BF2S Forums New RAM - modified content, why?!

This is an old BF2 problem, in what order did you install BF2 and its addons plus updates?

For example, did you install BF2, Special Forces and then the 1.3 update? (if so everything should be fine)

If however you installed BF2, 1.3 patch and then special forces you'll get the modified content error.

EDIT: The ctd is 1.3 being a bitch.

Last edited by EvilMonkeySlayer (2006-07-18 07:22:14)

bf2 randomly crashing is 1.3 patch the other thing i dont hace a clue about

I bought a few days ago additional 1 Gb of RAM too(3 Gb total now). And since i installed it game loads super fast between the map changes. BUT... it gives me the same modified content shit error when i press join button. And yes, i reinstalled bf completly yesterday(BF>SF>1.3>EF>1.3 again). Still having that freaking error almost everytime map changes.

I think i will wait till 1.4 then try a reinstall.

I guess thats the crashing sorted if its just the patch, even though it didnt crash as much without the other RAM in.

But the modified content :S   thats weird. EvilMonkeySlayer, thanks for your help, and taking into account what you said i seem to have done it in the right order but still have the problem, i can't work out the connection between the RAM and the error, baring in mind the RAM doesnt permanantly store any data.

As i said i will wait till 1.4, try again then see what happens.


If anyone else has any other ideas please tell me!

Yup, as i said in my first post it's exactly the same (Samsung PC3200)  ive checking by using CPU-Z and they all show up exactly the same type...

theheadseeker wrote:

-- blue screen crashes, errors before windows loaded -> check RAM Timing (CAS....) and ram compatibility list from Abit....


ps:  VIA Chipset have much problem with ATI card ..... (I change 2 Asus A8V and 1 AV8<- same problem blue screen ec....  , after i buy DFI NF3 UT ~ 100 € )

^ What he said.

have u sorted out the ram timings? when you put 4 sticks in you have to put settings more lose and turn off things like T1 timing and put it to T2 (if that means anything at all to you) you may have to tweak the latency of the ram up a bit too, as 4 sticks means they will need to be loser timings than when you had 2.
say if you had 3 3 3 7 try 3 4 4 8 and see what happens

yea go into the bios and look for memory timings cas latency tras etc, and put them up by 1, if it doesn't work just reset the cmos and default the bios,
if you don't feel confident enough don't do it, don't, you can screw things up, read your motherboard manual and find the cmos thing before you change anything just to be on the safe side

Last edited by SuB (2006-07-18 08:25:02)

Just did a bot of Googling and here is what one guy found with a similar problem as yours....

A solution...

Hi guys!

I have had the same "MD5 error on certain files during install" problem as many of you. As a result of this I was unable to patch to version 1.01 and then 1.02.

I have solved this and (so far) have eradicated the "Unmodified content" problem which I was having. I am now able to join over 1000 ranked servers out of over 4000 total servers instead of 4 ranked out of 200-odd before.

My problem involved my 2x512Mb (1GB) matched pair RAM.

Here's what I did...

1. HAD PROBLEMS WITH INSTALL (MD5 errors)

2. Switched off PC and removed my second matched pair RAM module. (Now down to 512Mb from 1GB)

3. Rebooted and retried install of Battlefield 2. -Same errors reoccurred.

4. Switched off PC and swapped the RAM module I had left in for the one I had originally taken out. (now again at 512Mb RAM)

5. Rebooted and retried install of Battlefield 2. -This time no errors, installation completed succesfully.

6. Rebooted when prompted by Install Shield.

7. Patched to v1.01. -Successful, no errors.

8. Patched to v1.02. -Successful, no errors.

9. Switched off PC and refitted second matched pair RAM module. (Now back up to 1Gb RAM)

10. Rebooted and played successfully without previous "Unmodified content" errors. (So far!) and patched to version 1.1.2484.0.

Note that this post was last August but sounds similar.....

ShotYourSix wrote:

Just did a bot of Googling and here is what one guy found with a similar problem as yours....

A solution...

Hi guys!

I have had the same "MD5 error on certain files during install" problem as many of you. As a result of this I was unable to patch to version 1.01 and then 1.02.

I have solved this and (so far) have eradicated the "Unmodified content" problem which I was having. I am now able to join over 1000 ranked servers out of over 4000 total servers instead of 4 ranked out of 200-odd before.

My problem involved my 2x512Mb (1GB) matched pair RAM.

Here's what I did...

1. HAD PROBLEMS WITH INSTALL (MD5 errors)

2. Switched off PC and removed my second matched pair RAM module. (Now down to 512Mb from 1GB)

3. Rebooted and retried install of Battlefield 2. -Same errors reoccurred.

4. Switched off PC and swapped the RAM module I had left in for the one I had originally taken out. (now again at 512Mb RAM)

5. Rebooted and retried install of Battlefield 2. -This time no errors, installation completed succesfully.

6. Rebooted when prompted by Install Shield.

7. Patched to v1.01. -Successful, no errors.

8. Patched to v1.02. -Successful, no errors.

9. Switched off PC and refitted second matched pair RAM module. (Now back up to 1Gb RAM)

10. Rebooted and played successfully without previous "Unmodified content" errors. (So far!) and patched to version 1.1.2484.0.

Note that this post was last August but sounds similar.....

Thanks, this sounds usefull, so basicly i need to swap my RAM round, installing with my new sticks and adding the orginial 2 sticks after the install...?

ok, after 3 days of hell i worked threw this homeriffic games issues.  This is what worked for 'ME' First, I have a pent D 920, Sata drives and a ton of ram.  I changed my secondary IDE, CD DRIVE, interface to PIO.  that made it take 6 months to load all 3 disks but got rid of the MD5 Check errors.  I think if you see ANY MD5 check errors you might as well start over.  I had like 5 copies of the game on my hd tring to piece-meal a 'whole' game together.  BUT, if the PIO transfer thing fixes THAT problem, look on EA Games 'Support' for it im not going threw the process, then download the 1.22 patch and then 1.22-1.3 patch.  the 1.3 full patch kept rudely 'patching failed' me.  once that happens, again start TOTALLY over.  Going with ther 1.22 first, it worked, no errors. then the bump to 1.3, great... no errors.  you can try anything but I'll say this.  I thought it was my DVD-CD drive, wrong.  I installed a PATA CD, no fix, a PATA HD, no fix, broke out my 1.7ghz SCSI computer, NO FIX, my laptop, NO FIX! its not the cd drives, i even upgraded the firmware on my DVD-CD, EA support says to. NO FIX. the only thing that worked was the PIO.  once you get the game installed remeber to reset it back to DMA, god help u install anything over 3 disks with it in PIO.  just remeber, ANY errors, uninstall and start over.  it just wont work.  but at least now i can play, although I think i need a vacation after the work EA games put me through.  Oh and for the sheer fact that they put out a piece of crap like this remeber to delete those EA.BIK and DICE.BIK files from ur 'movies' Dir,  gets rid of that little boy 'CHALLENGE EVERYTHING' crap.  I think they mean 'challenge everyone' to get to play our games...