Searched and checked everything.
REWARD: $25 PayPal – To who ever helps me fix this, or gives me the most helpful information that will lead me to getting this game running on this computer.
I found several people with the same problem that have never been able to fix it, so if I ever do get to the bottom of this, I will try to help the rest.
To make it clear... my biggest problem is installing the patch, it crashes half way through.
First off... I'll list my specs:
AMD 64 3800+
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Motherboard
1GB Corsair XMS 400Mhz Ram
ATI Sapphire X1600XT
Things I have installed
DirectX 9.0c Junes Version - dled from MS site
.NET Frameworks 1.1
Latest ATI Driver
Updated Latest Asus BIOS 0502
I'll also evaluate the things I've tried.
At first, I was on XP Service 1 and .NET Frameworks 2.0 & older BIOS (0311)
Step 1: Installed BF2 for the first time, launched game, worked fine.
Step 2: Fully & Successfully installed Patch 1.3 FULL downloaded from BF2S site.
Result A: Tried launching game, black screen went on for 2 seconds, and came back to desktop.
Step 4: Uninstalled BF2 and reinstalled it,
Step 5: Tried Installing Patch 1.3 FULL again
Result B: Patch Installation never completed, it closed off on this part of the installation.
Result C : Same as Result A
Step 6: Installed XP SP2, uninstalled .NET 2.0, and installed .NET 1.1
Step 7: Repeated Step 4 & 5, result was “Result B”
Then I did some googling and came up with this… http://forums.filefront.com/showpost.ph … ostcount=8
Installed BF2 again, deleted the mods folder, booted into safe mode and installed the patch, it never finished installing.
Step 8: Repeated step 4, downloaded Patch v1.2, successfully installed.
Result D: Same as Result A
Step 9: Downloaded Patch v1.3 Incremental, attempted to install never completed.
Updated BIOS (0511)
Step 10: Repeated Step 4 & 5 – Result B
Step 11: Repeated Step 4 & attempted to install v1.2 FULL again – never completed.
Yes, I checked my bf2.exe file, its named correctly. Yes, I waited after attempting to install the patch and waited after attempting to launch the game, nothing ever came up.
I downloaded 3 different v1.3 FULL patches from: BF2S.com, GamersHell.com, and StrategyInformer.com.
Between all those steps, I installed and uninstalled BF2 about 15 times. I already memorized the CD key.
I also tried running the CCleaner as one user recommended. It cleans the registry, I tried that after uninstalling BF2 but that didn’t help.
Then I came upon this…
“That brings us up to this evening when some of our readers contacted us saying that they and a few others were experiencing random performance issues in real world programs (such as Quake 4 and Battlefield 2) when using their A8R32-MVP. Having read through those issues it was clear that they too had attempted many of the same fixes as us and as they did not have access to the timing fix bios (v 0309) they were left with an unusable board and worse, a waste of money.”
But I think that excludes me as my BIOS were 0311 when I got my hands on the Motherboard, and now the BIOS are updated to 0511.
Things I’m going to try:
Uninstall everything, clean registry, and delete any BF2 related files, boot into safemode and install bf2 along with patch v1.3 FULL.
If that doesn’t work, I’ll format the pc and try again.
If that doesn’t work, sell the MB and get something else.
Try to install all this crap on my other pc (im sure it’ll work)
If you have any helpful information that will lead me to getting this game running on this computer, please post it here, I would REALL appreciate it. Thanks.
REWARD: $25 PayPal – To who ever helps me fix this, or gives me the most helpful information that will lead me to getting this game running on this computer.
I found several people with the same problem that have never been able to fix it, so if I ever do get to the bottom of this, I will try to help the rest.
To make it clear... my biggest problem is installing the patch, it crashes half way through.
First off... I'll list my specs:
AMD 64 3800+
Asus A8R32-MVP Deluxe Motherboard
1GB Corsair XMS 400Mhz Ram
ATI Sapphire X1600XT
Things I have installed
DirectX 9.0c Junes Version - dled from MS site
.NET Frameworks 1.1
Latest ATI Driver
Updated Latest Asus BIOS 0502
I'll also evaluate the things I've tried.
At first, I was on XP Service 1 and .NET Frameworks 2.0 & older BIOS (0311)
Step 1: Installed BF2 for the first time, launched game, worked fine.
Step 2: Fully & Successfully installed Patch 1.3 FULL downloaded from BF2S site.
Result A: Tried launching game, black screen went on for 2 seconds, and came back to desktop.
Step 4: Uninstalled BF2 and reinstalled it,
Step 5: Tried Installing Patch 1.3 FULL again
Result B: Patch Installation never completed, it closed off on this part of the installation.
Result C : Same as Result A
Step 6: Installed XP SP2, uninstalled .NET 2.0, and installed .NET 1.1
Step 7: Repeated Step 4 & 5, result was “Result B”
Then I did some googling and came up with this… http://forums.filefront.com/showpost.ph … ostcount=8
Installed BF2 again, deleted the mods folder, booted into safe mode and installed the patch, it never finished installing.
Step 8: Repeated step 4, downloaded Patch v1.2, successfully installed.
Result D: Same as Result A
Step 9: Downloaded Patch v1.3 Incremental, attempted to install never completed.
Updated BIOS (0511)
Step 10: Repeated Step 4 & 5 – Result B
Step 11: Repeated Step 4 & attempted to install v1.2 FULL again – never completed.
Yes, I checked my bf2.exe file, its named correctly. Yes, I waited after attempting to install the patch and waited after attempting to launch the game, nothing ever came up.
I downloaded 3 different v1.3 FULL patches from: BF2S.com, GamersHell.com, and StrategyInformer.com.
Between all those steps, I installed and uninstalled BF2 about 15 times. I already memorized the CD key.
I also tried running the CCleaner as one user recommended. It cleans the registry, I tried that after uninstalling BF2 but that didn’t help.
Then I came upon this…
“That brings us up to this evening when some of our readers contacted us saying that they and a few others were experiencing random performance issues in real world programs (such as Quake 4 and Battlefield 2) when using their A8R32-MVP. Having read through those issues it was clear that they too had attempted many of the same fixes as us and as they did not have access to the timing fix bios (v 0309) they were left with an unusable board and worse, a waste of money.”
But I think that excludes me as my BIOS were 0311 when I got my hands on the Motherboard, and now the BIOS are updated to 0511.
Things I’m going to try:
Uninstall everything, clean registry, and delete any BF2 related files, boot into safemode and install bf2 along with patch v1.3 FULL.
If that doesn’t work, I’ll format the pc and try again.
If that doesn’t work, sell the MB and get something else.
Try to install all this crap on my other pc (im sure it’ll work)
If you have any helpful information that will lead me to getting this game running on this computer, please post it here, I would REALL appreciate it. Thanks.
Last edited by X-Vert (2006-07-22 00:25:32)