Computer restarts in quake 4!! Help

Could be heat related. You can have twenty fans, but how they push, and draw air, is what counts. Also, a lousy case can have an effect

But, having said that..................

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That powwer supply is a cheap piece of junk. Don't want to insult you in any way. The amperage isn't up to par either.

It would be okay for an older machine with components that have less demand.

Make sure you have all the updates for the game. updating all your drivers might not be a bad place to start either. but I still think it's the psu.

Like badge said, update all drivers.

But it's your power supply, you can get a goof FSP Fortran Source power supply for about $50, which would be a great improvement over your current one.

There are a couple of reasons that you could be rebooting. Of course, as the others have suggested, heat is often a frequent concern and may very be the cause.

In scanning various forums about your PSU I've noticed alot of complaints concerning rebooting and shutting down with respect to the Okia 450. At first glance it is ok as far as specs - dual 12v rail at 15 & 18 amps. It may be that your GPU is overwhelming a rail when setting quake to max settings. I do know that quake 4 is used in gaming benchnmarking so it is an intense game. Have you tried playing quake 4 on alightly lesser settings and see how your system handles it?

70°C after restart is too hot, because it's already dropped down by at least 4-5°C.
Provide better cooling, first of all with a better case.

Their PSUs are alright. What kind of budget are you looking at as far as purchasing a PSU?

Here are two reviews, of midrange and highend PSUs, that you might find helpful

http://techreport.com/reviews/2004q4/psus/index.x?pg=1

http://www.bytesizedreviews.com/?rev_id=302

I went out and got an antec 550 HE, and it's running my machine pretty well, though I'm nervous to run quake 4 because I don't want flames to shoot out of my power supply again!

Wish me luck!

Good luck, I hope all goes well.

Just out of curiosity, what other games do you run that work fine?

And the Neo HE is a pretty nice unit, albeit a little expensive for 550W. How much did you pay for it?

It was my GPU at 70C. Btw, I had my computer restart randomly again. I'm not sure why, because it wasn't under any particular strain. I thought for sure the antec would be fine. Any ideas?

I have everest professional edition, and it says all of the voltages are fine, but is there a way to guarantee accuracy without an external voltmeter/ameter?

I'm actually working right now, so I haven't yet had an opportunity to examine what is says in the event viewer yet. I've done alot with PC's, but never messed with the power supply. Could the problem be I've only got 20 of 24 pins for my motherboard plugged into the main power? My last supply had only 20 pins total plugged into my 24 pin slot, and I read that the extra 4 wires will double the 12v capacity. Is that true? Is this why it restarts at times?

Download SiSoftware Sandra. (They have free versions. I know that some older free versions have a lot of powerful features. Not sure about newer versions. You will have to read up on this.) Then do the following:

First, run the Performance Tune-Up Wizard. It will tell you which parts of your system (both software - including Windows services - and hardware) are not configured optimally. Correct the problems as per Sandra's recommendations;

Second, run Sandra's Brun-In Wizard. If any of the components in your machine fail the Burn-In test you will get usable info re: the rasons why they failed. Take it from there.

Be advised that Burn-In Wizard takes a long time - up to two hours, maybe longer. Be patient.

Third, your new PSU seems fine. Antec makes very good products. It it is highly unlikely that the reboots are caused by the PSU.

Checking the event log and your voltages via BIOS and all that other stuff people suggested, including examination of capacitors is okay. But somehow it seems to me that it is a RAM problem.

Download and run MemTest (I think they have it in the download section at www.guru3D.com ). You will have to create a bootable floppy and start your PC with it. Leave MemTest running overnight. If any of your sticks are bad you will get a report in the morning.

If MemTest is still running after 8 hours or so and displays no errors - your RAM is fine.

Your CPU is too hot (about 10 degrees C - or 20% hotter than it should be). Moreover, those are idle temps.

