They are not opened through steam. I used the HLDSupdateTOOL to download the files into a folder and then used a shortcut to open the srcds.exe (
www.srcds.com)
I have 2 other css servers running that both have the same metamod and sourcemod version. Difference is that 1 has ZRIOT, other warmod and my 3rd has CSSDM, and its only the CSSDM that is crashing.
The ZRIOT even uses the same server.cfg template.
EDIT: Here is a screenshot of my server;
https://www.box.com/s/5d0a93e85b003a06513c
no mini dump files are being created still.