The weird freeze problem (post solutions only here)

[OWNAGE TIME]

It seems a large number of people are having it and I thought I would make a place for possilbe solutions. When a real one that works comes out I will edit this main post with it.

Some things that I have noticed about the problems

-We all have AMD processors
-All happened realativly the same time (few days ago)
-Hangs up in less than a minute, usually less than 30 seconds


How you know that this is the problem you are having

-When joining a multiplayer server BF2 freezes
-Music starts looping, Doesn't continue playing
-hitting Alt-tab doesn't bing anything up
-ctrl-alt-delete does nothing
-You had BF2 working before this problem


Hopefully this will open up solutions. Right now we are wondering if it was a new punk buster update. Please try to only post solutions in this thread.


Thanks and by the way I have the same problem,

~Greg

[ahhnold]

Re: The weird freeze problem (post solutions only here)

I tried disabling VoIP and EAX and set also set the connection to cable<256 and try updating punkbuster again. helped a bit for me, now i can stay in a game for like 5 mins.

my system is:
AMD Athlon 2000+
VIA KT6000
Radeon 9600 SE
1 Gig of ram
Win XP Pro SP2

[Philihase]

Re: The weird freeze problem (post solutions only here)

Seams the only solution on offer at the moment is to play on a non PB server!

[jrh242]

Re: The weird freeze problem (post solutions only here)

I have been having the problem and after a little research firmly believe it is caused by punkbuster. When going to their site, you can see that they have "updated" punkbuster several times in the past two days. I have an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Processor.

I have been unable to contact EA regarding this problem. However, here is some info:

EA tech support: http://techsupport.ea.com

*I have been unsuccessful in logining in or creating an account for "ask a question" on that site.

Some phone numbers I have found from EA's corporate site. Too late to call. I may try tomorrow.

PC = 650-628-1905
Console = 650-628-4322
Online = 866-543-5435

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[C77.Meyer]

Re: The weird freeze problem (post solutions only here)

P4 2.6 9800 pro 1 gig ram.

i have had this same problem recently. game just locks up in the middle of play.have to turn comp off and back on.happens after 30 or more minutes of game time i have noticed.

[SiLeNTrigger]

Re: The weird freeze problem (post solutions only here)

A question, When you play singleplayer, do you lag so much its almost immpoossible to play? Ive been freezing and been lagging so much in singleplayer.

[Talus]

Re: The weird freeze problem (post solutions only here)

I also firmly believe it is PunkBuster.

All we can do is wait for an official response from EvenBalance or EA.