If your CPU is not overclocked then there may be a problem with your CPU fan. See if your motherboard has a readout for your CPU fan speed and monitor it for 10-15 minutes. If the fan speed fluctuates widely you must replace it.

If your CPU fan is spinning at slower RPM than it is rated for – you must replace it.

Keep in mind that most motherboards have a CPU shutdown threshold temp and WILL shut down/reboot the machine (unless the option is disabled in the BIOS) if the CPU temp exceeds the threshold temp (about 85C). Since you are idling at 60C I can see your CPU going over 85C under stress.

If none of the above applies, do run Sandra and MemTest apps.

EDIT: Your CPU fan seems way too slow. I am not sure what you have there. If it is a stock fan it may be rated for that. My CPU fan, for example, blows hard at 5000 RPM and I have a HUGE copper 360 heat sink.

Those idle temps do seem warm even for a Prescott, but how hot is it in your room? I remember reading on the forums that a lot of people didn't have their LGA775 heatsinks installed properly causing the CPU to get too hot. I would review the instructions on how to install the heatsink/fan unit and re-install it. Follow the instructions to the letter. And make sure to clean off any old thermal material and replace it with new thermal material. Most people recommend Arctic Silver 5, but they all work sufficiently. Make sure to follow the directions to the letter on installing that as well.

I also noticed that your voltage seems a bit low. According to Intel the voltage should be between 1.25-1.4V. However, adding voltage will create more heat at this point.

Alright, I'm beginning to think the problem is that the room where my PC is is just too hot right now in the midst of quad tripple digit temps with humidity indices @120. It's air conditioned, but it's still pretty damn warm. I'm going to take the computer somewhere where it is definitely not too hot.

Well... Quake sucks memory like.... ehmm
I think that you should increase the RAM, 1GB is not enought for quake4.

Also make sure that the DVD door is open so that it refresh the content.

If your computer restart might be because of the heat and the high temperature of those summer days.

My advice is to go to the pool, or whatever... and enjoy life, because Quake4 is not that great.

If you really want to play... then play FEAR.

That's all about it.

I think that FEAR runs much better than QUAKE4.

With my PC quake4 is almost impossible to play, the memory is always close to ZERO MB available. But FEAR goes well, no much problems and I still have 100 or 200 MB of free memory.

Quake4 needs only 2GB minimum to run without problems. FEAR runs great with 1GB of RAM.

You are lucky that you have the lake. I got a small pool that does not fit more than 3 people!

Ok, I can't run Quake4 at 1024x768 properly, the RAM goes down to ZERO.

If I play Quake4 at 800x600 is fine, but I can't play 1024x768 with only 1GB of RAM.

That's not about CPU or GPU speed is about the game that need memory and memory. I think that Quake4 sucks lot of memory. That's the only issue that I have with it.

When I play 1024x768 quake4 is not smooth. It goes to load from the hard disk because it sucks all the memory. I don't know why. I might have the texturing and other details too high.

But I hope to upgrade from 1GB (2x500MB) to 3GB (2x500MB plus 2x1GB)

I am tired to have memory problem. And with my system the memory is becoming a bottleneck that is strangle my neck!

Again, I do NOT think it is the memory. Are you running too many processes?

Here is a review which got stellar results with a 7900GT w/ 1GB of RAM. They had the 512MB 7900GT, though.

CPU3D

Then there is another guy at nVidia forums who is running a 256MB 7900GT and having issues. If you read along, there is another person who mentions that he has the practically the same setup also with 1GB and is running fine.

NVIDIA Forums

I'd try another stick of 1GB, it might be it, but I don't think so.

~Ibrahim~

I can't really comment...I went from 512MB to 2GB and I haven't played Quake 4. But I've played FEAR and Prey (Prey is based on the Doom 3 engine, so it has graphics similar to Quake but better...).

I agree with the general consensus, I think your RAM is not the problem, a GB is plenty good. And Quake is getting older. You must have other problems.