quake shutting down

Post by **kdub22** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:29 pm

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

Post by **Psyche911** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:39 pm

Does it happen in other games?
Have you tried more demanding games than

? (Doom 3, Farcry, Half-Life 2, etc)

Did you try deleting your config file?

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:31 am

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?

Post by **Tormentius** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:12 am

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

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:22 am

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 .

Post by **Psyche911** » Mon May 02, 2005 3:38 am

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.

Post by **Kills On Site** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:06 am

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?

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:09 am

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.

Post by **kdub22** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:10 am

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.

Post by **Psyche911** » Mon May 02, 2005 6:14 am

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.