relatively high end rig!

When I have time I'll try completely removing and installing new drivers.  All other games inc AH are fine, so I'm not going to be in any hurry. It started after one of the HL2 updates and I see a lot of complaints about it on the Steam BBS.

[Fishu]

Originally posted by FOGOLD
It started after one of the HL2 updates and I see a lot of complaints about it on the Steam BBS.

Ahh.. thats a good thing, must be the HL2 then, if the symptoms for others too are the same.