Battlefield 2142 crash at start up

help me plz · 04-19-2008, 03:34 PM

Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 3070MB RAM
Hard Drive: 160 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Sound Card: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Speakers/Headphones: Fatal1ty Gaming Headset
Keyboard: Logitech
Mouse: Logitech
Mouse Surface: Mouse Pad
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)

Hey, i have had bf2142 for 2 yrs now, on and xp and vista system, xp worked fine, then ive been playing it on vista fine, no problems, and after a month of not playing i descided to put the disc in and have a run, and it got to the black screen just before it loads the battlewalker with the ea sign, then it crashes to desktop, with the vista thing where it goes trying to resolve problem, ive tried everything, shutdown, reinstall, and i have the 1.4 patch. please help,

P.S battlefield 2 works fine.

thanks guys!!

help me plz · 04-19-2008, 10:40 PM

please i need a replyy!

Yummyfood · 04-20-2008, 12:03 PM

My friend had the same problem. Turns out he needed to install a new driver. Ati.com has lots of Vista drivers, just install the kind you need and it should work.

help me plz · 04-20-2008, 01:36 PM

can u give me a link to the one, im not sure which one..

**koala** · 04-20-2008, 03:04 PM

Forceware 169, XP driver for 8800GT
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html

Forceware 169, Vista 32bit driver for 8800GT
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...9.25_whql.html

Forceware 169, Vista 64bit driver for 8800GT
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...9.25_whql.html

04-19-2008, 03:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
help me plz Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 OS: vista 32 bit SP1	Battlefield 2142 crash at start up Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.4GHz Memory: 3070MB RAM Hard Drive: 160 GB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor Sound Card: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio) Speakers/Headphones: Fatal1ty Gaming Headset Keyboard: Logitech Mouse: Logitech Mouse Surface: Mouse Pad Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205) Hey, i have had bf2142 for 2 yrs now, on and xp and vista system, xp worked fine, then ive been playing it on vista fine, no problems, and after a month of not playing i descided to put the disc in and have a run, and it got to the black screen just before it loads the battlewalker with the ea sign, then it crashes to desktop, with the vista thing where it goes trying to resolve problem, ive tried everything, shutdown, reinstall, and i have the 1.4 patch. please help, P.S battlefield 2 works fine. thanks guys!!

04-19-2008, 10:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
help me plz Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 OS: vista 32 bit SP1	Re: Battlefield 2142 crash at start up please i need a replyy!

04-20-2008, 12:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Yummyfood Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Vista	Re: Battlefield 2142 crash at start up My friend had the same problem. Turns out he needed to install a new driver. Ati.com has lots of Vista drivers, just install the kind you need and it should work.

04-20-2008, 01:36 PM	#4 (permalink)
help me plz Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3 OS: vista 32 bit SP1	Re: Battlefield 2142 crash at start up can u give me a link to the one, im not sure which one..

04-20-2008, 03:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
koala Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK Posts: 8,174 OS: XP/UBUNTU My System	Re: Battlefield 2142 crash at start up Forceware 169, XP driver for 8800GT http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_169.21_whql.html Forceware 169, Vista 32bit driver for 8800GT http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...9.25_whql.html Forceware 169, Vista 64bit driver for 8800GT http://www.nvidia.com/object/winvist...9.25_whql.html __________________ New members: Subscribe to your thread (Thread Tools) to receive an instant email notification when you get a reply. TSF Folding@Home Team 85015 - details here