OT: Sim City 4 Makes My Puter Reboot

Miros1 · 03-31-2007, 03:58 AM

Nothing else does this... not Titan Quest, not Sims 2 with a ton of downloads, not Dark Age of Camelot during a raid with 20 other people, nothing.

Any idea why this one game reboots my puter?

Sita · 03-31-2007, 05:37 PM

Eek! Rose, that's bad!

I wonder if it could be your display settings? I know it tweaks mine.

Otherwise, there are several forums and stuff for SC4 - worth Googling for help on this issue? The EA pages are not helpful at all

but you would be used to that.

Miros1 · 03-31-2007, 07:15 PM

I had a horrid feeling it might be something in the video card or driver... hubby's bright idea was check for a patch... he just doesn't get how Maxis/EA operates!

Miros1 · 04-01-2007, 01:30 AM

Well, in the patch notes, I found this:

Quote:

Renderer updates to avoid memory corruption when model instance has an invalid position.

Sounds like a likely candidate to me! And at least 2 of my 3 crashes last night happened while positioning a building...

Miros1 · 04-01-2007, 02:41 AM

Well, it crashed faster... gonna try some disk maintenance...

Greg · 04-01-2007, 04:23 AM

You patched SC4 and now it crashes the machine?

Miros1 · 04-01-2007, 05:20 AM

No, as installed, SC4 would reboot the machine after playing for a short period of time. I patched it; now it crashes in a shorter period of time!

Miros1 · 04-02-2007, 03:54 AM

Further lack of progress. Uninstalled a bunch of stuff including SC4. Defragged everything. Reinstalled SC4 on a different partition. I can play the first tutorial city for ages. Any other city: boom.

03-31-2007, 03:58 AM	#1
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	OT: Sim City 4 Makes My Puter Reboot Nothing else does this... not Titan Quest, not Sims 2 with a ton of downloads, not Dark Age of Camelot during a raid with 20 other people, nothing. Any idea why this one game reboots my puter? Last edited by Miros1 : 04-01-2007 at 05:25 AM.

03-31-2007, 05:37 PM	#2
Sita Solar Max Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: England Posts: 371	Eek! Rose, that's bad! I wonder if it could be your display settings? I know it tweaks mine. Otherwise, there are several forums and stuff for SC4 - worth Googling for help on this issue? The EA pages are not helpful at all but you would be used to that.

03-31-2007, 07:15 PM	#3
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	I had a horrid feeling it might be something in the video card or driver... hubby's bright idea was check for a patch... he just doesn't get how Maxis/EA operates!

04-01-2007, 02:41 AM	#5
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Well, it crashed faster... gonna try some disk maintenance...

04-01-2007, 04:23 AM	#6
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	You patched SC4 and now it crashes the machine?

04-01-2007, 05:20 AM	#7
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	No, as installed, SC4 would reboot the machine after playing for a short period of time. I patched it; now it crashes in a shorter period of time!

04-02-2007, 03:54 AM	#8
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Further lack of progress. Uninstalled a bunch of stuff including SC4. Defragged everything. Reinstalled SC4 on a different partition. I can play the first tutorial city for ages. Any other city: boom.