rahzel54
Member
+0|6695
my bro just bought an ASRock dual-sata2 ULI board, my old opteron 144 and a WD 250gb sataII HDD.

we just installed BF2 earlier tonight, but whenever we tried to join a server, it would crash to desktop about half-way through loading.

the system was overclocked, so i tried running it at stock, but the same thing happens.

googling this problem, it seems like A LOT of people have the same problem, but i was unable to find a solution.

i'm not at his house anymore, but i told him to try different drivers (he was using the BETA 91.33 at the time).

other things you may need to know, is he using the latest ULI drivers from the nvidia site and hes using patch 1.3.

i'm thinking it's either a problem with BF2 itself, or it might be a driver problem, or it might be because he has to use a different resolution as BF2 doesnt support widescreen. he tried doing the widescreen hack that was posted on the widescreengamingforums.
Donald O' Brien
Member
+104|6923
Does it crash after the join game button pops up?  If that's the case, then the problem is patch 1.3 and there is no solution.
*TS*tphai
The Forum Alien
+89|7025|The planet Tophet
well if its crashing in mid load then its not bf2 it might be yyour grafics card or your computer itself
rahzel54
Member
+0|6695
i have a hard time believing its my computer, or hardware related... im thinking its definitely software related, either drivers or a bad install.

i've seen others with the same problem, too.
sidious1
Member
+15|6761
Update Punkbuster manually, it may help. It helped me.
diglow~Flow
Member
+32|6845|British Columbia, Canada

rahzel54 wrote:

my bro just bought an ASRock dual-sata2 ULI board, my old opteron 144 and a WD 250gb sataII HDD.

we just installed BF2 earlier tonight, but whenever we tried to join a server, it would crash to desktop about half-way through loading.

the system was overclocked, so i tried running it at stock, but the same thing happens.

googling this problem, it seems like A LOT of people have the same problem, but i was unable to find a solution.

i'm not at his house anymore, but i told him to try different drivers (he was using the BETA 91.33 at the time).

other things you may need to know, is he using the latest ULI drivers from the nvidia site and hes using patch 1.3.

i'm thinking it's either a problem with BF2 itself, or it might be a driver problem, or it might be because he has to use a different resolution as BF2 doesnt support widescreen. he tried doing the widescreen hack that was posted on the widescreengamingforums.
I Have the Exact same board the only thing diff is i can play bf2
rahzel54
Member
+0|6695
how do you update punkbuster manually?
genius_man16
Platinum Star whore
+365|6897|Middle of nowhere
it might have been the way you installed 1.3, if you download it wrong, you get CTD's, if you download it right, no CTD's (well, very few anyways)

worked for me, i'd try it

PS- also update punkbuster, that helps lag, and also helps with the CTD
rahzel54
Member
+0|6695
i downloaded the 1.3 full version of the patch, and i got the same patch for my computer, and his computer before he got the new motherboard, and it worked fine.

again, how do you update PB manually?
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6894|Canberra, AUS
http://wiki.bf2s.com/howto/updatepunkbuster?s=update+punkbuster
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
KingSnake
Good... Bad... Im the guy with the gun
+1|6708
Could be faulty memory, just cause its new doesnt mean it could be defective.
rahzel54
Member
+0|6695
thanks to all who replied, but i fixed the problem.

from one of the sites i googled, someone had a big list of solutions, and one of them said to delete the BF2 folder in My Documents so it will set everything default again, and it worked for some reason.

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