Game "Freezes" at random moments.

[Burnhard]

I have a newly installed version of Half-Life 2 on my nephews PC. I recently added 256mb RAM and a new DVD drive in order for him to play it. I am experiencing random "lock ups" (freezes) in the game; sometimes at the start (on the options screen), sometimes a bit later in the first chapter. The video just freezes and I have to reboot. My system specs are below and I have all the latest drivers. I'm running with "medium" graphics options at 800x600. Any hints? (could be sound I guess but focus on graphics at the mo!).

Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

BIOS: BIOS Date: 02/24/04 12:53:47 Ver: 08.00.09
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 510MB RAM
Page File: 186MB used, 676MB available

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Card name: C.P. Technologies Inc. RADEON 9000 PRO EVIL COMMANDO
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON 9000 AGP Pro (0x4966)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Display Memory: 128.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Default Monitor
Monitor Max Res:
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6458 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 6/10/2004 21:57:24, 207360 bytes
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 6/10/2004 21:57:04, 746496 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-0A26-11CF-066E-3300A0C2CB35}

 

[Leonardo1]

My system completely locks up....

Bought this game on the 22 November, last update 30 November, im waiting for valve to release the fix.




Latest update: November 30, 2004

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Full Change History:
[-] November 30, 2004 (current release)

Bug fixes
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fixed graphics card crash caused by incorrect buffer allocations
[+] August 26, 2004

 

[Burnhard]

Does anyone have any useful ideas I can try? I'm in the process of going through old ATI drivers to see if one works! I want to get this sorted this evening ready for my nephew. Hes been looking forward to playing Half Life 2 for about 2 years now .

 

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