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Peixuxa · August 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">on the magic steam!</div> well...resuming...
i have steam,and it works well
i have a computer that can run any game
i followed the steps on the webbed topic to install

I do the "play games"-ns-and it starts correctly

but,when i went to connect to a server,in the "precaching resources" or smth,my computer simply restarts...

can some benevolent and experient person help me out?

Rue · August 2004

There has been alot of posts about NS( and steam) just restarting peoples PC's

There also is a lack of any good information about why it happens.
I would check the following:
Make sure NS is running in OpenGL mode
Make sure your system have enough power (By that i mean from the power supply unit)
Have you checked to see if any other Steam games crash

If the above is all Ok, I would redownload the NS installers from a diffrent site. its possible there is a file in the installer thats broken.

Sadly there isnt much more information on this subject <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

Peixuxa · August 2004

well...

yes
yes
yes

thx for the presence,ill try to redownload

lightning1 · August 2004

BTW-Welcome to the Forums.

If dl and reinstall don't work, other things to check:

Make sure you got latest card drivers. Scan for spyware using Spybot S&D AND Adware 6.0. Check your firewall and make sure it is configed correctly(or turn off as a test). Defrag can't hurt.

Are you using cable, dsl, dial-up? Make sure in Steam > Settings, that your internet connection speed is correct. I find that this setting, for whatever reason, will reset to something other than what you set it to.

Also what are system specs? Vid Card, RAM, and OS in particular.

So you can run all the games, TFC, CS, DOD without a problem. Only NS your having a problem?

Peixuxa · August 2004

yeah,only NS

Peixuxa · August 2004

redownloaded,reinstalled and still restarting the sys

hmm..but i dont know if i have the latest drivers oO

Peixuxa · August 2004

no idea? =P

Diablo_fx · August 2004

First try reinstalling drivers from one of above sites (if it ain't on nvidia or ati try googling it)

<a href='http://www.nvidia.com' target='_blank'>Nvidia</a>
<a href='http://www.ati.com' target='_blank'>ATI</a>
<a href='http://www.google.com' target='_blank'>Google</a>

Lito · August 2004

There was a problem with steam 'freezing' on the precasheing resources part of the load. This doesn't exactly sound like your problem (since HL only freezes, not restarts your computer), but it might help. When it stop at precaching resources, its downloading content that you need to play the game. When it does this there is absolutely no indication that its doing it, so it gives the impression that it freezes. The fix was supposedly to keep your half-life up to date by going to steam>Play Games>Right click on half-life>Properties>Selecting 'Always keep this game up to date' in the Automatic Updates dropdown box. Also be sure to start up half-life and run the training course (by run i mean just load it up, then quit) so h-l gets the files it needs.

Just a guess, so I doubt it'll work.

Peixuxa · August 2004

yeah,is uptadet...but i recently discovered that when i try to listen a music from a audio cd that is inside computer,my syste restarts too...can it be connected? =P

Peixuxa · August 2004

oh,well...new drivers didnt worked...i think i'll have to wait till ns be official mod :/

billcat · August 2004

Check out this forum here:

<a href='http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=116155&highlight=precache' target='_blank'>http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread....hlight=precache</a>

another thread on this issue here:

<a href='http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=79521&highlight=precache' target='_blank'>http://steampowered.com/forums/showthread....hlight=precache</a>

Looks like you may need to play thru the starting level in HL once before starting up NS to make sure all the files you need to play are there and ready to go.

Edit: also, I'd resolve whatever sound card issue it seems like you are having, you should be able to play cds in your PC without it crashing. It could be that the sound subsystem is trying to load and crashing. I doubt ns being and official mod will fix this problem, it seems either system or steam related.

bassport · August 2004

I have the problem if I'm using Cheating Death. all runs well without CD, but with CD active, it just crashes.

Don't know, maybe you have CD active?

Peixuxa · August 2004

no restart this time...i did smths...it didnt restarted but sayed is there a problem, bad dont-know-what in some weapon.wva

Peixuxa · August 2004

wel...restarted again =P

Scythe · August 2004

Are you <b>sure</b> you've loaded up single player half-life? That prompts steam to download many files that NS needs to run.

Also, which steam installation are you using? The 500k one or the full cache? If the former, I suggest you uninstall and install the latter.

--Scythe--

Peixuxa · August 2004

yeah..i played hf before installing....
and...urm..well...i think i installed the "typical" instaliation when i was asked...is this the full cache?

Peixuxa · August 2004

well...it seems my problem doesnt have solution =\

lightning1 · August 2004

BTW What are your system specs? OS, RAM (could be issue here if you don't have enough), Vid Card, CPU? Oh, and internet connection.

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