trouble getting the game working

[chuk_01]

okay i start the game up and it goes through the introduction perfectly but as soon as the game starts up (as in when you can control your movement etc) the game just freezes up and i have to restart the computer.. if anyone can help or tell me whats wrong.. thanks

 

[chuk_01]

my computer is as such:
amd athlon 64 3400+
1024MB DDR RAM
160GB 7200RPM Hard disk
ATI Radeon 9550 AGP 256MB DDR

 

[Dynasty]

wise man say, check your drivers everydaaaaaay.

seriously, update your ATI drivers. and dont just install over the ones you have on already. do a full uninstall of them, restart and install the new ones, as innevitably not all the files get copied over = new drivers mixed with old.

if that doesnt work, try a full reinstall of HL2? yes it takes forever etc, but, well, youll never know unless you try eh?

 

[Barney Fife]

my computer is as such:
amd athlon 64 3400+
1024MB DDR RAM
160GB 7200RPM Hard disk
ATI Radeon 9550 AGP 256MB DDR

Your socket 754 AMD is 2GHZ?
There could be two problems that's causing this.

1) Your video driver may be corrupted/out of date. Either way uninstall old driver by add/remove programs in the Windows Control Panel and select (ATI/Radeon display driver) Once uninstallment is complete, reboot system. Download new driver from here https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=knowledge&folderID=27 Choose the right OS Disable all Anti-Virus, anti Spy-ware and all security softwares and Install driver. Reboot.

2)(I hate yo tell you this) Your Video Card is out of date it's time for you to shop for new one Radeon 9550 is long over due and did all it is gonna. And this time try Nvidia since all of these new games are designed for Nvidia chips.

Also what type Sound card are you using?

Good luck.

 

[chuk_01]

its an onboard sound card.. sigmatel C-major audio
ive downloaded ATI catalyst control center.. does that help at all?

 

[Beerdude26]

its an onboard sound card.. sigmatel C-major audio
ive downloaded ATI catalyst control center.. does that help at all?

That means you've downloaded the newest drivers. But you should remove your current graphic drivers, restart your computer and redownload and install them again (and then restart again). When you don't have drivers, your colours may be a bit weird

 

[Barney Fife]

its an onboard sound card.. sigmatel C-major audio
ive downloaded ATI catalyst control center.. does that help at all?

Onboard Sound Card is not your best friend at this time when playing games as it will keep bugging your main CPU for sound instruction.
Get something like Creative Live or Creative Gamer for sound processing and let your CPU have piece of mind to run HL2.

Good luck.

 

[chuk_01]

ive uninstalled the graphics card driver and reinstalled it and same with the sound card.. hmm ive tried disabling the soundcard just to see if its something to do with that but it still messes up..