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quake shutting down
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 4:29 pm
by kdub22
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
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 4:39 pm
by Psyche911
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?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 12:31 am
by kdub22
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?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 2:12 am
by Tormentius
Which video card do you have and is it using the latest drivers?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 3:22 am
by kdub22
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 .
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 3:38 am
by Psyche911
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.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 4:06 am
by Kills On Site
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?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:09 am
by kdub22
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.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 5:10 am
by kdub22
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.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2005 6:14 am
by Psyche911
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.