As many of you may be experiencing with the new Half-Life patch, counter-strike will occasionally lockup with the same sound repeating, leaving you only to need a reboot. I myself was plagued with this problem, along with many other counter-strike players...finally, a solution has arisen....multiple, rather. Here's the thread that has solved my problems - I myself list a solution in the second post, though it worked only temporarily for a week or so - the first is much more reliable. If that scares you or you aren't sure, or you don't have win2k, try this thread.
Reply in the comments with any experiences relating to this - from people I've talked to, this is a bug randomly affecting 1000's of players in the community. Whether it be valve's fault or not, a permanent fix needs to be found - it's been proved many times over that this issue is limited to half-life alone and not an individual's computer.
Reply in the comments with any experiences relating to this - from people I've talked to, this is a bug randomly affecting 1000's of players in the community. Whether it be valve's fault or not, a permanent fix needs to be found - it's been proved many times over that this issue is limited to half-life alone and not an individual's computer.