OK here's the deal, I just got this computer up and running after it sat for like 1.5-2 years. Installed new PSU, AGP video card and ram. Here are the components
Asus A7N8X mobo
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Ati X850Pro AGP
Kingston HyperX 2x512mb
So it played BF2 fine initially.
I've got a nasty old ps2 keyboard hooked up so I went out and bought a new USB keyboard, some gaming keyboard called the Z-board Merc. Installed that, installed the drivers for it that I DL'd off their site as per their instructions. Tried to start BF2.
BF2 looks like it's trying to start, CD ROM spins up, the BF2 loading screen comes up (the big one with the brownish desert background and the big BATTLEFIELD 2 logo) just like normal. Then the screen goes black for a second just like normal, but then it drops back out to windows. So I try again, same thing. So I decide to restart the comp. I do, and then BF2 works fine. I play a couple rounds and decide I really don't like this keyboard, so I unhook it and put my PS2 keyboard back in, then go to eat some dinner, come back and play another couple rounds, and then go to bed.
Today I decide to install my new sound card, Audigy SE 7.1 - and to uninstall the Z-Board drivers that I installed last night. I install the sound card as per the instructions - disabling the on board nvidia Nforce sound first, and then go uninstall the Z-board drivers in control panel and go to fire up BF2 - No start again. Same thing as earlier, loading screen, then blank screen as normal, then dropout to desktop. I try this about 5 times with the same results each time.
So I start to retrace my steps. I disable the SB Audigy and restart the computer, no worky. I remove the SB audigy card entirely from the computer, no start. I've reinstalled the Z-board Merc gaming keyboard which I'm typing on right now, still no BF2 start. I try playing with my desktop resolution as if that will do anything - no start. I'm about to reinstall the Z-board drivers and see if that will allow the game to start, since the last time I had the game running, I had the Z-board drivers still installed, but was using the old PS/2 keyboard.
I have the latest BF2 1.41 update patch installed (since I first ran the game a couple days ago). I'm re-downloading the patch right now and going to try to reinstall the whole game and the patch as soon as the 536mb patch finishes downloading.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried to start the game from the CD Rom auto play, the desktop shortcut, and the start menu, not working. I've tried every configuration that has previously worked in the past 2 days, nothing. I've probably attempted to start the game 20-30 times now, not working - just the loading screen then blank screen flicker (you know how you can hear CRTs faintly pop then hiss for a second as you start a game) and then drop out to Windows XP Pro SP2.
Asus A7N8X mobo
Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
Ati X850Pro AGP
Kingston HyperX 2x512mb
So it played BF2 fine initially.
I've got a nasty old ps2 keyboard hooked up so I went out and bought a new USB keyboard, some gaming keyboard called the Z-board Merc. Installed that, installed the drivers for it that I DL'd off their site as per their instructions. Tried to start BF2.
BF2 looks like it's trying to start, CD ROM spins up, the BF2 loading screen comes up (the big one with the brownish desert background and the big BATTLEFIELD 2 logo) just like normal. Then the screen goes black for a second just like normal, but then it drops back out to windows. So I try again, same thing. So I decide to restart the comp. I do, and then BF2 works fine. I play a couple rounds and decide I really don't like this keyboard, so I unhook it and put my PS2 keyboard back in, then go to eat some dinner, come back and play another couple rounds, and then go to bed.
Today I decide to install my new sound card, Audigy SE 7.1 - and to uninstall the Z-Board drivers that I installed last night. I install the sound card as per the instructions - disabling the on board nvidia Nforce sound first, and then go uninstall the Z-board drivers in control panel and go to fire up BF2 - No start again. Same thing as earlier, loading screen, then blank screen as normal, then dropout to desktop. I try this about 5 times with the same results each time.
So I start to retrace my steps. I disable the SB Audigy and restart the computer, no worky. I remove the SB audigy card entirely from the computer, no start. I've reinstalled the Z-board Merc gaming keyboard which I'm typing on right now, still no BF2 start. I try playing with my desktop resolution as if that will do anything - no start. I'm about to reinstall the Z-board drivers and see if that will allow the game to start, since the last time I had the game running, I had the Z-board drivers still installed, but was using the old PS/2 keyboard.
I have the latest BF2 1.41 update patch installed (since I first ran the game a couple days ago). I'm re-downloading the patch right now and going to try to reinstall the whole game and the patch as soon as the 536mb patch finishes downloading.
Does anyone have any ideas? I've tried to start the game from the CD Rom auto play, the desktop shortcut, and the start menu, not working. I've tried every configuration that has previously worked in the past 2 days, nothing. I've probably attempted to start the game 20-30 times now, not working - just the loading screen then blank screen flicker (you know how you can hear CRTs faintly pop then hiss for a second as you start a game) and then drop out to Windows XP Pro SP2.