BF2S Forums Random Crashes to windows

I ran 05 probably half a dozen times with no problems. i have to wait to download 06 because i have a 1.5gb bandwidth limit here at school and that is for bf2

I've got the same problem but this ^ does not work to me, he keeps crashing randomly (maybe Euro Force makes the difference??)

Last edited by DestinedTConquer (2006-04-05 07:52:08)

How often does it crash? Before you go doing all that other stuff. I would just try to install the full patch not the incremental. I was having some problems with 1.12 and that fixed it. Also I can play Night vision maps but only as commander cause they crash me to desktop all the time.

unnamednewbie13 wrote:

Battlefield spontaneously crashes on me at least twice a week, ever since they released their first patch. I mark it down to my only having 1GB of memory, but the OP's system looks fine...

Same here...

my roomates computer crashed 3 times in one day since he downloaded EF... before he never crashed... i have had several crashes in the past few days since i downloaded EF as well.... or maybe it was patch 1.22? i used them at the same time

just totally random hangups...its not like we cant play

Also, before you play, have you tried going into your task manager and ending all processes under your username except for explorer.exe, taskmgr.exe, and any others that sound like they may be related to your video card ie. "ATI.exe" etc.?

Did you disable your virtual memory?
If you did, set it back to "system managed".  You might need to reinstall after that's fixed.

lol i i forgot i posted this as i have been following it on overclockers.com

1. I have BF2 w/ SF installed
2. I have the lastest non-incremental patch
3. It crashes about 3 times a week and when i start a local server (to practice heli) and i crash
4. it isnt the video card the temps max out at 45c
5. i have 2 gb of ram... i dont think it is getting full and at any given times i have 35 tasks running but i do have    norton (= system hog) running for the fire wall.
6. virtual memory is enabled

after reading a bunch of post i think it could be my dvd drive. i got a couple random reboots over the past week or so after doing superpi and memtest (9 hours no errors) i sumbled across a tread that said that optical drives can cause random reboots and such... i am thinking this may be related to the bf2 problem.

I got the same friggin problem- already did a low level format and ran cyberscrub to the HD and here are my specs as of today
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System Information
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Time of this report: 4/12/2006, 21:09:36
Machine name: BADROC
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dimension 8400
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A07
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 1022MB RAM
Page File: 440MB used, 2017MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes
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DirectX Files Tab: No problems found.
Display Tab 1: No problems found. DirectDraw test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 7 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 8 test results: All tests were successful. Direct3D 9 test results: All tests were successful.
Sound Tab 1: DirectSound test results: All tests were successful.
Music Tab: No problems found.
Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels
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Direct3D:    0/4 (n/a)
DirectDraw:  0/4 (retail)
DirectInput: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectMusic: 0/5 (n/a)
DirectPlay:  0/9 (retail)
DirectSound: 0/5 (retail)
DirectShow:  0/6 (retail)

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Display Devices
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Card name: RADEON X700 PRO
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: RADEON X700 PRO (0x5E4B)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_5E4B&SUBSYS_23021002&REV_00
Display Memory: 256.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (75Hz)
Monitor: Dell E193FP
Monitor Max Res: 1280,1024
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6467 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/17/2004 20:11:43, 208896 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ati2mtag.sys
Mini VDD Date: 7/17/2004 20:11:24, 768512 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-1D0B-11CF-F16A-0803A1C2CB35}
Vendor ID: 0x1002
Device ID: 0x5E4B
SubSys ID: 0x23021002
Revision ID: 0x0000
Revision ID: 0x0000
Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D
Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
{552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive
{335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch
Registry: OK
DDraw Status: Enabled
D3D Status: Enabled
AGP Status: Enabled
DDraw Test Result: All tests were successful.
D3D7 Test Result: All tests were successful.
D3D8 Test Result: All tests were successful.
D3D9 Test Result: All tests were successful.

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Sound Devices
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Description: SB Audigy 2 ZS Audio [C8C0]
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1102&DEV_0004&SUBSYS_20021102&REV_04
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: ctaud2k.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.0442 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 11/18/2003 20:13:54, 366160 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Creative
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xF5F
Min/Max Sample Rate: 4000, 192000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 64, 62
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 64, 62
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: Yes
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: Yes, Yes
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: All tests were successful.

Ok, my system has started to crash now... Very weird...

I have found in my the C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Battlefield 2\dmp
directory, there are .dmp files in there... What are these? Is there some out there that I can use to look at these? Maybe there will give me some clue on why this is crashing...

No error message is displayed. BF2 just exits to the Windows Desktop.

I did look in the event log as you suggested. There in fact was an error logged after EACH of the crashes, but it was not in the Application Log, it was in the System Log:

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TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent TCP connect attempts.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
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After looking up this message, it was suggested that there may be a virus or spyware on my computer. My computer is clean.

So, I am wondering if BF2 has a problem sometimes if it can not contact the EA Server. If tries and tries and thus crashes... Just a thought... Being a programmer myself, I know that Socket communications can be quite tricky. Maybe the program has issues with a sporadic Internet connetion and crashes?