Having a problem with Quake 3...

Post by **Phoen!X** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 12:35 pm

Whenever I play Q3, the computer reboots all of a sudden... Does anyone here know why the computer keeps doing this, or how I can make it stop doing that?

Post by **^misantropia^** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 1:49 pm

Is PunkBuster enabled? If so, what happens if you turn it off?

Post by **Phoen!X** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:06 pm

^misantropia^ wrote:Is PunkBuster enabled? If so, what happens if you turn it off?

It doesn't change anything, still same problem...

Post by **Tormentius** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:10 pm

Is it only when you play Q3? If so, it could be a faulty driver, so update your video and sound drivers. If it randomly reboots in Windows at other times too it could be bad RAM or a bad power supply.

Here's a memory testing app.

Post by **Phoen!X** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 8:23 pm

It only reboots in Q3, so I guess next thing I'm going to do is update video and sound drivers... Anyone know how to do that?

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:14 am

what videocard do you have, this would be a VERY critial piece of information when trying to update the drivers...

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 3:39 am

Been having the same problem after switching to the 81.85 nvidia drivers. Fixing to roll back to see if it solves it. Only q3 too btw. I can play D3, HL2, Painkiller, FarCry and several others with no problem. Also, does it with PB enabled or disabled.

Post by **Phoen!X** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 7:33 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:what videocard do you have, this would be a VERY critial piece of information when trying to update the drivers...

Geforce 2 Mx400

Post by **Scourge** » Sat Nov 12, 2005 8:41 pm

A driver rollback seems to have fixed mine. I was running 81.85 and rolled back to 78.01.

Could be that your card is dieing, mine started rebooting and showing odd colors before it died. It was the same card you have. But I would try different drivers first before declaring it dead.

Make sure you uninstall the old drivers before installing the newer ones. Go here and select your drivers.

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

If yoiu have any problems or questions be sure to come back here and ask.