Giant_Squid... what about ur sounds card??
maybe ur having the same prob with mine. i.e. sound card driver.
Im pretty sure the video drivers are all fine. but the sounds are a bit more dodgy since there are so many integrated, wireless, usb etc ones..
heres my theory:
if its graphics.. then it should still start except maybe garbled or crash somewhere (dx compat issue)
if its directx.. then ur other games simply wont play.. so this is a rare one..
if its motherboard etc.. hard to speculate but this is a rare one imo..
sounds is the only one with huge diversity. not to mention the diff hardware decode etc..
if i were u... i would try these:
1. run in safe mode see if you can put it in lowest everything and work you way up
".......\Call of Duty 2\cod2sp_s.exe" +safe
2. double check my audio drivers (try old ones even)
3. when uninstalling audio/video card drivers make sure its truely deleted.
so I would dig in google stuff like ATI drivers remover.. whatever audio driver remover.
4. codec packs that u installed?? some codec will overide certain defaults (so is to use their one instead of windows default etc), try removing them.. install back the original Windows Media 9.0 codec pack.
Similarly, some players comes with codec packs.. so try uninstalling them..
5. tweaks?? some bloody tweaks cause more probs than it solves.. so make sure any attempts on graphics cards, audio card etc is set back to default.. this includes overclocking..
Sorry for not helping much as I never had a ATI graphics card on any computer since the drivers on them buggers are a bit confusing(to me anyway).
hope that helps.. if not provide a bit more info on your comp and the attempts..
but I assure u that ur attempts is not futile.. other than faulty parts..LOL
and the game is a well worth it.. I finished it countless times now
and still enjoying it..
fantastic stress reliever...
Edited by paranoidx, 27 January 2006 - 12:02 AM.