There is at least one other thread about this. From Bethesda's response to that you either didn't have the patch installed when you started Dead Money or you removed it during the middle of playing it.
Or you could be like me, I started a new game with the most current patch in place and it still messed up when I got to the fountain.
At this point there is no fix
I just abandoned that save and started back up where I left off before I started dead money. I only lost about 2 hours and now I can do other parts of the standard game.
This is just a reminder to save often
I had the patch, and I did save outside the DLC, just outside the bunker(I'm really uptight with saving). I just wanted to continue the story and get the achievements. Well, at least I still get the 35-level cap! Mabye I'll try the DLC again once I've done everything I can in the Mojave.