cajetan
Member
+0|7048
PLEASE SOME BF2 EXPERT HELP!

Been playing BF2 online for 6 days now without any problems and have 777 points then suddenly whenever i go online multiplayer IT FREEZES!!!

been up since 530AM trying to fix
Have applied an image back 1 week ago when all was well and it's still freezing up
Have uninstalled Norton antivirus/zonealarm.

The thing is that I've been playing for 6 days no probs! have not done anything to PC no updates NOTHING WHY WHY WHY??
Chked with Xnet ADSL and they say all ok can still surf the net chk email etc

played on Sunday all sweet and all
went to play Monday night mmm ok this is what happens
Start Game up-log in-go multiplayer-favourites-click on Xtra/ICONZ servers
loads up the game-spawn into the game-
freezes about 3-5 secs into the game when u click on the spawn point on the map, sometimes (if fast enough) lets u spawn and then freeze or cannot even click on the JOIN NOW music is going - mouse freezes up sometimes after clicking on the screen a few times.

V strange can play in OFFLINE single/multiplayer mode no probs

have read possible causes PUNKBUSTER? Gamespy not installed

4pm - have installed a clean ver of win XP and then the game still freezing so there can't be a conflict with existing software.have reinstalled game and patched to ver1.22 3 TIMES!!!!

are there any major updates that happened MONDAY 24-4-06

SPECS
Foxconn Winfast NF4UK8AA-8EKRS nForce4 ultra
AMD K8 Athlon64 3500+ Socket 939 Venice Core
1XSeagate 160Gb 7200rpm 8 mb Cache NCQ Serial ATA-partiitioned with Partition Magic.
Gigabyte GA-NX66T128VP GeForce 6600GT VIVO TurboForce PCI Expres
Foxconn ATX326 Midi Tower 11-1 Card Reader Hyena 500W front USB2.0 case fan PCI-E hole
LiteOn SOHW-1673S Dual Layer 16x
TwinMOS 1GB DDR400 Dual-Channel Kit (2x512MB)
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cajetan
CHAO5
Member
+6|7151
i had the same problem:
http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=21329
i had a defect memory-block..
try to take out one of your 512MB-block and try again... if it doesnt works try it with the other one..

hope that helps.
JahManRed
wank
+646|7099|IRELAND

Your specs look good, should run the game ok. Is this happening on all servers 16,32 & 64?

I had a problem the same. I switched off windows firewall after making and exception for BF2 & it worked.
What kind of router do you have? Have you logged into it and made a rule in its firewall for the game?
Also check your ISP allows you to play online games. BT here in the UK has it blocked on its most basic ADSL package.
cajetan
Member
+0|7048
will try thr mrm thing ans see what i get

as for ADSL and firewall been playing fine for 6 days
but have rung and chked ADSL and deleted firewall program

thks
cajetan
Member
+0|7048
I HAVE FIXED MY BF2 BY

Downloaded the latest nVidia nForce4 Drivers (DO NOT INSTALL YET)
Uninstalled the nVidia Network Access Manager and Firewall (through "Add Remove Programs" in settings console)
Rebooted Machine
Uninstalled all nVidia drivers (through "Add Remove Programs" in settings console)
Rebooted Machine
Disabled firewall and anti-virus software
Installed the new nForce drivers (I did not install the Firewall/Network Access Management)
Rebooted
Played BF2 for hrs SWEET...............................

good luck guys!

oh i forgot

! more thing that I did want updated PUNKBUSTER

look for this file pbsetup.exe -run it follow instructions it will update punkbuster server stuff

happy now.........................
cmotdibbler
Member
+19|7137|The pork thing inna bun stall.
Have heard that there is a problem with the nvidia (nforce 4) sata driver and bf2. May be worth using the generic windows ones as a test. The other problem with nvidia is the firewall. Try downloading the latest drivers and possibly bios from nvidia. this seems to be fixing a lot of the problems with nforce boards and bf2.

Hope this helps.

Last edited by cmotdibbler (2006-04-28 01:29:49)

Ugaminor
Member
+21|7144

cajetan wrote:

I HAVE FIXED MY BF2 BY

Downloaded the latest nVidia nForce4 Drivers (DO NOT INSTALL YET)
Uninstalled the nVidia Network Access Manager and Firewall (through "Add Remove Programs" in settings console)
Rebooted Machine
Uninstalled all nVidia drivers (through "Add Remove Programs" in settings console)
Rebooted Machine
Disabled firewall and anti-virus software
Installed the new nForce drivers (I did not install the Firewall/Network Access Management)
Rebooted
Played BF2 for hrs SWEET...............................

good luck guys!

oh i forgot

! more thing that I did want updated PUNKBUSTER

look for this file pbsetup.exe -run it follow instructions it will update punkbuster server stuff

happy now.........................
Glad that worked out for you and thanks for writing out the procedure you followed to help future users.

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