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  • Flt. Sgt. Powderhound
    Member
    • May 2007
    • 962

    #1

    Steam Instability

    I've been having all sorts of issues for the last few days with Steam, which just seems to crash on me all the time. It's OK when just steam is running, but whenever I Launch a game from it I get CTDs at random points, This can range from when I reach the menu screen to just spawning or even having played for half an hour or so, and it's really getting on my nerves now. What is strange is that it affects all games; HL2: Deathmatch, original Counter Strike, Portal (this wouldn't even load before... checking the integrity allowed me to make progress t crashing after 20 mins or so).
    The manner of the crash is also inconsistent; it can take the form of "HL2.exe stopped working", or the screen might just freeze up. I've tried closing all other applications, and that doesn't help (I'm on Vista HP 64bit). I can't figure out for the life of me what the problem is, but want to get it fixed before I put down £25 on the Orange Box, as I don't want to have that fail on me.
    Any suggestions?
  • =98=
    Member
    • Oct 2006
    • 10299

    #2
    Re: Steam Instability

    Sounds like a driver or windows update is messing around with Steam. Try a steam reinstall first.

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    • Flt. Sgt. Powderhound
      Member
      • May 2007
      • 962

      #3
      Re: Steam Instability

      Bah... will I have to redownload everything or can I back it up first?

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      • =98=
        Member
        • Oct 2006
        • 10299

        #4
        Re: Steam Instability

        You can backup the game files onto a DVD. Right click on the game and click "backup game files".

        Then, when you reinstall Steam, pop the DVD in and run it.

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        • Flt. Sgt. Powderhound
          Member
          • May 2007
          • 962

          #5
          Re: Steam Instability

          I backed it all up, uninstalled, updated the graphics drivers to be on the safe side and then reinstalled steam, only to find that it didn't burn the bulk of my stuff to disk as I thought it had. :censored::censored::tantrum:

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          • =98=
            Member
            • Oct 2006
            • 10299

            #6
            Re: Steam Instability

            /fail.

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