- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
It's very difficult for people on these forums to help you out with a problem if you just say "Halo crashes, help" or "Can't get past this screen, what do I do?" because we need to know more about your computer, since every one is different.
Here is a brief guide to speed up the problem solving process:
1) Make sure you're up to date - Halo patches, Graphics Card drivers, Direct X version, and in some minor cases, Windows version.
2) Tell us your system specification. This is easier to find out than you might think. In Windows XP, click on Start, then right click on My Computer and select Properties. A small window will open, and in the bottom half it will say, under the heading 'Computer:', your system specs. In my case it says:
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 3000+
2.17GHz, 1.00GB of RAM
Yours might be an Intel Pentium processor, but the information ought to be displayed more or less the same. You can also see your windows version here.
3) Tell us what graphics card you have, to the best of your ability. This you can find out by right clicking on your desktop (like anywhere on the wallpaper where there's no icons) and selecting Properties. At the top of the window that now appears, click the Settings tab. About half way down, where it says Display:, it should say what monitor and/or graphics card you have, for example on mine it says:
1. BenQ FP731 on RADEON 9800XT
If you're using an old monitor it's likely it'll say Plug and Play monitor on whatever graphics card. Depending on what it says here, it's sometimes possible to tell if you're graphics card is properly installed. This is why we need to know this information.
With these pieces of information, it instantly makes it much easier for people who don't know your computer to be able to understand what your problem might be.
Good luck and happy playing.