Teknobry/any1 else who knows there shit, help me plz...

[Puscifer]

My css won't work it keeps crashing and its started to really get to me now.

i have a decent pc and always keep it updated with graphics drivers, sercurity updates etc etc but for some reason my css has started crashing.

i always get one of 2 messages come up

1. normal windows window says HL2.exe application error with debug or send error report at the bottom (clicking both do nothing)

2. warning box says, HL2.exe application error tried to ref memory at "blah blah" memory could not be red

i have looked through steam forums for awnsers but cant find anything. Ive tried re installing steam and css and still nothing

plz help man:(

[Teknobry]

From the last time you played it, what changes did you make? Any driver updates at all?
Installed any new programs?

Memory could not be read... could be possible RAM failure. How much RAM do you have? Try turning the computer off, taking one of the RAM sticks out, rebooting and running CSS.

If you still get the message, put that chip back in and take the other one out.

Try copy/paste the error message exactly if you can.

[Puscifer]

i have 2 gig of ram in 1x 1 gig 2 x 512 mb, ive not made any changes at all it just started happening.

im re installing now its at 50% ill let u know if its still happening.

[Teknobry]

Take the 1gig stick out and try it, then take both the 512mb sticks out and put the 1gig one back in.

See if there's any change.

[Puscifer]

ok cool i'll try that when its finished dl. Apart from defraging, disk clean up, virus scanning and updating drivers is there anything else i could do to maintain my pc?

[Magicprime]

Surprisingly enough I have gotten those errors before and it ended up being a network problem. Are you using a router or a switch and if so, what brand are they?

[Teknobry]

Spybot..search and destroy.

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybot_Search _and_Destroy/1043809773/1 (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Spybot_Search_and_Destroy/1043809773/1)

Great for getting rid of spyware.

Crap cleaner - Awesome for cleaning up your hard disk and your registry. I use this twice a week.

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/?2927

[Puscifer]

Surprisingly enough I have gotten those errors before and it ended up being a network problem. Are you using a router or a switch and if so, what brand are they?


i have a router its netgear and its white with a little arial on it. both mine and my dads pc's go through it with ethernet cables, no wirless connectors


and ill try those links tek, ta m8

[Capo Di Tutti Capi]

u cud reformat (not advised) r reset ur computer to a time wen css was working (will only work if software failure) ask steam tech support and think about the last time css worked, and wat u changed abuiot the computer after that time, that is probbaly the problem, if nothing, then i cant help u there soz

[lilsamuraijoe]

Its possible that you have RAM failure. If random apps. keep shutting down then it is most likely the result of RAM failure. To be sure, use a memory checker. Search it with google.

[gorgoth]

Ooh man are you hooped. This happened to me AND my friend for CS:S and Gmod, the only way we could fix it was to reformat. Fortunately for us, we needed to do that anyway. That is the only 100% guaranteed fix to this problem, but some people have fixed it by downloading the newest DX drivers or drivers for their video card. It may also have something to do with a virus, as my computer had a few. It sucks because Valve has no answer to it. I have also heard the RAM error but don't buy into it because that would most likely show up in other places and or not be fixed by reformatting.