BF2S Forums Punkbuster Global ban, help!

Damn that sucks, Email them ad ask what was the exact reason, UNLESS u have a cracked version?

Does anyone know EA's support email addy? I cant seem to find it anywhere >_<

Thanks for all the support guys.

Yeh, its my personal computer. Plus I dont have any other games that use PB.

Shoot up your school...

the_heart_attack wrote:

to get rid of guid ban you just need a new cd key, if worst comes to worst just buy one from ebay for 10 bucks.

Yea, but i want to hear the amazing story on why he was banned.

SonOfFreeze wrote:

I recently got banned from all Punkbuster enabled servers, the thing is i dont know why. I was playing and my mom called me upstairs and i left for about 30 mins to go get her a drink, when i returned i get the message...
You have been banned via Punkbuster. Global Punkbuster GUID BAN 796a2807. I realize that usually punkbuster bans are due to hacks of some sort, but i assure you, i wouldnt be posting this if i got caught hacking. Any help would be much appriciated.

Seriously, you weren't banned because of the reason you said you "think" happened when your mommy needs you. What did you really do, were you hacking? Because you don't get banned for no reason.

Ouch - you've got problems ...

What did you really do ???  Have googled this up for you.


“You have been permanently banned from this Game Server via PunkBuster GLOBAL PunkBuster GUID BAN”

This usually means that: * Punkbuster has scanned your harddrive for a “hardwareserialnumber” and has saved it * Punkbuster has scanned your “MACadress” and saved it (taken from your identifiable networkcard) * Punkbuster has saved your CD-key or DVD-key

How to remove hardware ban

1. Install a new Harddrive (HD). You need a new Harddrive-serial. The only was is a new harddrive. You could also set the old HD to “RAID 0” in your BIOS.

2. Disable “LAN” in “BIOS”

3. Install a new Networkcard, or at first put it in another slot. This is to change your MACadress.
You can also change your MACadress with many freeware tools online

4. You can try to play the game now. If you get a window/message mentioning a “GUID BAN”, your gameserial is banned. Then you need a new serial for the game also. Buy a new game. Some have the extra hardware needed, but most need to get a new game CD. Make sure you have no cheats installed, and good luck.

Spark wrote:

I probably don't need to say this, but take EXTREME (with font size 70) care when playing with the BIOS. DO NOT GO NEAR THE CHIPSET OPTIONS!

what? you mean maxing out the voltage on my cpu doesnt make it more powerful?


wheres this smoke coming from...

If you want to see your processor explode, please take the CPU multiplier number and quadruple it...
To see video card explode...""...

Damn i say you take it to court

badhq wrote:

Vaelman wrote:

This from the punkbusters....

Note #2: The GUID you supplied was logged using a cheat that tried to prevent
detection by PB. The method used is considered by us to interfere with
the way PB is designed to work, therefore violating our EULA.

If you were not cheating, then someone was either using your computer
or your CD key and was caught.

Either way, your GUID was used to try to hack on PB servers and it is
now permanently banned. You may still play on non-PB servers as our
bans only apply to servers with PunkBuster enabled.

and thats exacly what happens when hacker makes hack and tells world it's undetected

take an example from Above i know guy is sayng he hasent hacked and he probablie hasent hacked but sumone ether on his PC did or like it was told above used same CD key

my guess MAc adress change willbe need it as well as other things Bifore u can play on PB enabled servers

peace Boris

Assumptions Assumptions. GUID bans are Non Hardware specific. You'll need a new CD Key.

Most likely the cause of the ban isn't because you've used a cheat/hack ... but it's because you've downloaded some third party software that has stolen and transmitted your CD-Key to those who do create hacks/cheats. Since these people are getting banned continuously as they develop their programs, they need a method to easily find CD-Keys. Essentially spyware, but scans your registry for popular game keys.