Frequent post-patch crashes/reboots from game

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by sizequeen

Exactly the same problem here!

Win 7 64bit. Nvidia GTX470 card.

Game plays for a while then PC reboots without any warning.

Installing msi afterburner improved things a bit - I can speed my GPU fan up and keep it cooler but the game still reboots the PC after a while.

COD hammers the GPU..99% ALL THE TIME even after the patch.

I do hope they solve this. Makes the game unplayable for now.

Interesting info, sizequeen.

So, in your case, it's the GPU getting fried? How do you tell?

Mine's an ASUS card which comes with its own management software (ASUS SmartDoctor), and and at the moment all the cooling is on "Auto".

I might try fiddling around with those settings tomorrow.

I don't think it's the CPU, because when I go into BIOS after the crash/reboot, the CPU temp. is <50c with IOH @ 75c.

Let me know, if you get round it.

R

[sizequeen]

Hi Russkly

I'm not sure what is causing the Event 41 Kernel Power error message.

I'm guessing it may be related to the GPU (graphics card processor) getting hot and tripping the power to the PSU. I'm pretty noobish with these things however.

My main CPU temps are fine.

I installed a (free) program called msi afterburner http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

This monitors your graphics card and allows you to overclock/change fan speeds etc. I mapped the fan graph in it to speed up to a higher RPM than it was before. This has stopped COD crashing/rebooting for around 10-15 mins. Before it was rebooting in game every 5 mins or so. The program also shows you how hard your GPU is working in game.

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by sizequeen

Hi Russkly

I'm not sure what is causing the Event 41 Kernel Power error message.

I'm guessing it may be related to the GPU (graphics card processor) getting hot and tripping the power to the PSU. I'm pretty noobish with these things however.

My main CPU temps are fine.

I installed a (free) program called msi afterburner http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

This monitors your graphics card and allows you to overclock/change fan speeds etc. I mapped the fan graph in it to speed up to a higher RPM than it was before. This has stopped COD crashing/rebooting for around 10-15 mins. Before it was rebooting in game every 5 mins or so. The program also shows you how hard your GPU is working in game.

Thx.

I'll try altering the settings in the ASUS software, so that it focuses on cooling rather than on max. performance.

No other game, included maxed-out ARMA2 cause this GPU problems like this though.

Ho hum.

R

[sizequeen]

Do let us know how you get on.

I'm still fiddling with settings as well!

Neither have I ever had these problems before. This system is only 6 months old!

[Wynthorpe]

I to am having "launcher.exe" has stopped working after the patch -

i7950 @4.2Ghz
6GB MXS3
GTX460 768mb
Win7 x64

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by Wynthorpe

I to am having "launcher.exe" has stopped working after the patch -

i7950 @4.2Ghz
6GB MXS3
GTX460 768mb
Win7 x64

A bunch of people (including me) had this problem pre-patch.

There are some fixes in this thread:

http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=19874

My issue got fixed, but I know not how!

Now I have a new problem after the patch...

R

[jdbecks]

I think I have fixed it, no crashes yet...fingers crossed.
I reinstalled Direct X and used AVG Tune up, it found over 5000 reg errors on my system, not sure which solved the problem..but its something else to try for anyone experiencing similar problems.

[henry.hogg]

I've played CoD for three weeks,when I started to have launcher problems. Before that it ran surprisingly well on my rather old computer [AMD Phenom X3, 4gyg DDR2 memory, and a ASUS EAH6850 DirectCU VGA card]. When i got those launcher problems, I could play the game for about 5 upto 10 minutes.I used the ASUS Smartdoctor[v5.66] to overclock. Now I'removed ASUS Smartdoctor, overclocked the VGA card via AMD vision engine control, and Launcher has worked ever since.

[Russkly]

Originally Posted by Russkly

Thx.

I'll try altering the settings in the ASUS software, so that it focuses on cooling rather than on max. performance.

No other game, included maxed-out ARMA2 cause this GPU problems like this though.

Ho hum.

R

OK, I've uninstalled the ASUS SmartDoctor software that runs the GPU and installed MSI Afterburner.

What did you do to your settings exactly to reduce the crashes? You've got a better/newer card, but perhaps I can use your experience with Afterburner as a guide.

BTW I've also installed the latest GeForce Beta drivers (see sig.), so I'll let you know whether they've made any difference. I think they're mostly aimed at the 400 & 500 series though, so you may see more benefit than I.

Cheers for the help,

R

[sizequeen]

If you go into Afterburner you can see the Fan Speed (%) slider just below the Memory Clock slider. Make sure it is on AUTO (click Auto button it should show a green light).

Then click Settings > Fan > TICK "Enable user defined software automatic fan control".

Change the graph to make your GPU fan run at 100% from around 60 c

I have mine on a gradual climb from 50% to 100% fan speed between 40 and 60 c

I also changed another setting which may help if the PSU is unstable at high temps. Go back one window to the General tab and under Safety Properties tick "Force constant voltage".

These haven't totally stopped the reboots but I can now play for at least 15-20mins without any problems. Last night I played for around 30mins and didn't have any reboots.

Hope this helps

Adam