Half life problem

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:24 pm

My buddy just got half life 2 the other day and it was working great for a time. I'm not sure what level it is, but when the level stats loading, it goes for a few seconds and then the entire computer restatrts like you hit the reset button. Any ideas what this is about and how to fix it?

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 4:27 pm

has he tried re-installing it?

Skynet · Post by **Skynet** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:52 pm

It's not his pc overheating or anything and being auto shutdown?

What kinda PC specs you talking here?

hearld500 · Post by **hearld500** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:06 am

Well, basically its just above minimum specs, but it runs great without chugging down at all. Its weird because hes a way into the game and it only does it on this level. I can't imagine it being a hardware rest because it only loads for a few seconds then goes, not during gameplay.

Skullreaper2000 · Post by **Skullreaper2000** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:03 am

I had a problem with Half Life 2 at one point in the game where it would always exit the game. The problem was fixed by updating My sound and graphics drivers as well as updating Direct X to the newest version. Haven't had a problem since.

Nyarlathotep · Post by **Nyarlathotep** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:26 am

This was happening to me (game was crashing to desktop without error messages) when I first got HL2 in the level right after you

(spoiler?)
jump your boat over that huge wall by ramp

but I ran the steam validation link, which fixed it (plus some issues I had with corrupted textures) so it could just be a corrupted download / install.

Search on the steam homepage for the validation link, it should confirm / fix your install isnt corrupted.

Rebooting computers usually means something more serious though - you might want to use SISsoft SANDRA or something to check its not running too hot which is what it sounds like