bf2 need a lil help

my battle field 2 disk is scratched and as a result it wont start up anymore, do i have to go buy a new copy of the game? (no cd patches wont work because punk buster checks the disk too apparantly)

 

You could try a cd repair kit.
I've never used one so I don't know if they're any good.

Either that or try to get the CD replaced. I know some companies allow you to (like Blizzard entertainment. When I scratched my WoW DVD I sent it in with 10$ to get it replaced). So you'd have to contact EA games to see if they replace scratched or broken CDs.

 

I find it really annoying to have to take the disc around with me whenever I want to play, so I use a mini-image with Daemon tools and I've never had problems with punkbuster (other than being kicked for excessive lag... I hate my connection sometimes). That said, it's also possible to get a replacement disc; you'd probably have to mail the original in.

 

I think EA has a decent CD replacement program but you could also torrent an image of the necessary disc to play with. It's a popular game so someone has undoubtedly copied it and you have a CD key and the originals if you break the odds and actually get called on using pirated software.

EDIT: BTW, Iron what is a mini image? Is there some way of just copying what's necessary to run the game instead of a full DVD or CD or am I just hoping fervently so I don't have to carry my bulky CD case around anymore?

 

A mini image is an image file that you can get from sites like megagames or gamecopyworld that mimics the entire CD/DVD, but the file size is usually only a fraction of the real .iso. Some games take a bit of extra work to fool more advanced CD-check programs like Starforce, but it's easily doable. And legal, assuming that you own the original, and just want to play it without lugging about a bunch of CDs.

 

I have Acer Aspire1640

 

I have Acer Aspire 1640
Aspire 1641wlmi
(1.6 Ghz , 400Mhz Fsb,2MB L2 cashe)
Intel Graphics Media Accelrator 900
80gb hdd


And When i try running Bf2 my scren goes black and then goes back to desktop.If anybody could help?

 

lol that's because your setup CANT run the game, sorry. integrated graphics don't make the cut. read the min requirements next time.

 

Mini-images work fine. I use them as I have several computers, so I don't like to have to swap the disc around so much...