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    need stable driver!

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by LoudFox, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. LoudFox

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    I have the 1520 with 8600m GT and really need a stable driver for half-life 2. I have tried 3 different drivers and keep getting freezes, really frustrating! I have used the latest dell driver and laptopvideo2go driver. please help
     
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    I keep getting to the same spot in the game and it freezes and the game stops responding. this is madness.
     
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    I'm actually get the same sort of error, but oddly it only happens in one particular spot in Episode 2, not Episode 1 or the original game. I would try Steam's support section: http://support.steampowered.com/cgi-bin/steampowered.cfg/php/enduser/home.php

    I haven't been able to resolve it with changing drivers, or for that matter, with the FAQ pages on Steam support. I filed a support ticket just a bit earlier.
     
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    ok you might have the same issue as me. In episode two after defeating the stalkers(?) an npc says "we held them off". And right at "off" it locks up.
     
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    I'm discovering that Episode 2 is just really buggy in general. I found a few discussion threads on other sites. Basically, the solution seems to be to try to do things in a different order... look a different way, move differently, etc. Also, make sure you have the latest updates. The crashes are obnoxious but generally can be worked around.
     
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    After an auto update for the game, it now works.
     
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    This problem was really weird. I booted it up about 5 times with different drivers and at the exact same word, the game crashed. It seemed totally unavoidable.
     
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