"Steam is having problems connecting to the steam servers"

V-PV-P State College, PA Member
edited February 2006 in Gaming
Hey guys, i was trying to install HL2 on my new rig, and when i go to steam it says "Half Life 2 (7%) which is not possible but I'm not complaining. I've been trying to connect to steam and get HL2 all day. When it finall STARTS to dload, a it dloads for aabout a minute then says "Steam is having problems connecting to the steam servers". I know that my connection is fine because i reinstalled Counter-Strike without a problem. This and all the source games are giving me problems and I spent $50 on it so it is and emergencty. Thanks guys!!

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  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited January 2006
    SCAR, I know that after laying out the big bucks for a killer gaming rig it is an emergency for you. I moved your thread because it is likely that you'll get help more specific to your situation in the Gaming Forum.

    Consider this a {bump} - any help, SM? :)
  • madmatmadmat
    edited January 2006
    Shut off the nVidia firewall...it's teh suxor for dl'ing stuff.
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited January 2006
    how'd you know i had the nvidia firewall? anyway, i turned it off and it still won't work.
  • madmatmadmat
    edited January 2006
    I read your rig specs :hiding: Your mobo is built on the nForce 4 chipset and the onboard nVidia gigabit ethernet controller has the nV firewall built in, if you install all the software for the ethernet port you install the firewall...

    Try plugging it into the other ethernet adaptor and see if it goes from there, it's based on a Marvell chip and the nVidia firewall has no bearing on it.
  • GuyuteGuyute Gamehenge
    edited February 2006
    Try checking what speed Steam is set for.

    File>Settings>Internet in the Steam menu screen. Check what the drop-down menu is set at...
  • V-PV-P State College, PA Member
    edited February 2006
    it still wont work, but i just got the clientregistry.blob from my old pc where steam is working fine and put it on the new one. i finally got ALLL VALVE games installed!!!!!! [*mumbles*] except the gay ones like darwinia
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