HL2 - Invalide CD-Key?

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bunglega

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Is anyone else being told that they have an invalid CD-Key when they try to activate their copy of HL2? I bought a copy from EB Games yesterday, finally got logged on to Steam around 9:30 PM EST last night and was unable to activate because of an invalid CD Key? I bought the retail package so it isn't a hacked or pirated version! WTF?

Anyone else in the same boat as me or do I just happen to own the only copy of HL2 that came with a bad CD-Key from the factory? The steampowered.com FAQ says that the CD key error message could be caused by the Steam network being too busy but I haven't been able to get through to Sierra on the phone to verify that that is my problem (All circuits are busy).

Thanks,
Bungle

PS - I didn't see this in another thread ... sorry if its a duplicate post.
 
Well ... I just found the answer to my question.

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Answer (007172)

Problem: User is encountering an invalid CD key error when authenticating his/her key for Half Life 2 with Steam

Solution:

If you are receiving an invalid CD key error during the authentication process with the Half Life 2 program,
please make certain that you are entering the key exactly as it is displayed on the packaging for the product.
This should only consist of 5 groups of 5 letters and numbers.

Please note that you must include the dashes between the letter/number groups in the key.
Also, if you have the version of HL2 that comes on the 5 CD`s (standard version),
you should only enter the information on the first line from the back of the disk
envelope for CD #1 (See example below):

Example text on back of envelope for Disk #1:

Key#: 5AB34-1234A-2ABCD-XYZ3X-A2B34 --> Complete CD key

S7160880 HALFLIFE 2 --> Do not enter any information from this line -- S7160880 is not part of the key code
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So, I'm an anus and entered the S7160880 part. In my defense though, it does look like its part of the CD-Key :)
 
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