Shadowolf

Hi guys I just bought TF2 and I installed it but when I try to play it loads up and when im about to join my whole computer restarts anyone know whats up with that. If any one knows about this problem please help me. Oh yeah I bought the orange box and you know how it comes with like three or four more games it does the same with them too I try to play them but my computer just restarts.
thank you for your help

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Shadowolf expect the unexpected.
2007 Fall tornament Team Awesome Undefeated 8-0 and they were doubting us.

.tritone.

Sounds like a hardware/driver problem to me.

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Shadowolf

do you know what i can do to fix this?

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Shadowolf expect the unexpected.
2007 Fall tornament Team Awesome Undefeated 8-0 and they were doubting us.

highly_flammable

It may be corrupted. Try reinstalling the game.

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Pyronoid |TG|

Shadowolf

I did twice but keeps doing it.

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Shadowolf expect the unexpected.
2007 Fall tornament Team Awesome Undefeated 8-0 and they were doubting us.

.tritone.

you can always try updating your video drivers

That and search the steampowered forums for similar issues.

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Shadowolf

How do I or what do I do to do that?

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Shadowolf expect the unexpected.
2007 Fall tornament Team Awesome Undefeated 8-0 and they were doubting us.

SG

There were a TON of people with that problem on release-day. Including me. I think i fixed it by typing something in my launch options for the game. But since my computer just crashed today and i just finished reinstalling everything, I lost whatever it was that i typed in. As soon as i find out, ill let you know.

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SloppyJoe

Computer reboots out of the blue usually happen for unfortunately, a lot of different reasons. I've seen this behavior when adding hardware and the powersupply was too small or had the wrong amps to the wrong channels. One time is was due to a failing but not dead CMOS battery. In your case, it sounds like it's more on the software side though. Having old/incompatible drivers can cause it. Sometimes it's just the app doing something really dumb.

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Shadowolf

Do you have any suggestions on what I can do to help stop this problem

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Shadowolf expect the unexpected.
2007 Fall tornament Team Awesome Undefeated 8-0 and they were doubting us.

.tritone.

Find out what kind of video card you have.
Go to that manufacturer's website and look for software/drivers/support/downloads page.

Download the (latest) drivers for your card and you should be good to go. Might want to investigate that launch parameter that SG mentioned - I don't know anything about that.

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Vulcan

www.steampowered.com should have some answers for you, check out the support pages.

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ednos

You might (like me) require DirectX 8 for the game. Set your launch options like this:

Obviously change the two number values after width and height to your preferred resolution.

If this doesn't work, try reverting your drivers if they're updated, or updating them if they're older.

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