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Old 10-15-2003, 05:30 PM   #1
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i cant get halo to work help

hi im new to pc gaming just got my new pc and halo, my set up is

athlon xp 3000+, 512mb DDR, 120gb hard drive, geforce fx5200, 128mb video memory.

i get the bungie, microsoft and gearrbox start ups but when i get to the menu screen its blank, it flickers abit, i can hear the music paying in the backround, i havent got a clue what to do, ive uninstall and installed a few times and i get the same,can anyone help i'm doing my nut in.cheers
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Old 10-15-2003, 06:05 PM   #2
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I'm not sure if this will help, but I believe there is already a patch out.

(Do you have anything overclocked?)
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Old 10-15-2003, 08:34 PM   #3
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make sure you start with you monitor set to 800x600 and optimal refreash.
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I heard the update is for security and doesn't patch anything...could be wrong
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Old 10-17-2003, 08:38 PM   #5
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Have you run dxdiag ?
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