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Half-Life 2: now with gay colors!


Diogo Ribeiro

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That's just one of the end results of the problems I have with gaming in my PC right now. I can't find the problem. Everything is properly connected, especially the graphics card. I also have the latest drivers installed fresh.

 

Basically the problem is that randomly a game will freeze, or hard lock my PC. Then I get a scrambled color pattern, from checkers (above) to clearly corrupted graphics and my only choice is to try to Ctrl+Alt+Del it so I can terminate the app, or just do a hard reset. This is the main reason I've yet to advance in Half-Life 2 <_<

 

Bah.

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Will a part of a DxDiag information file do? If so:

 

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System Information

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Time of this report: 8/13/2005, 00:54:49

 

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)

Language: Portuguese (Regional Setting: Portuguese)

System Manufacturer: n/a

System Model: n/a

BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.0

Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2200+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.4GHz

Memory: 768MB RAM

Page File: 224MB used, 2801MB available

Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

 

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DxDiag Notes

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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.

Display Tab 1: No problems found. DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful.

Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: All tests were successful.

Music Tab: DirectMusic test results: All tests were successful.

Input Tab: No problems found.

Network Tab: No problems found. DirectPlay test results: All tests were successful.

 

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DirectX Debug Levels

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Direct3D: 0/4 (n/a)

DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail)

DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)

DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)

DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail)

DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)

DirectShow: 0/6 (retail)

 

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Display Devices

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Card name: RADEON X800 PRO

Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.

Chip type: RADEON X800 PRO AGP (0x4A49)

DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4A49&SUBSYS_00021002&REV_00

Display Memory: 256.0 MB

Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)

Monitor: Monitor Plug and Play

Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200

Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll

Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6553 (English)

DDI Version: 9 (or higher)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 6/29/2005 04:02:16, 232960 bytes

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

WHQL Date Stamp: n/a

VDD: n/d

Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys

Mini VDD Date: 6/29/2005 04:01:56, 1241088 bytes

Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0909-11CF-2B6A-0820A1C2CB35}

Vendor ID: 0x1002

Device ID: 0x4A49

SubSys ID: 0x00021002

Revision ID: 0x0000

Revision ID: 0x0000

Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D ModeWMV8_B ModeWMV8_A ModeWMV9_B ModeWMV9_A

Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch

{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch

Registry: OK

DDraw Status: Enabled

D3D Status: Enabled

AGP Status: Enabled

DDraw Test Result: All tests were successful.

D3D7 Test Result: All tests were successful.

D3D8 Test Result: All tests were successful.

D3D9 Test Result: All tests were successful.

 

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Sound Devices

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Description: Dispositivo wave SB Live!

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_80641102&REV_07

Manufacturer ID: 1

Product ID: 100

Type: WDM

Driver Name: emu10k1m.sys

Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3300 (English)

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

WHQL Logo'd: Yes

Date and Size: 8/17/2001 20:19:26, 283904 bytes

Other Files:

Driver Provider: Microsoft

HW Accel Level: Full

Cap Flags: 0xF5F

Min/Max Sample Rate: 5000, 100000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 62

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 62

HW Memory: 0

Voice Management: Yes

EAX 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes

I3DL2 Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura ZoomFX: No

Registry: OK

Sound Test Result: All tests were successful.

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Perhaps more memory as well. o:)

I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows

 

'Cause I won't know the man that kills me

and I don't know these men I kill

but we all wind up on the same side

'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will.

- Everlast

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Members. Members helping members.... are the luckiest members... in the world.

 

Okay, we'll keep this one going for a while to see if anyone can give RolePlayer some constructive help. I'd suggest using a hip flask, but that's probably a last resort. It won't help your computer, but it will help you not to care.

 

Seriously, I'd start keeping running tabs on the temperature in your rig. I know mine runs hot, although I don't tend to get hangs or glitches. I'm running Arctic Silver and it seems to have helped keep things a bit cooler.

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Memory shouldn't cause his texture absense.

Yes, but it sure as hell couldn't hurt. o:)

 

 

 

As for the problem, I'm with everybody else...Cooling...even a desk fan would help (were the side panel removed, of course).

I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows

 

'Cause I won't know the man that kills me

and I don't know these men I kill

but we all wind up on the same side

'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will.

- Everlast

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Reinstalling the game doesn't seem like the answer, because this happens with pretty much every game I can think of. Recently I've tried the Dungeon Siege 2 demo: same thing. And it goes the same way with Bloodlines, Beyond Good and Evil, The Sims 2, etc.

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My 2 cents...try this in order...

 

1. Update Motherboard Drivers

2. Update Bios

3. Windows reinstall

4. Borrow a friend's card and see if problem persists

5. Buy new card/return card to manufacturer if still under warranty

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My 2 cents...try this in order...

 

1. Update Motherboard Drivers

2. Update Bios

3. Windows reinstall

4. Borrow a friend's card and see if problem persists

5. Buy new card/return card to manufacturer if still under warranty

Good advice

I had thought that some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, for they imitated humanity so abominably. - Book of Counted Sorrows

 

'Cause I won't know the man that kills me

and I don't know these men I kill

but we all wind up on the same side

'cause ain't none of us doin' god's will.

- Everlast

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My 2 cents...try this in order...

 

1. Update Motherboard Drivers

2. Update Bios

3. Windows reinstall

4. Borrow a friend's card and see if problem persists

5. Buy new card/return card to manufacturer if still under warranty

6. If not under warranty, send card to SoE to see if he can get it to work in his rig. 

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I have to agree.

 

 

 

Jorge(that replacent texture doohickey) can be a bitch to look at.

kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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Re-install Windows? :blink: Only if you are congenitally stupid, insane or masochistic! Uninstall and re-install the drivers, maybe, but not the whole OS.

 

If the games work for a few minutes, then go fritz, it is heating. End of thread.

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Re-install Windows? :lol: Only if you are congenitally stupid, insane or masochistic! Uninstall and re-install the drivers, maybe, but not the whole OS.

 

He's already tried that...and reinstalling windows can clear up a little of issues, plus your system will run a lot faster afterwards.

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Yeah, I know it might. It also might unglue everything, the Registry is just a flat file and is not very robust, and I have seen people waste weeks re-installing Windows multiple times.

 

I have an idea: install a Linux flavour on a partition. That way, you can access the data on the Windows drives and get it all off, then you will be freer to perform major surgery on the drive.

 

PS I still think something is overheating, either the CPU or the GPU.

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Well, that's nothing.

 

Look what I got when I told Heather to change her appearance:

 

heather1.jpg

 

 

 

You know, that look must be getting popular, because later on I decided

to pay a visit to Vesuvius, and the dancers there seemed to favor it too:

 

vesuvius1.jpg

 

 

Customers dig it:

 

vesuvius2.jpg

 

^_^

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Funky :cool:

kirottu said:
I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden.

 

It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai.

So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds

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