Not to beat a dead horse.....but

[Colder]

So I've installed new sound and video drivers and even down graded the graphics on the game and it's still crashing, only now all my other games are crashing too!?! anyone have any ideas? i'm about to take a 12-gauge to my comp!

[whofriggincares]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

A fresh install of Windows will probably do it.

[Talus]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

Specs please.

[jdogg88-Fed]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

i'm about to take a 12-gauge to my comp!

lmao i already have thats why ive been gone for about 2 weeks

[Colder]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

Specs please.

specs are as follows:

MOBO: Asus K8V SE Deluxe 754
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3400
Memory: 2gig Corsair XMS DDR 400 (3200)
GPU: ATI Radeon 9800Pro 256mb AGP
HDD: Western Digital Caviar 250GB
Sound Card: Creative SB Audigy LS
OS: windows xp pro sp2

[John]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

dude wut stuff ya got on the background of your computer when you run BF2 or other games? maybe shutting them off?

[Talus]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

Yes, turn off ALL unnecessary processes and applications using Task Manager

Check your temperatures...maybe one of your fans aren't working. Look inside your case and make sure ALL of your fans are working...ALL of them including GPU, PSU, CPU, and chassis fans.

If your temps are fine, then do a full spyware and virus scan. If you don't have virus software, go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com

If your system is spyware and virus-free and your temps are fine...your hardware is probably fine...Yikes...you may have to do a re-format and re-install windows.

Your specs are more than enough to play this game very well.

[PBAsydney]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

Task manager, its safe to close everything under your windows logon. Don't close anything under "System", "Local Service" or "Network Service" though....

[Colder]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

awsome thanks....i was going to reformmat but i'm going to use all of your suggestions first cause i really don't want to..just because i've never done it on a self-built before and my finger gets scared when it goes toward the red button! :p thanks guys we'll see what happens!

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

how long have you had windows installed?

I find that the system gets messy after about 4-6 months.

[Colder]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

oh man, it's been probably a year since i first built the comp and installed windows.

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

Yea, I typically call it "OS rot" I need to do mine aswell since I first installed that back in April and it's kinda chugging along right now.

The difference after a reinstall is more than you think.

[Talus]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

Yeah, I just reformatted a week or so ago and my system seems MUCH healthier

[jdogg88-Fed]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

Yea, I typically call it "OS rot" I need to do mine aswell since I first installed that back in April and it's kinda chugging along right now.

The difference after a reinstall is more than you think.

yep i had the same problem ive had except mine got a little worse tho then to top it off my moniter went out

[Colder]

Re: Not to beat a dead horse.....but

I'm guessing reformatting on a build system is different than reformatting on say a Dell of HP, can anyone give any insight on the process......i just don't wanna mess it up and have a really expensive paper weight sitting next to me when im done.