COD4 crashing with battery power

MowingDevil · Feb 23, 2009, 10:03 AM

What the heck?
Whenever I run COD4 on the battery it starts to screw up royally. First of all it starts to get laggy...then sometimes the keyboard will stopp working and when you press a button nothing happens in the game but you hear an alert type sound. Then inevitably the MBP goes to sleep or crashes.

Anyone else notice similar issues? When I run it off the AC power its totally fine.

jakeguy99 · Feb 23, 2009, 12:12 PM

Mostlikely the battery, it says it is fully charged, but it will end up dying within 10 or 15 minutes. Also your performance for your computer will decrease on battery to try and save the battery life. You can change the settings in the top right corner. If it keeps happening i would call apple and get a new battery.

aluminumapple · Feb 23, 2009, 04:07 PM

another issue could be that you are running the game on too high of a performance.

BertyBoy · Feb 23, 2009, 04:49 PM

If the laptop tries to save power when on battery, for PPC anyway, it would run the CPU at half speed, or slower.

Open up System Profiler (or even About This Mac) when you're just on battery.

MowingDevil · Feb 23, 2009, 07:47 PM

Well maybe thats just it.......I know running the 9600 can kill the battery early but surely its good for 2 hours? ....now is that 2 hours of browsing the internet or 2 hours of COD4? I'll test it tonight and time exactly how long it lasts before crapping out.

Feb 23, 2009, 10:03 AM	#1
MowingDevil macrumors 65832 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC & Sydney, NSW	COD4 crashing with battery power What the heck? Whenever I run COD4 on the battery it starts to screw up royally. First of all it starts to get laggy...then sometimes the keyboard will stopp working and when you press a button nothing happens in the game but you hear an alert type sound. Then inevitably the MBP goes to sleep or crashes. Anyone else notice similar issues? When I run it off the AC power its totally fine. __________________ iMac 17", 1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro 15", 2.53Ghz, 320GB@7200 PRODUCT (RED) iPod Nano 8Gb iPod Shuffle 1Gb
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Feb 23, 2009, 04:07 PM	#3
aluminumapple macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2009	another issue could be that you are running the game on too high of a performance. __________________ Mac and Windows are like Democrats and Republicans - put them in a confined space and eventually they won't get along.
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Feb 23, 2009, 07:47 PM	#5
MowingDevil Thread Starter macrumors 65832 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver, BC & Sydney, NSW	Well maybe thats just it.......I know running the 9600 can kill the battery early but surely its good for 2 hours? ....now is that 2 hours of browsing the internet or 2 hours of COD4? I'll test it tonight and time exactly how long it lasts before crapping out. __________________ iMac 17", 1.83Ghz Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro 15", 2.53Ghz, 320GB@7200 PRODUCT (RED) iPod Nano 8Gb iPod Shuffle 1Gb
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Feb 23, 2009, 12:12 PM	#2
jakeguy99 macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2007	Mostlikely the battery, it says it is fully charged, but it will end up dying within 10 or 15 minutes. Also your performance for your computer will decrease on battery to try and save the battery life. You can change the settings in the top right corner. If it keeps happening i would call apple and get a new battery.
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Feb 23, 2009, 04:49 PM	#4
BertyBoy macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2009	If the laptop tries to save power when on battery, for PPC anyway, it would run the CPU at half speed, or slower. Open up System Profiler (or even About This Mac) when you're just on battery.
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