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kdub22
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 08:29 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I've got Quake installed and everything seems to be ok, after a few minutes in the game it experiences and problem and has to shut down. Then the error screen freezes up and i have to ctrl,alt,del to get out of it. The task screen says quakes not responding, I shut it down and get back to the desktop, but the graphics are messed up. I have to reboot to get everything back to normal. I've gone thru this many times, thinking it might have been a fluke or something, and it's always the same. the only difference is the amount of time in the game before it starts.

Any input would be helpful. Thanks
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Psyche911
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 08:39 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Does it happen in other games?
Have you tried more demanding games than :q3: ? (Doom 3, Farcry, Half-Life 2, etc)

Did you try deleting your config file?
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kdub22
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 04:31 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


no, it does not do that in any of my other games. as far as more demanding games, i don't have any of those. i do have Enter the Matrix, Starcraft, and Diablo 1 and 2. all those work fine.

What is the config file?
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 06:12 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Which video card do you have and is it using the latest drivers?




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kdub22
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 07:22 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


the video card i'm using is Geforce FX5200 Asylum 256mb AGP. I just got it and installed it yesterday. i figured it had the latest drivers, but i can check .
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 07:38 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


C:\Program Files\Quake3\baseq3\q3config.cfg

It saves all your settings, and is the first thing to delete if you're having problems. But keep in mind you'll have to set up all your settings/binds/etc. afterwards.
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Well if it is a new card then either drivers or the Q3 install are to blame IMO. What card did you have before, was it an nVIDIA or ATi?



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kdub22
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 09:09 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Psyche911 wrote:
C:\Program Files\Quake3\baseq3\q3config.cfg

It saves all your settings, and is the first thing to delete if you're having problems. But keep in mind you'll have to set up all your settings/binds/etc. afterwards.


ok will try that. the drivers i got from NVIDIA are for all GeForce cards nothing specific for my particular card.
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kdub22
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 09:10 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Kills On Site wrote:
Well if it is a new card then either drivers or the Q3 install are to blame IMO. What card did you have before, was it an nVIDIA or ATi?


the card i replaced was also NVIDIA just an older model.
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PostPosted: 05-01-2005 10:14 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Learn the wonders of DriverCleaner:
http://www.drivercleaner.net/

It will remove all traces of old drivers, which solves many peoples problems. Follow the instructions and clear out all nVidia drivers (and especially ATi drivers if you ever had one of their cards installed on this Windows installation) and then install the latest drivers.
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