Why won't Counter Strike work with my new rig in Windows 2000?

[VinY]

Ok, here's my system specs:

TBird 1ghz
IWIll KK266 Motherboard
512mb Crucial PC133 2/2/2
32mb Prophet II MX (nvidia 7.52 drivers)
Sb Live! X-Gamer
Netgear FA310TX
IBM 75GXP 45gb
Seagate 13gb Backup
TDK 12/10/32 CDRW
Windows 2000 Professional

I have been having this problem where I load up a game in Counter-Strike, and after the console raises to enter the game, it only gets half way and I can only move my mouse. The same sound also repeats over and over, and my mouse eventually freezes and I have to reboot. This does not happen EVERY time. I played a few games, then when I tried to go play again, it locked up. It is random. I installed Win2k, and I just have my video card and network card installed. I installed the Via 4-in-1 4.29's, the AMD reg patch for Win2k, the Microsoft patch for Via chipsets, and Direct X 8.0a. At first I thought this was a problem with my sound card drivers, but I do not have it in there and after a clean format, it still gives me this problem. What gives? I love Windows 2000 but I keep having this problem...I hope I won't have to go back to Win98...thanks in advance.

 

[Imperium97]

Have you tried just loading HL or TFC? Does it do the same things there? And how about other games?

 

[Maverick]

Look for IRQ conflicts between your sound and network cards.
Thats the problem 9 times out of 10.

Also get the latest drivers for your video card (dunno if 7.52 is the latest).
reinstall counter strike and try different resolutions/texture bits (16 instead of 32) etc.

If you're using an optical mouse, make sure you have the latest USB drives for it.

Good luck.

 

[TheOverlord]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=368032

that is a thread i jsut started about a very similar problem...if you read it youll see that i have the same problem in TFC too, and i have checked and there is no IRQ conflict in my sys...bump for answers

 

[VinY]

Turned AGP 4X off in my BIOS, things seem to work fine now.

 

[Quad]

what's the amd reg patch for win2k? where do i get it

 

[Loralon]

Assuming you are using OpenGL, then try adjusting the buffer flipping mode to "block transfer".

 

[UCBPride]

Its VIA's 4in1 drivers im positive

go to Geforce FAQ it will link you to microsoft's patch to fix video crashing in Win2000.

 

[JoPalm]

are you using gamespy to enter counter-strike?

 

[Maverick]

turning off AGP4X does help
doesn't give any noticeable performance hit either.

 

[Geocross]

the reg patch is on amd's website