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I just bought Halo for PC. When i try to start the game in full screen mode, it freezes at the loading screen and i cant quit, ctrl alt del or anything. but when i start it in -safemode, it goes into windowed and it runs but theres no sound. how do i make it work in full screen? i have an i ati radeon 9250 256mb graphics card (yeah it sucks). ive tried re-installing it multiple times and on multiple drives, and doing stuff MS tells me to do. please help!

  • 10.31.2006 5:35 PM PDT
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Posted by: Lyskan
I just bought Halo for PC. When i try to start the game in full screen mode, it freezes at the loading screen and i cant quit, ctrl alt del or anything. but when i start it in -safemode, it goes into windowed and it runs but theres no sound. how do i make it work in full screen? i have an i ati radeon 9250 256mb graphics card (yeah it sucks). ive tried re-installing it multiple times and on multiple drives, and doing stuff MS tells me to do. please help!


ATi Radeon 9250? And you say it sucks!? Lock you doors boy, because I'm coming to hunt you down....

  • 10.31.2006 5:42 PM PDT
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dude, i can barely roun WoW on it... kotor doesnt work no matter what i try and you can buy it at wal-mart. they have it in stock. thats enough proof

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  • 10.31.2006 5:44 PM PDT
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I would think thats why he said it sucks. Turn it on in safemode, then go to settings and turn everything all of the way down. If that works, slowly turn them up to a point where it still works but you have your eye candy and whatnot.

Also, post all of your specs, RAM, processor, HD, and so on.

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  • 10.31.2006 5:45 PM PDT
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Sure as hell isn't the almighty Radeon. How much RAM do you have, what is your clockspeed?


I'm running a Radeon 9250 with 1.49 gigahertz mobo. And I can run CoD2, FEAR, WoW, Halo, Black and White 2, Hero Online, CSI, Sims 2, ect. on med. to high quality.

Worship the 9250, it is the greatest card that will grace your PC for only $40...

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  • 10.31.2006 5:47 PM PDT
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1gb ram
80gb hard drive
secondary 120 gig hard drive
2.8 ghz intel celeron processor

anything else?

oh yah, it only works in (argument)safemode, and it goes windowed, not full screen... no sound

i cant run it in safemode any other way, including if it asks me if i want to , it still screws up cause it goes in full screen


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  • 10.31.2006 5:49 PM PDT
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Posted by: darekster2ongame
Sure as hell isn't the almighty Radeon. How much RAM do you have, what is your clockspeed?


I'm running a Radeon 9250 with 1.49 gigahertz mobo. And I can run CoD2, FEAR, WoW, Halo, Black and White 2, Hero Online, CSI, Sims 2, ect. on med. to high quality.

Worship the 9250, it is the greatest card that will grace your PC for only $40...


*looks for $40.00*

  • 10.31.2006 5:50 PM PDT
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lol

  • 10.31.2006 5:51 PM PDT

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What? Play a game? FOR FUN???
This concept of fun confuses and infuriates me!

Posted by: darekster2ongame
Sure as hell isn't the almighty Radeon. How much RAM do you have, what is your clockspeed?

I'm running a Radeon 9250 with 1.49 gigahertz mobo. And I can run CoD2, FEAR, WoW, Halo, Black and White 2, Hero Online, CSI, Sims 2, ect. on med. to high quality.

Worship the 9250, it is the greatest card that will grace your PC for only $40...

...
Its times like this, I wish I had a job. Because I swear, anything would be better than this pos 845GL.
Except Wartexx's card.

  • 10.31.2006 5:51 PM PDT
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actually usually i have about 700megs of ram when nothings running.

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I tried turning everything down and then running it in windowed and full screen normal mode but it didnt work... /cry

  • 10.31.2006 6:02 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

I wish I could help, but I just want to tell you, Halo (every game ever) will run suckily with a Celeron processor. I, too, foolishly bought a computer with a Celeron, and I've been highly dissappointed ever since and can't wait for Vista (and DX10 cards) to come out so I can get my new PC.

I'll give you some obvious solutions that you've probably already tried though: reinstall your audio drivers, upgrade your GPU drivers, reinstall Halo... or if nothing works... reformat lol.

EDIT: Oh and do you have DX9.0c installed?...

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  • 10.31.2006 6:22 PM PDT
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Drivers, Lyskan, drivers. Get the latest, for ALL hardware on your computer, then DL the various updates for Halo, then run at least 4 different anti virus/spyware/adware programs, physically disconnect your internet, then reboot, then try. Should work.
MAKE SURE YOUR INTERNET IS PHYSICALLY DISABLED. Unplug your modem, your LAN, anything that your computer could use to connect.

  • 10.31.2006 6:25 PM PDT
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Yeah, drivers, surprised no one's stated that yet.

  • 10.31.2006 7:19 PM PDT

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*hands Kim a crowbar*
Here you will need this to help you get your foot out of the back of your throat, looks llike its in there pretty deep. And what is that on your face? Egg?! *hands Kim a washcloth*

Posted by: darekster2ongame
Sure as hell isn't the almighty Radeon. How much RAM do you have, what is your clockspeed?


I'm running a Radeon 9250 with 1.49 gigahertz mobo. And I can run CoD2, FEAR, WoW, Halo, Black and White 2, Hero Online, CSI, Sims 2, ect. on med. to high quality.

Worship the 9250, it is the greatest card that will grace your PC for only $40...


It's too bad you cant run in dx9 mode, with your card it will default to dx7 mode and that is why you are able to run it. I am sure FEAR looks and runs like crap and is at a low resolution. sorry, but the 9250 is garbage.

  • 10.31.2006 7:38 PM PDT
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What he said ^

  • 10.31.2006 7:43 PM PDT

I wonder if the Wolf thinks the Moon listens when he howls at it.

maybe he thinks his vid card sucks because his processor sucks.

  • 10.31.2006 7:45 PM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Posted by: Apoc the stunter
maybe he thinks his vid card sucks because his processor sucks.


My thoughts exactly...

  • 10.31.2006 7:55 PM PDT

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Download and manuallly install the 1.07 patch. The autoupdater does not work on most 256MB cards. Why am I the first to suggest this?

  • 11.01.2006 5:53 AM PDT

Let there be CHAOS!

Posted by: Iggwilv
The autoupdater does not work on most 256MB cards.


o rly? Why is that?...

  • 11.01.2006 6:59 AM PDT

Gaming Systems:
Intel Core i7 720QM (4 cores, 8 threads)
4Gb DDR3-1333mhz
1Gb AMD Radeon HD 4650
Windows 7 64bit

Xbox 360 w/ 20Gb HDD (2008 edition) & XBL Gold.

Hey, i have a Celeron D 336. It's 64bit Prescott architecture, it runs at 2.8Ghz and plays all my games like Oblivion, Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault, COD2, Fable, B&W2 etc perfectly! Perhaps you got one of the older Celerons? The one's based *cringes* on Pentium 2 architecture. My old PC had one of them, it couldn't do ANYTHING without being slow.

  • 11.01.2006 9:49 AM PDT
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Posted by: Chaosenemy
[b]Posted by: Iggwilv
The autoupdater does not work on most 256MB cards.


o rly? Why is that?...

No wai, I want to know why too.

  • 11.01.2006 11:31 AM PDT

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I don't know it just doesn't. It used to be a sticky a long time ago but I think it got lost to the ravages of time. I have a 256MB card and everytime I re-install Halo it coughs up a hairball when it try to autoupdate to 1.07.

  • 11.01.2006 2:12 PM PDT
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AHA!! so that's why i couldn't update for the longest time.

  • 11.01.2006 3:40 PM PDT