Faunz

I hate it when games decide to do this. I know there's nothing wrong with the game itself, as it worked on another computer of mine awhile ago (now that computer is dead) so I tried installing it on current comp and it installs fine, but when I try and start the game it gets to the EA logo then returns to desktop and that's all the farther I can get. I've uninstalled, restarted, reinstalled in every possible combination and this is still all I get. I don't know exactly where to get all the specs that people usually post with these types of problems but this is what I'm running as far as my computer and graphics card OS Windows XP (on a Dell, if that makes a dif, OptiPlex GX260) Intel Pentium 4 CPU 2.00 GHz 766MB RAM DirectX version 9.0c Ati Radeon 9550 gphx card, total mem 256MB I have the updated drivers for the card... and yeah sorry not too much more computer savvy beyond knowing this so if you need more info you'll also have to explain to me how and where to find it.

UGH! I always seem to ask for help when I myself am a step away from figuring it out! Turns out that I needed to re-install the driver for the sound. It's always something simple . . . I forgot when I put the new gphx card in I had to disable the onboard one (this is a custom machine) and somehow the sound driver was deleted. Ahhhh.... now I've spent so long trying to get it to work I don't even want to play it anymore. Goodnight, and thanks anyway guys.

I've been googling for hours and found another thread that mentioned something about logitech mouse point utility or something interfering with the game and I am using a wireless logitech keyboard and mouse but I don't know if that's the problem and if it is, how to fix it. I downloaded the patch from the official website that's supposed to help with graphics issues and crashing issues but it's not helping.