[Simo]

Up until now I have recently been able to play TF2 for about a year with no problems whatsoever. Now when I start the game it brings me to the main menu and just freezes there, sometimes even the blue screen of death. No option buttons are displayed, just the background art. I cannot even ctl alt del out of it, I have to manually shut down my laptop each time. Counter Strike Source and non source also freezes up. I've tried running them all in -dxlevel 80/81 using -novid and +mat_forcehardwaresync. Nothing works. I've installed about 20 different drivers, ran driver sweeping software, ran RAM stick tests, installed new BIOS, new chipset drivers, upgraded to SP1, cleaned out the dust from my vents, reformatted my hdd, and about a hundred other things that dont come to mind right now.


Over the past 4 days I seriously have spent about 20 hours reading forum posts about this issue.

Good news is that this failure with nvidia cards and windows vista is somewhat common. Seriously, just google "nvlddmkm.sys" or "0x00000116"

From the novels of text that I read there are many causes to this problem and many supposed solutions to it. I'm really at my wits end here. Very depressed I can't play games anymore.





I have no money and the laptop (yes I game on a laptop) is out of warranty.
It's been fun sourceop.
Real fun.

[Rostov]

No job to make money to buy a computer? No relatives that you can ask for a 'loan'? Petition Congress for a bailout?

Hopefully you'll work something else.

Video driver problems eh? I bought my computer system, Jan 2008. I last updated my vid drivers, February, 2008.......

[Hell-met]

I feel your pain man, I basically gave up playing anything for like 2 months on my pathetic older PC until I bought this one

[Drunken F00l]

Hmm sounds like you've tried everything I can think of. Seeing as you did all that stuff and it's still a problem, it's probably a hardware issue.

[trover4]

i had the same problem happen on my laptop a year ago. I formatted the hard drive and installed ubuntu and emulated my games through wine. Hard to say if that will still work, but you might consider it as a last resort.

[Drunken F00l]

Also, if all you've been trying after reformatting is Vista, try installing XP. It's worth trying I guess.

[trover4]

if you prefer to try DF's method as opposed to switching over to another OS you've never had very much experience with and don't have a spare copy of xp laying around message me (bill steed) in steam and i'll set you up

[Drunken F00l]

With a pirated copy, probably.

[trover4]

nope i have 2 extra licenses to XP i was going to offer him one of those.

[BCs_MOM]

Simo......truly a master of spy!!!!!! SERIOUSLY!!!!! I have issues with my laptop with windows vista as well. Starts at normal speed..then when alot of action occurs on the screen, it gets laggy. I hope u solve ur issue Simo.. Was a pleasure playing with you. Hope to see you back soon :!: