alright as u kno before my comp resets when loading a map eveyr single time wether single player or multiplayer but i need to kno...IF i reinstall windows will bf2 work?
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Ok..based on your posts in the other thread, I cannot see any specs.
Please post your specs first.
If you are running BF2 with min. specs, then yes..sometimes re-installing gets BF2 running. I don't recommend re-installing Windows just yet though.
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sry for late response, here u go...hope this helps...
Chip type: ATI RADEON X800 XL AGP
Processer: AMD athlon(tm) XP 3000+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz
Memory: 1024mb ram
BIOS: Phoneix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Approx. Total memory: 256.0 mb
Main driver: ati2dvag. dlll
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Ok..your specs look fine so let's try and figure this out.
Have you updated any of your drivers recently?
If so, delete the following folder:
..\My Documents\Battlefield 2
This will clear all configuration data, so you'll have to reconfigure your controls again (unless you make a backup of your controls.con file) the next time you start BF2. This usually solves most issues related to recent driver or hardware upgrades.
Otherwise, make sure you update punkbuster:
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Had this same problem, but just not as often as you do. I finally figured out it was my Power supply. Not sure what kind of video card you have. But it seems that BF2 will put a bit of strain on a video card. Strain = power. After updating drivers, reinstalling windows, getting a better video card.....I came up with the power supply. After installing a new and bigger on, 450Watts..... no more problems. Hope that helps!
PS: Also if you reinstall windows, be sure you unistall BF2 first if its on a differnt drive.
Other wise you will play hell with getting it to work at times.Comment
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alright ill try tht thxComment
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alright, i just got a new power supply. from 350-500watts. I got tht in and i reinstalled bf2 and then i started it up. I was able to join 2 servers. I joined the first then dissconected.Then i join the next and i got in. But when it went to load the next map my computer reset. I sent an error report when i got the "your system has just recovered from a serious error" message. But instead of getting alot of crap i got this:
Error caused by a device driver
Thank you for sending an error report to Microsoft.
Error report summary
Error type : Windows stop error (A message appears on a blue screen with error code information)
Solution available? : No (see Next steps)
What does this error mean? : Windows has encountered an error from which it cannot recover and needs to restart
Cause : Unknown device driver
Computer symptoms : A message appears on a blue screen with error code information (for example: e.g. 0x0000001E, KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED)
Additional steps for you to take : Important: Please continue to send error reports so analysts at Microsoft can study and try to correct the problem as quickly as possible
So i dont really want to reinstall bf2 just so i can play like 2 times everytime i feel like playing :? so does anyone have any ideas?Comment
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any ideas?Comment
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I don't see the device driver listed that was causing the error...
Can you check your Event Viewer (eventvwr.msc) and see if you can find it?Comment
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alright, but how do i get to tht? also is there anything i should consider replacing tht might have some effect on making bf2 work?Comment
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Originally posted by fighterpilotx
I have been having the same exact problem also.
My specs are
500W PSU
6800GT 256mb
2gigs ram
3.0P4 HT
160GB IDE HD
Let me first start off and say this problem has been happening to me whenever I play Special Forces after a while and not regular BF2. My pc is 1 year old and I have been playing BF2 since it came out fine. It was when I got SF that I encountered problems. I had the problem installing the 1.1 patch which froze so I restarted my pc and then installed the 1.2 patch and the game played fine for a while. After about a couple of weeks, my pc kept restarting whenever I was playing SF or BF2 regular now and would do the disk check then come back on or reboot again until I finally could get on for a while before it happened again. This also happened whenever I tried to defrag my pc or play any other games besides BF2. I took it to some people I know at a pc repair place and they figured my Harddrive was dying and it is only a 1 year old harddrive.
So I took it to the person who built it for me and he said it was the hard drive also. So I replaced that one with a brand new one and when I got it, I reinstalled BF2 and SF. Had the same lock up during installing 1.1 patch, so I restarted my pc and it loaded fine the next time and then I played SF. After
about 3 days, my game shut off suddenly when I was in a multiplayer game in SF and restarted again and then it came up with an irror message which said what the guy posted above. So I d/led newer drivers for the game and the same problem happened again and again. And now, the guy who built my pc said he went into safe mode and said I must of been shutting my pc off during the windows updates which I have never done. I also had up to date drivers as well which were the 8.94 or 5.
I also don't think reinstalling it would help because my pc might shut off again suddenly.
I am sure I can still play regular BF2 fine, but it is SF which is doing something.
I could use help bad because I want to play SF, but I don't want to risk installing it until I get an answer.
O, and also after I got my new hard drive , whenever I had my pc restart, it made a weird, errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr sound which kind of sounded like metal bulkling or bending under a lot of weight. Anyone have this or know what this could be? This happened when I got my pc back and not when I originally played the game with my old hard drive.Comment
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