Valve Games Apphang

[Flashie]

Hi

 

For since i can remember, playing any valve games on steam such as Garry's mod, TF2, CSS, CS:GO all give me a "not responding" fade for a minute or two till it sends client info, and then it does the not responding fade yet again, and finally i am able to connect to the server i want to play. This is a error i took from Garry's Mod while joining a server:

Description:

  A problem caused this program to stop interacting with Windows.

 

Problem signature:

  Problem Event Name: AppHangB1

  Application Name: hl2.exe

  Application Version: 0.0.0.0

  Application Timestamp: 53948b55

  Hang Signature: 1193

  Hang Type: 0

  OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48

  Locale ID: 1033

  Additional Hang Signature 1: 1193dddf32ca2b83d6ccfb56a8c35261

  Additional Hang Signature 2: 55a5

  Additional Hang Signature 3: 55a5746da720382754fc4854cf04953c

  Additional Hang Signature 4: 1193

  Additional Hang Signature 5: 1193dddf32ca2b83d6ccfb56a8c35261

  Additional Hang Signature 6: 55a5

  Additional Hang Signature 7: 55a5746da720382754fc4854cf04953c

 

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This has been a problem ever since i can remember. If it is a hardware problem I'd appreciate it if someone could tell me which piece of hardware is causing it. Ive got a Dell Vostro 3700 (I know I know... i was 11 when i bought it).
 

Here is my laptops specs

 

Dell Vostro 3700
 

CPU - Intel I7 Q740 1.73GHz 
Graphics: GeForce GT 330M 1GB
RAM: 2x 2GB 1333Mhz 
Storage: 1x Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB SSD
               1x 2.5" 2TB Seagate external HDD
Motherboard: Dell Vostro 3700 Nirvana V954F

If anyone has any idea what is causing this or why its happening and if it is a hardware problem - what to replace, I'd appreciate it very much as it would make me very happy to play my game without 5 minute delays before joining a server.

Flash
 

[manikyath]

have you tried verifying game cache, and/or reinstalling?

 

valve games tend to derp from time to time i've experienced.

[Flashie]

have you tried verifying game cache, and/or reinstalling?

 

valve games tend to derp from time to time i've experienced.

Sadly i've done both to no avail

[manikyath]

Sadly i've done both to no avail

then my guess would be your computer simply cant handle the source engine... my first generation i3 doesnt really like source either, and more cores wont change that.

[Remilia]

From my experience all Valve's games tend to behave like that when joining a server, more or less.

[Flashie]

From my experience all Valve's games tend to behave like that when joining a server, more or less.

So it isnt a case of it only being my computer? I was just wondering if there isnt a computer out there that can join these type of game servers without the 5 minute added wait-time

[Remilia]

So it isnt a case of it only being my computer? I was just wondering if there isnt a computer out there that can join these type of game servers without the 5 minute added wait-time

 

I'm pretty sure it varies from computer to computer, the waiting time was different on 3 PCs I've used.

I may be mistaken, but I think you can blame Valve's coding to an extent.

[Adam]

Yes this happens to all? of valves games in the recent times. So it's not you, and there's nothing really you can do.