HL fails to run

[chrisuk27]

Hi all hope you can help me with my hl problem.

Its only started doing it over the last couple of days and ive not added any new hardware for a couple of weeks the last thing was my new LCD flatpanel monitor. When I try to start hl it gets as far as the menu screen flashing up then fails to a small window saying 'Failed to set video mode-resetting to defaults game will now restart with original settings, it does this then fails to run again and the window says its going to set a 'safe mode' and try again, this starts in a window get to the menu and fails again?

I have checked Direct X which is uptodate as are my graphics card drivers.

I tried Bench'emAll and got the following message :

Benchmark session brief result
You can find detailed results here:
C:\Program Files\BenchemAll\result\2005.07.22.00.09.31.\

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Half-Life 2 (experimental)

-condebug -mat_preloadshaders -preload -console -toconsole -dx9 -fullscreen -width <width> -height <height> +timedemoquit BenchemallDemo
640x480 not selected.
800x600 not selected.
1024x768 result file not found.
1280x1024 not selected.
1600x1200 not selected.

Im running an Athlon 2.4 / XP Pro /512 DDR Ram/ Geforce FX 5700 256meg/ 2.2Meg Broadband

Also not sure if its related but occasionally my system crashes on startup and reboots with a problem with 'Gearsec' message??

Thanks in advance

 

[Chris D]

With your new LCD monitor, what resolution is your desktop running on?

 

[chrisuk27]

screen

1280 x 1024 75Mhz is what the monitor asks to be set to.

 

[Dumb Dude]

I could be wrong, but don't the new Nvidia drivers mess with HL2 and the FX cards? I would suggest getting older drivers and seeing if that works.

 

[chrisuk27]

That seems to have done the trick cheers

 

[Leebtheloser]

I know this is bringing this thread back from the grave, but where could I get my hands on the old Nvidia drivers?
Ive had the same problem for weeks and I need to play this game!!!
Please take pity and help me!

 

[holydeadpenguins]

I could be wrong, but don't the new Nvidia drivers mess with HL2 and the FX cards? I would suggest getting older drivers and seeing if that works.

I dont get that problem.