Hi guys, bought an Insiron 1520 laptop with windows vista home premium installed from Dell, that arrived monday morning. Topped up to the latest drivers for everything, and started installing games, including bf2 fully patched with expansions. Now I have got round to trying them, and BF2 is a no-go. When I double click the executable, the screen shows the bf2 logo that comes up, then the screen changes resolution ans goes black like you would expect it to before showing the game videos, then bam.... The game crashes to desktop without a trace of it left running.
Nothing is overclocked (never has been either), tried rolling back device drivers to previous versions which did not change the situation, tried compatibility mode to XP SP2, 2000, and NT SP5, all of which didnt help, tried forcing it to run in widescreen resolution (as I have a 1440 x 900 screen), tried compatibility 640x480, all of which didnt help.
I'm stumped as what to do, as games like bioshock and even timeshift run without a hitch. Even older games like Red Orchestra and CS:S are ok. Heres my spec:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 1520
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A03
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 891MB used, 3418MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Nvidia Go 8600M GT 256mb dedicated ram (although sold as a 'go' card, apparently its classed as a Nvidia 8600M)
Sigmatel High Definition Audio CODEC (what device manager calls my soundcard)
Please could you guys lend your expertise? Thanks
Edit: BF2 dosent leave any error message. BF2142 also crashes to a 'Bf2142 has stopped working' error, and cannot find disc when in XP SP2 compatability mode. My user type is administrator, therefor the 'Run as administrator' option on the compatibility tab is greyed out. Looksl ike I might have to move my joystick back to my tower and play from there again. How annoying.
Nothing is overclocked (never has been either), tried rolling back device drivers to previous versions which did not change the situation, tried compatibility mode to XP SP2, 2000, and NT SP5, all of which didnt help, tried forcing it to run in widescreen resolution (as I have a 1440 x 900 screen), tried compatibility 640x480, all of which didnt help.
I'm stumped as what to do, as games like bioshock and even timeshift run without a hitch. Even older games like Red Orchestra and CS:S are ok. Heres my spec:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Inspiron 1520
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A03
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7250 @ 2.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 891MB used, 3418MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 10
Nvidia Go 8600M GT 256mb dedicated ram (although sold as a 'go' card, apparently its classed as a Nvidia 8600M)
Sigmatel High Definition Audio CODEC (what device manager calls my soundcard)
Please could you guys lend your expertise? Thanks
Edit: BF2 dosent leave any error message. BF2142 also crashes to a 'Bf2142 has stopped working' error, and cannot find disc when in XP SP2 compatability mode. My user type is administrator, therefor the 'Run as administrator' option on the compatibility tab is greyed out. Looksl ike I might have to move my joystick back to my tower and play from there again. How annoying.
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