Very weird problem/return to desktop at startup

[Domo230]

Hey hows it going.

I recently had a problem with bf2 not detecting the shaders and decided to reinstall the game. The thing is my disc drive is broken and doesn't read DVD's. So I took the disc drive out of another pc and everything seemed to be going fine until I tried to get bf2 to run.

I get a black screen for a few seconds and then im back at desktop. Ive been looking for solutions and someone else managed to solve it by accident when they installed a new disc drive in their computer.


Computr specs
Geforce 6600GT
2 Gigs ram
Cant remember mobo
Athlon 3000+ processor
Windows xp


What ive tried so far
1.Uninstalling/reinstalling the game again in the order bf2, bf:special forces,1.5 patch

2.Messing around with the refresh rate of the monitor (dont think I did this right though)

3. Updated direct x

4.Asking my computer politely to make it run.

5. Swearing

6. More swearing


Im out of ideas lads.





[EDIT]
Turns out this problem also applies to my copy of bf2142 which I also just installed Sad

I set it to run in windows 2000 and I made it a little further with 2142. The startup image appears along with an error saying it cannot locate the dvd. This is weird as I can acess the dvd in my disc drive and shouldnt affect any of the games based off bf2 as since 1.5 you have not needed a disc in the drive.

[thepalerider]

You need to install update 1.41 before the 1.5 update.
Installation timeline

1. Install BF2
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BF2:SF Expansion | --- If you have BF2:SF, here is where it should be installed.
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2. Install Battlefield 2 v1.41
3. Install Battlefield 2 v1.5
4. Install the latest PR Build (Currently: v0.917)

Good luck

[Domo230]

I reinstalled the original bf2 and before I even got around to patching it I tried to run it (after the restart ofc) and still had the same problem.

I'm guessing since I'm having the exact same problem with my copy of bf2142 that this is not a patching issue. I think it's got something to do with the drive I installed. I took it from an old fujitsu siemens pc that was lying around the house, it's not a brand new drive or anything.

[Domo230]

Bump

Anyone have any ideas on what could be causing this?

[Robo]

Same problem here. Get the pr loading screen then it goes to a back screen for a few seconds and then it just dies.
Ive already installed 1.41 and 1.50.

[Domo230]

Same problem here. Get the pr loading screen then it goes to a back screen for a few seconds and then it just dies.
Ive already installed 1.41 and 1.50.

What have you tried to make this work. Ive been told it could be a refresh issue as the game starts of trying to play at 60hz and if it cant it wont start. Try setting your refresh down to that and see what happens. Didnt work for me though

[Domo230]

I fixed it by going into my video.con file in your bf2 profile and changing the starting HZ to 75HZ (what my monitor can run)