CS:Source Causing Video Hardware Crashing

[MrSvperstar]

As the title says I recently purchased the Gold package via Steam and downloaded CS:Source. Upon first launching it I played for several hours just fine and then all of a sudden my video crashed (screen goes to 25x25-ish pixel boxes of the current map). When this happen I get a VPU pop-up box from my ATI Video card saying hardware rendering has stopped and I am now in software rendering mode, and if I want to go back to harware rendering I need to restart.

So, I restart and go back into CS:S and as soon as the map finishes loading or I start the stress test the same thing happens. I get the popup box to email ATI the error message yada, yada yada... Now, one might think that it is my video card, but I have no problems playing other graphics intensive games out there Like Doom III, Halo and SWG.

When I first installed CS:S I was running the Catalyst 4.1 Beta Drivers, and I upgraded after the first crash to 4.1 non-beta Drivers. I am running the latest Direct X (9.0C), and Windows XP SP2 as the Catalyst drivers recommend. Below are my system Specs:

3.0GHz P4
1Gb PC3200 RAM
80Gb Raid Array
ATI 9800Pro 256
SB Audigy Platinum

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Since the initial crash I have taken the following steps to remedy the problem.

01. Used a Catalyst Uninstall Tool to uninstall all drivers.
02. Installed latest Omega Drivers
03. Uninstalled SP2
04. Cleaned Up Registry Of All SP2 References
05. Uninstalled Steam & Deleted Directory
06. Installed Steam & Re-Downloaded CS: Source
07. Installed An Exhaust fan above graphics card
08. Installed Graphics Card Cooler
09. Disabled VPU Recovery

I took all these steps and now I can't even get into the game... I get the "unable to init shader system" message.

Anyone have any ideas? All help is appreciated.

 

[Mujuro]

Do this:

01. Download RegClean And Run (Here)
02. Make Sure All Hardware Is Correctly In Place
03. Buy Some Dust-Remover Spray, Use It Thoroughly
04. Make Sure Your Not Overclocking Anything
05. Reformat / Use Autoclave To Wipe Your Drive (Google It)
06. F*** Your Computer Up
07. I Just Wanted A 07

 

[zer0kewl]

try lowering catelyst a.i. if posible
else turn off

if had with omega 4.10 beta if it was on terible performance
and when its off a.i. it was faster even more iq also

but still a.i. is only improvement if you use af and aa