Author Topic: disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam  (Read 4067 times)

kenred

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disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« on: March 29, 2004, 11:48:35 pm »
Just hoping someone here might have an idea to fix my problem.

I have charter pipeline.  Motorola SB4200 modem.  2.8mhz with 800 FSB.  1 gig of ram.  Abit Ic7 board.  ATI 9600pro with newest catalyst drivers.

during internet gameplay my ping never approaches more then 50.  I get disconnected at random times from 5 minutes to 16 minutes or so.

    thanks,
         kenred

I have checked my largesystemcache and it is set to 0
I have also reset my router.

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2004, 07:57:16 am »
Hi Kenred, have you tried playing without the router, IE your internet cable straight into your pc ? If not, could you try that ?

Also, do you have any firewall running ?

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2004, 11:06:47 am »
Or do u have punkbuster disabled  ;D??

Not likely but maybe.....

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2004, 01:56:34 pm »
I have punkbuster enabled.  With other games that use punkbuster like ET I have no problems.

I tried it without the router.  still get the problem.  I have also powered off then reset my modem without luck.

            dazed and confused still

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2004, 02:03:46 pm »
Do you have a firewall installed ?

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2004, 07:24:41 pm »
No firewall.

Norton antivirus corporate edition running.

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #6 on: April 01, 2004, 10:26:41 pm »
Could you try the following:

The moment the "Warning Connection Problems Detected" thing comes up, press Escape, wait for the game to refresh the game servers, then press Escape again to return to the game.

Also, you mentioning Norton gives me the shivers...

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2004, 04:58:14 am »
is Norton that bad for games?

will try the escape thing

         thanks

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2004, 10:31:12 am »
Well, let's just say I've seen my fair share of problems Norton could cause (specificly with Norton Anti virus 2003).

Let me know if the escape thing worked.
« Last Edit: April 02, 2004, 10:31:29 am by Doc Nyar »

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2004, 03:12:17 am »
Tried the escape solution without any results.  Still having same problem.

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2004, 10:43:28 am »
Do you have Norton running in the background while playing ? If so, try turning it off.

Another thing is, are you able to uninstall Norton for test puropses ? Just to see if it's the cause of your problems.

Next to that, do you have any virtual drive running ?

kenred

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2004, 10:35:40 pm »
Docnyar,
        Uninstalled my norton and ran the game.  same problem.

   NO virtual drive that I know of running.

     

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2004, 12:08:14 pm »
Hey kenred,

Are you actually seeing a Connection Problem message and then get disconnected, or just the Connection Problem message ?
Have you also already tried to re-install BFV ?

Also, do you have your system overclocked ?
(and also have your RAM set to a faster bus speed ?)

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2004, 10:33:10 am »
If what Bako suggested din't help, could you attach your dxdiag ?

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2004, 03:15:59 pm »
I am not overclocking anything on my system.

What I see is the Connection problem exists warning, then I cannot move at all.  After about 10 seconds the game kicks out to the server .

             kenred

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2004, 04:56:01 pm »
It sounds to me like you have a backdoor worm on your computer.Many people I play with on Planetside have complained of similar things happening to them.

Visit Symantec .com and run the online virus scanner,even Norton and McAffee are not detecting them.
I downloaded AVG anti virus it's free and available from grisoft.com, since I installed it I havn't had another virus and my game connection has stopped dropping out all the time. :)
« Last Edit: April 07, 2004, 04:56:50 pm by Atomic »

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #16 on: April 07, 2004, 06:25:02 pm »
Good suggestion Atomic...

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2004, 04:35:02 pm »
Thanks I'm running the online virus right now.  I am very diligent about updating my norton's corporate edition.  Tried to uninstall and reinstall the game without results.

           kenred

thanks for all your ideas and help

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2004, 04:49:41 pm »
The online symatec scan came up without finding anything.

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2004, 07:52:47 pm »
Kenred, could you attach your dxdiag ?

Go to Start => Run and there type dxdiag. Run the tests on the video/display and sound tab. Once done, on the first tab you'll see a button save all info. Save it as a txt file and attach it to your dxdiag.

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #20 on: April 10, 2004, 03:50:39 pm »
ok here are my diagnosis from windows

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #21 on: April 10, 2004, 03:50:56 pm »
and the video

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #22 on: April 10, 2004, 04:04:02 pm »
Could you try to play with the sound turned off (all).

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #23 on: April 11, 2004, 07:16:34 pm »
turned off all sounds.  Game played what may have been a bit longer but still disconnected.



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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #24 on: April 12, 2004, 07:46:47 am »
As you have an onboard sound card, it may be worth while to try and disable it in the BIOS.

Also, try going to the following site and do a connection test:


http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #25 on: April 12, 2004, 12:22:22 pm »
I don't think there really is a fix for this, i don't know why, but there are TONS AND TONS of people who have this problem and they still have the same problem. I tried contacting ea about it twice, they gave me nothing. However, if i had this problem, i could tell you how to fix it, but i don't have this problem, so i have no idea how to fix it. Sorry.

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #26 on: April 12, 2004, 10:25:08 pm »
Hi there ! I got the same problem than you kenred. I have a 2.4 Pentium 4 with a radeon 128 mo.

I'm becoming creasy about this problem. Impossible to play more than 20 minutes, always being disconnecting. After I get disconect I can't go on Internet, I have to wait 2 minutes. Dont know why  ???

I have a fast cable connection and share my connection with another PC with a D-Link router.

Please if someone know how to fix it, help us !!


P.S Sorry for my english but I'm french  ;D

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #27 on: April 12, 2004, 11:56:41 pm »
I have disabled the sound in the Bios, me too I have a onboard sound card. And the disconnect faster than with sound...

 :-[ :-[

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #28 on: April 13, 2004, 11:27:00 am »
Hi NoNack, could you try to connect your pc directly to the internet, without connection sharing and without the router ?

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Re:disconnections in Battlefield Vietnam
« Reply #29 on: April 13, 2004, 02:40:18 pm »
Not to piss on anybody's parade, but I have been noticing more and more people having problems with BFV, that have a ATI card. Now, I'm not saying this is it, but I have also seen in other communities lots and lots of issues related to ATI. Do any of the people having problems with BFV, use a NVIDIA card ??
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