B2k43 wrote:Having the same problem, man. Is yours also stuttering like hell? I know it's not my computers' performance because it'll run fine for about 15 seconds and then act like it just ran into some horrible lag for about 7 seconds. And it's not as bad if I join a game with only 24 people. Was on a server with about 63 people and it was pretty bad, then it proceeded to kick me for this same "punkbuster heartbeats" issue. Wondering if this is directly related to the stuttering problem mine is having.

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I hope this helps, I helped for me and now I'm playing without any lag
Finally solved pnkbstrB.exe heartbeats stopped error !!!
I used a combination of 2 things for my last attempt to fix it: this one is the first
start the pbsvc, and Remove punkbuster, and go to the map of battlefield (c:/programm/EA/
and remove the punkbuster named "pb" map.
after this, DONT REINSTALL PUNKBUSTER WITH PBSVC
close pbsvc, restart pc, and then go to punbuster update (PBsetup),
now if you start pbsetup, you will see it did not find the client, and server of it,
but it does not matter, just click on update,
and it will automaticly REINTALL punkbuster and update it,
And second: turn textures and lightning ingame to medium.
After that, I had no problems and everything ran smooth
Finally I'm able to enjoy the gameplay ^^
Cheers