HalfLife 2 - Episode 1 + VAIO = Bluescreen !

[Willi000]

Hi ,

i have problem. When i try to run HalfLife 2 - Episode 1 ( new game ) it crashes with a bluescreen ...error in nv4_disp.dll.
I have VGN-FS 315H with Geforce Go 6400.

On nvidia site they say that the driver there is not for mobile cards i have to use driver provided from notebook manufactorer.

What now ?

[kee-lo_]

Are you sure the specs can handle HL2?

[Willi000]

Yes i played HalfLife 2 ( original game ) with no problems. Runs fast even with high quality settings. That i liked very much, but now the new version ( addon ) for HL2 crashes .... 😞

[tonybeard]

Make an .iso image using Alcohol 120 and go the www.gameburnworld.com and get the game crack to play using the .iso which will get around the securom security. I do this with any game I have that requires a heavy CPU usage as the latency is almost non existant. Means you are quicker on the job to get the bad guys LOL. I also recommend a Zboard keyboard. It gives you 11 simultaneous buttons as apose to 2 with a standard keyboard (it writes more lines) Good hunting

[Willi000]

????

But this doesnt solve the problem with the graphics driver .....

[tonybeard]

It's likely your system is bluescreening because you don't take the pressure off your graphics card so your system doesn't crash as the frame rate reads from a higher speed drive and therefore can cope.
Go to the manufacturers site and get the latest driver, set a restore point and try it. Otherwise Half life 2 is just too much so get a desktop. I use 64 bit with 256 meg Graphics cards and still mount on a virtual drive...thats why I kick arse in Battlefield 2 and all CS (yawn) games.

[mark_mark24]

It's likely your system is bluescreening because you don't take the pressure off your graphics card so your system doesn't crash as the frame rate reads from a higher speed drive and therefore can cope. 

This happened with me for the original half-life 2 game (VGN-FS315M, 1024mb RAM, Nvidia GeForce Go 6400 128mb) . i fixed it by updating the BIOS and installing the latest display drivers.

hope this helps you.:smileyhappy:

Mark.

[AliClifton]

you can get drivers for your card here www.vaio-link.com

or more up 2 date ones here www.laptopvideo2go.com

make sure you read installation instructions first, this should solve your problem, used to happen to me in bf2