I recently installed a new monitor, and believe it or not, it's been a daunting task to restore my computers ability to play BF2. I have the latest ATI drivers, monitor driver, and completely uninstalled and reinstalled BF2 with the latest patch(full).
The problem I am having, which happens maybe 50% of the time is, I join a server, am able to play for about a minute or two, the game will freeze with sound looping sometimes for about 30 seconds to a minute. The game will then either unfreeze and allow me to play without any further problems, or the game will disconnect from the server saying "connection to the server has been lost." There have been a few times where the game actually crashes, and I get an error from Windows saying something regarding services.exe, NT Authority\System, and the computer will restart automatically in one minute with a countdown. The only software I am running in the background is antivirus, ATI Control Center, and I am using Windows firewall.
This is my rig,
AMD Sempron 3100+ OC 2.25ghz
1GB 4200 RAM
ATI Sapphire Atlantis 9600 Pro
WD 80GB HD
Antec 500W PSU
Viewsonic 2025 monitor (brand new)
I have searched the forums, but have yet to find anyone with any problems like mine. Any help would be appreciated.
The problem I am having, which happens maybe 50% of the time is, I join a server, am able to play for about a minute or two, the game will freeze with sound looping sometimes for about 30 seconds to a minute. The game will then either unfreeze and allow me to play without any further problems, or the game will disconnect from the server saying "connection to the server has been lost." There have been a few times where the game actually crashes, and I get an error from Windows saying something regarding services.exe, NT Authority\System, and the computer will restart automatically in one minute with a countdown. The only software I am running in the background is antivirus, ATI Control Center, and I am using Windows firewall.
This is my rig,
AMD Sempron 3100+ OC 2.25ghz
1GB 4200 RAM
ATI Sapphire Atlantis 9600 Pro
WD 80GB HD
Antec 500W PSU
Viewsonic 2025 monitor (brand new)
I have searched the forums, but have yet to find anyone with any problems like mine. Any help would be appreciated.