BF2 crashes on startup

[Bjorg]

I just bought a Dell 2407 (24 inch widescreen) monitor and I got a problem with BF2.

BF2 worked fine before using this monitor.

I loaded the BF2 SF game for the first time since using the 2407. It loaded up fine. I went into video setting to change the resolution to 1600x1200 @ 60 hz. I tryed connecting to a multiplayer game, chose a bf2 standard map so the game restarted to load bf2. Then it crashed upon showing the central Bf2 loading screen. and now it crashes at that point everytime I try to load either bf2 or sf.

I tryed deleting video.con files and it didnt work so i restored them. I tryed disdabling aspect scaling on my ati control pannel for my x800 platinum card, didnt work. I tryed using a desktop resolution of 1600 x1200 @ 60 hz instead of 1900x1200 like i am running now: didnt work either

Any ideas? I suspected either a Hz issue, a scaling issue or a corrupted profile issue.

Here is what I run:
2x 1 gig of Kingston 400 Mhz DDR ram.
Athlon 64 bit, 2,250 MhZ
Asus a8V deluxe MB

[mlkmnz]

Re: BF2 crashes on startup

Have you got this monitor connected via DVI? And have you tried running BF2 at a much lower resolution like 1280 x 1024, as I'm guessing 1600x1200 will be maxing your card out.

[Bjorg]

Re: BF2 crashes on startup

Yes, it is connected via DVI.

That would make sense. How can I change the BF2 resolution without being able to load the game?

[mlkmnz]

Re: BF2 crashes on startup

Good question, I've never had to do it, but there is a config file somewhere - do a forum search?

[Bjorg]

Re: BF2 crashes on startup

I fixed the problem temporarly by deleting a single video.con file in my profile instead of all of them. I then changed the resolution in game to 1280 x 1024. Now it crashes still.

I deleted the same video.con file and it still crashes on loadup so I cant go ingame to change the resolution still. Go figure.