Specterr

Well, I've tried everything I know how to do so I'm putting my problem out there in hopes that someone might think of something I have not.

My problem is that when I play BF2142 after 30s or so my whole computer will restart, screen goes black, green light flashes and system reboots. I think my problem comes from some problems with my video drivers, it's my best guess at least. Here's what I think happened to break it and what I've done to try and correct it so far.

My Observations:
- I installed Ad-Aware 2007 onto my computer, it detected a bunch of stuff and I told it to clear everything detected.

- BF2142 fails to start, CTD before it even gets to the movies.

- I delete radial, no change, I alter my settings to operate BF2142 under Win 2000, no change, I update all my drivers, no change, I deleted my profile, no change. (I think updating my drivers is the reason why it broke).

- I re-install 1.4 patch, still won't start.

- I re-install BF2142 and re-download and install 1.4 patch, game starts now...30s into my first match it reboots my computer (see above).

- Try all of the above over again, game will load, still reboots my system once I'm in.

- I Reformat my computer, fresh install of Windows XP, update all my drivers, install BF2142 and 1.4 patch. Game still reboots my system in game.

- Re-install BF2142 and do not patch, play a single player game, still reboots.

- Came onto this forum and asked for help

If anyone has any suggests on what else I can attempt please let me know.

MY System Specs Are:
MB- ASUS A7N8X-X
Video - ATI Radeon 9600 Pro
Processor - AMD Athalon 2.0GZ
RAM - 1GB SDRAM
Audio - On board
OS - Win XP Home Edition

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Lorax74

Are you overclocking anything?

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Specterr

Nope

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Azura

Been pondering this one for awhile, I'm putting my money on one solution. Check your ram:

"You need to test your PC RAM. Go to:
http://www.memtest.org/
Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)
and make a CD from the ISO. Use a rewritable so you can wipe it again, or use the floppy download.
Make sure your PC boot sequence in the BIOS (usually get into this with del on boot up) is set CD first then HardDisk, and boot from the CD. Run through a complete set of tests whilst you're out at work/school whatever as this takes simply ages with over a GB of RAM, but is very thorough. Any problems highlighted will mean you probably need to replace the affected DIMM (RAM stick). Hopefully not all your RAM will be affected.
You can first check your RAM is in matched pairs (same make, size & speed in same coloured slots), and if not, assuming you have two sticks, remove one stick for testing purposes (yes it'll run and load slower, but if CTD dissappears then it's memory related). If you have four sticks, remove all bar one of them (leave it in slot 0) and test. If it still CTDs, swap the RAM stick over for another and re-test. If it CTDs on all sticks, then you definately need to test your memory.
Good luck - I know it's a pain, but it'll be worth it if you can sort out your problem. Remember, very few applications commonly used will hog as much RAM as BF2142, so it may be the only one which highlights the problem memory.
Another free memory tester MEM386:
http://www.techspot.com/downloads/500-memtest.html"

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