CoD4 Causing big problem

[[Jett]-Pauper]

New PC:

Motherboard = Micro-star - MS7380
Quad Core Intel Chip
3 Gig Ram
SLI Nvidia Geforce 8800 gt's
Power Supply = 580 watts
Win XP SP3

About 5 minutes into the game, it's as if someone pulled the plug. It simply turns off. Only one other game does this - CoD 2, LOL! Heat shouldn't be the issue as it is typically running about 100 Farenheit. I quit once before the crash and got a good temperature reading.

I play Games on Valve like CSS, Far Cry. I play Battlefield 2, Civ 4 Beyond the Sword and others. Only these two games causes my system to shut down and there really isn't a good explanation.

I purchased the new machine to play CoD4 with you homos - HELP!

[[Jett]-Dsru]

Exact same problems I was having.
First, confirm it works fine with one video card. This in itself made my COD4 work fine. I then knew it was a video deal. I then tried multiple driver releases till I found the most stable. Then I worked on my main system memory. I started increasing voltages to memory and final ended up from 1.54v to 1.62v and now I am stable.

[Cvette1002]

A friend of mine is having that same prob, I'll let him know what to do. Thanks.

[[Jett]-Pauper]

-Dsru;8429']Exact same problems I was having.
First, confirm it works fine with one video card. This in itself made my COD4 work fine. I then knew it was a video deal. I then tried multiple driver releases till I found the most stable. Then I worked on my main system memory. I started increasing voltages to memory and final ended up from 1.54v to 1.62v and now I am stable.
Let's all pretend that I don't know anything about computers and give me this in a bit more of a step by step approach please.

[[Jett]-Pauper]

I posted this at CoD4 HQ and got this reply - pauperjettclan i think its a sound card issue you need to lower the hardware acceleration to basic if you have xp do this.
got to start,settings,control panel,sounds and audio devices,speaker settings at the bottom advanced,performance and lower the hardware acceleration to basic which is the 2nd line to the left and click apply.

ever since i have done this the game hasnt crashed or anything.

CRASHED AGAIN!!!!!!

[[Jett-CC]-Mr_Yellow]

-Dsru;8433']Exact same problems I was having.
First, confirm it works fine with one video card. This in itself made my COD4 work fine. I then knew it was a video deal. I then tried multiple driver releases till I found the most stable. Then I worked on my main system memory. I started increasing voltages to memory and final ended up from 1.54v to 1.62v and now I am stable.

-Pauper;8433']Let's all pretend that I don't know anything about computers and give me this in a bit more of a step by step approach please.


What Dsru means to say is that your SLI setup (2 video cards working together) may be causing the issue. You should try running the game with just one video card working. Doing this will help you figure out whether its a video card problem or something else.

If it works fine with one video card, then congratulations - thats your issue. You should shuffle around the drivers that are out for you cards and install the one that doesn't make the game crash with both of them running.

After that, increase the voltage to the system memory until it is finally stable (this part I don't understand).

[[Jett]-Dsru]

Sorry, meant to say try system memory IF the video card solution didnt work. Youchange voltage in BIOS so maybe you dont want to play with that. Try the ONE video card first.

[Marker]

theres a voltage/frequency ctrl in bios/cmos. thats where u could change the ddr voltage

[oh, guess i did this a little late]

[[Jett]-Pauper]

Well, more research has revealed a likely starting point for my struggles. An article written back in '07 when the 8800's came out suggests a 600w or greater power supply for the SLI config with these cards running.

[[Jett]-Dsru]

-Pauper;8447']Well, more research has revealed a likely starting point for my struggles. An article written back in '07 when the 8800's came out suggests a 600w or greater power supply for the SLI config with these cards running.

take one card out (less power), see if works. Simple.

[[Jett]-Willow]

-Dsru;8448']take one card out (less power), see if works. Simple.

THIS

a single 8800GT will still smoke COD 4 w/ everything on High, 1680x1050, and 8x AA and AF

[[Jett]-B3@R]

can't recall if the game takes punk buster

[[Jett]-Pauper]

It does take Punk Buster...matter?

[[Jett]-B3@R]

did you enable the game?

[[Jett]-Pauper]

Single Player only so PB hasn't been an issue.

[[Jett]-Dsru]

Try one card!

[[Jett]-Pauper]

Well two things I think helped. One card seemed to do the trick. So, with SLI I think I was a bit short on power. Second is I left the side panel off and it never got above 30 Celsius. Still sucks I bought a mean machine and no one caught the power supply shortage on the build.