Major Half-Life problems!

[burre burrito]

Today I updated my system to a P3 600. Everything went okay until I tried to run Half-Life. When I start a new game the "Loading..." appears on the screen but it stays and flashes while the text usually go by on the screen... then when the game have loaded and I usually can play I only see the "Loading..." flashing like hell... It reacts to keyboard and mouse (I can play, but I cant see).
I have formated my disk so there are nothing left from my old system..

Here are my specs:
EPoX 6VBA2 VIA 133A
P3600EB
128 PC133 RAM (1*128)
17 GB HD
and ofc:
G400 DH 32 (not max)

(I HAVE searched the forum not finding anything similar at all.. seems like a new problem... correct me if im wrong)

[Kruzin]

What mode are you playing it in?
OpenGL, TurboGL, D3D?
When you reformatted, did you freshly re-install the game, or was the game installed from a backup?
If it was from a backup, it's possible the wrong TurboGL driver is in the game folder (if your previous processor wasn't a P3). Look in the game folder for opengl32.dll and delete it (not the one in the windows\system folder!). Set the game to use default opengl mode.

[burre burrito]

I have tried both TurboGL and the default OpenGl.. D3D runs fine, but since OGL are faaster and better and so I wanna be able to use that also...
It is a backup copy of it, but i have deleted the opengl32.dll from the gamedirectory and reinstalled it.. but it didnt work..
I have to say that it really sounds like a p2 -> p3 problem but i dont know what to do.. is reinstalling the whole game a good idea?

[burre burrito]

Now I think I have the solution for it... I realized that it share IRQ with 2 USB, 1 LANcard, and my onboard soundcard now that just might be the problem hehe

(btw, reinstalling did not help at all...)

[This message has been edited by burre burrito (edited 26 May 2000).]

[Surfwienix]

try the 5.30+TurboGL

on many boards the only way to get via-chipsets work with g400

[ahartman]

IF the 5.3 doesn't work, try 5.41 w/o TurboGL. You've got a fast enough processor that you really wouldn't notice the difference anyway, especially at higher resolutions.

I haven't been able to get anything but 5.41 to work on my system (haven't tried the 5.52 drivers yet).

Andy

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PIII 550@605
IWill Motherboard VD133
VIA Chipset
256MB PC133 CAS2 Crucial
G400 DH 32MB (5.41 Drivers)
DirectX 7.0
SB Live! Value
8x DVD (Toshiba)
6x4x24 CDRW (Sony)
Intel Pro/100+ NIC
3Com CMX Cable Modem
Optiquest V95 19"
HP 812C Color Ink Jet
Microtek flatbed scanner
Intellimouse Explorer
Surround Sound w/two subwoofers
AND WAY TOO MANY GAMES!!!

[Zyn]

Dude, This is directly motherboard related. Let me put it to you this way, your motherboard is a piece of sh*t.
Any Questions?

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G400 on a G400

[burre burrito]

Well... now my G400 doesnt share IRQ... and I have reinstalled Half-life... and it STILL doesnt work at all!! HELP ME!!

[IceStorm]

Last time my G400 was in my Asus P3V4X:

- I used VIA AGP driver 4.20 (really version 4.00). 4.17 and 4.19 wouldn't work. Never tried 4.02 (the new new one)
- I installed PD 5.52, installed TurboGL 1.3, used the uninstaller to REMOVE PD 5.52, and then...
- I installed PD 5.30

Goofy, but it worked for me.

[burre burrito]

Well I just wanna say thanks to all of u! Im playing HL with better preformance than ever now (not that it surprised me or anything since now i do have a P3). Thanks!