Internal driver error in IDirect3DDevice9::Present()

I'm quite computer challenged and have no idea what this means? I get the start up screen, choose new game, it then starts loading a new game and then suddenly minimizes and I get this error.

Any help appreciated please.

Aum

bump....still hoping to get some help with this please.

i have the same problem too.

[UTA]

Google is your best friend
Link to support/help
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...e9/Present.asp

Just make it simple.. how do i need to do and play the game

Hey guys, I'm having the same problem during gameplay. After it crashes, I get :

"The instruction at "Ox241f94b7" reffered memory at "0x01100cc8". The Memory could not be "read"

any takers?

[Dumb Dude]

Try updating drivers. See if that helps.

I seem to be getting this error as well. I have the most up to date drivers for my video card as well as the latest version of direct x. Very strange....

[Barney Fife]

All of you need Video cards and updated drivers.

Good Luck.

i get this same problem but only after i updated the drivers for my ati x1300 512mb card..
i updated last night and ever since i get this message
engine error
internal driver error in idirect3ddevice9:resent()

i got it sorted
i downloaded the latest dx9 (DirectX End-User Runtimes (April 2006) Full Download)
but didn`t seem to work then went to steams forums and it says to disable programs like p2p and stuff like that,so i switched off these progs
thunderbird
sysmatrix
msn messenger
and there you go back to workin better than ever happy days

I've been getting this same problem with Episode 1, and nothing I have tried has worked to fix it. When I first started playing the game, I would get this error randomly OR the game would simply freeze and stutter forever until I hard reset my computer. Sometimes this would be triggered simply by saving or loading a new map.

I did manage to play until halfway through Urban Flight, but then it started up again even worse. I updated my video drivers and made sure I had the latest version of DirectX before I even started playing. Right now, I've deleted the local content and am redownloading to give it a try tomorrow.

Pentium 4 3.2 Dual Core
1G RAM
ATI Radeon X850 XTPE

I have no problems whatsoever running HL2 or Lost Coast (though LC still claims that I can't use HDR even though my card is more than capable), and this is the first time I've ever had an error of this nature.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, I'd hate to have to wait for a patch to finish the episode.

thank god finaly some other people with this.
i have been using Gmod 9 for at least a year now and then i started getting the very same engine error.
my half life and every thing else runs with no problem.
i even tryied older Gmods and strangly they worked the first time and then the error appears... strange...

this is starting to become more common everyday. we seriously need a fix for this.

You can find a solution in my post on this link:
http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=107385

It happens to me too! This is the first time I've experienced it. Got Episode 1 just the other day and still haven't been able to play it.

IDirect3DDevice9:resent()

The problem occurs when I start a new game or try to load a saved game. I've gotten as far as... well, not much. I've seen the introduction video sequence, and DOG digging me out, and Alyx talking for a bit, I got the gravygun back... and that's it.

I've downloaded and installed Catalyst 6.5, got the latest Dx9, ended all unnecessary processes, but nothing seems to work. Nothing much has changed even. I'm running

P4 2.6Ghz
1GB RAM
ATi Radeon 9600XT 128MB

Thank goodness I found other people with the same problem. At first I thought it was my aging gfx card, but I have no PCI-E slot on my Mobo, and I'm not willing to pay $200 for a minor AGP upgrade.

Help!! I want to play this game so badly. To those who post solutions, thank you in advance. To those who suffer alongside me, hang in there! =)