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im not to sure if this is a hardware fault or and esf error but after a wile of playin the game my screen turns black and makes the noise it would after crashinn does ne1 no wat i could do to prevent this from happening?

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Hrmm...
I would recomned you to get a NEW computer and try downloading it onto that
 
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Naughtyboii said:
Hrmm...
I would recomned you to get a NEW computer and try downloading it onto that
wtf, obviously he wouldnt buy a new computer to play a Half Life mod, try reinstalling ur graphic card drivers or even reformatting if u have to
 
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Naughtyboii said:
Hrmm...
I would recomned you to get a NEW computer and try downloading it onto that
Be helpful, or be quiet, the next "help" like this gets a warning.
 
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You weren't helping, and I am perfectly relaxed. It is you that needs to take a "chill pill".
 
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OMG, Dont you think that computer is pretty bad?
I was just saying it would HELP if he got a new computer.
You want to give me a warning for saying that?
I think you shouldnt deserve to be a fourm administrator!!!
SOME ONE SHOULD KICK YOU OFF!!!
 
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Allow me to enlighten you:

HLs minimum requirements:

133 P friggin 1
32 MB ram
DirectX 6 class card

ESF staff's recommended:

400 MHZ PII
128MB ram
GeForce or Radeon class graphics card

/me looks at his stats, then at HLs minimum and our suggested.

Guess what, HL doesn't require this years FalconNorthwest or AlienWare hive mind to play.


As far as myself being fired, that isn't likely to happen, as I do the hiring and firing around here.

And I never gave you a warning, I told you that you'd get one if you weren't helping while posting in help. Though you are dangerously close to one now. Walk away, and don't come back to this thread.

/me ingites ban saber
 
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hey, your right
i guess saying to get a new computer wont do any thing ( who would buy a computer just to play a half life mod) lol
Sorry, dont jive me a warning please!!!
 
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Naughtyboii said:
hey, your right
i guess saying to get a new computer wont do any thing ( who would buy a computer just to play a half life mod) lol
Sorry, dont jive me a warning please!!!
That should be your last post in this thread. Do not post here again, unless your post offers proper help based on previous experience.

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im not to sure if this is a hardware fault or and esf error but after a wile of playin the game my screen turns black and makes the noise it would after crashinn does ne1 no wat i could do to prevent this from happening?

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2.2ghz
1gig ddr ram
gf4ti4200
I'm not very familiar with your problem, but the screen going black can mean one of the following:
1.) Too much of visual data spawning and not enough memory to hold it.
2.) Problems related to your monitor.
3.) Virtual memory shortage? I doubt it since firstly you have a gig of DDR RAM and even if you used up all of that (unlikely), your screen shouldn't go blank.

Can you double check that you are playing on a video mode that your card supports properly with updated drivers (preferably OpenGL)? And try playing at a lower game resolution/lower color depth. Such a setting would give you better performance anyway, and might stop your screen from going all black again.

Hope you're able to sort this out. Feel free to ask more questions if you're stuck.
 
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also check your cooler, (cooler on your gfx card). altough this shouldnt give you a blank screen, but should give you like 1 Frame per minute :p.

is the RAM new? might not be 100% compatible with other ram modules etc,.

do you only experience this during esf? or every game
 
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thanx for the help guys, i thnk it was my gfx card twas makin weird noises :( ahwel got it fixed and hasnt dun it since . Once again thnx for the advice :smile:
 
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HaLLiS said:
thanx for the help guys, i thnk it was my gfx card twas makin weird noises :( ahwel got it fixed and hasnt dun it since . Once again thnx for the advice :smile:
Glad to see you got the problem fixed. :)

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