ive patched uninstalled reinstall...this is the only thing i have a problem with, the game just locks and sits for ever when i try to launch it after double clicking the icon any ideas?

did you ever use an external display while playing the game? If so hook up a display and try again. Check for speed stepping also. I had a similar issue and finally gave up and reinstalled it and it worked fine.

ive had the same problem. from what ive been reading i think the problem is the samsung tsst dvd/cd drive. Ive called dell and ea and they cant figure it out. today im going to call dell to try and get them to exchange my drive. if you figure anything out let me know thanks

Once you intall it the game never runs off of the disk, it'll check for the disk at the begining of the program, but never again will it check the disk, that's why the install files are like 3 gbs

You're right it doesnt play off the disk but it does need to read from it at the beginning. I think the samsung drive cant read the security program that ea uses. I just got off the phone from dell and they told me since it was an ea games problem they wouldnt exchange the drive.

It's not a problem with the drive, it's a problem with your display settings. Try this out:

You video resolution may be set at something your monitor can't handle, so BF2 automatically crashes on startup.

you have to go to this file: C:\Documents and Settings\******\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\Default\Video.txt and change the resolution down to the default of 800x600.

Then do the same thing in C:\Documents and Settings\******\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\0001\Video.txt

Note: ***** is whatever your windows profile name is.

After you set it to default resolution, restart the game and change the video settings to whatever you want.

Also, if it is a drive issue, use Virtual Daemon Manager and load a BF2 cd .iso., You'll never have to insert your BF2 CD again.

I have the same problem at the Logo Screen. Like it's hanging at the CD Check.

I have to do this to get it to work: Put in the wrong cd, launch the game, Get the error message saying "put in the cd dummy" put the correct CD in let it auto play click Play BF2. That works about 50% of the time. I do that but after a fresh reboot and it'll work about 75% of the time.

Does anyone else know a work around? Does NE know of a firmware upgrade of the samsung DVD burner that comes with the M170. Maybe that'll work.

i would try replacing the .exe file from one from GameBurnWorld or GameCopyWorld to see if it is your cd/dvd drive.

just make sure to save the original .exe

I HAVE THE ANSWER !!!!

Sorry

I'm just so excited becuase I just got this all figured out today. Those drives don's seems to want to work with EA

Games...... I used an external and everything worked out great..... Delll is sending me a new NEC !!!!!!!!!

This

This took three days of frustration to figure out.... Good luck with it fellas...

lol calm down, so what is the "ANSWER" ?