Re:Warning...EA Support is a joke for Bad Company 2
2010/03/14 09:20:58
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Case: Antec 900
MOBO: Gigabyte X58A-UD7
CPU: i7 920 D0 @ 4.2GHz batch# 3945B231 <----------------------
RAM: 6gb G.Skill PI 7-8-7-24 @ 1.5V <-----------------------------
GPU: SLi GTX260 (666/1404/1107) <----------------------------
PSU: OCZ Z1000 80+Gold
Maybe it doesn't. It's ususally responsible to back that off to no OC, reinstall windows without an overclock, set up your system, and try your game before going off on support personel. Your machine can pass all the prime 95 in the world and sometimes apps still won't like your overclock, it's how the game works.
You basically posted a 4 page rant chat log of you being a jerk to a guy who is just trying to do his job, while providing incredibly limited information about your rig, and failure to build a properly operating PC. The hordes of people playing BF 2 on a similar setup pretty much says you're doing something wrong, got frustrated, and went off on EA support because you needed someone but yourself to blame.
Seriously, there is no way you can tell if that tech is an idiot or not, because you gave him not one useful piece of information he could use to help you, and immidiately started in on him.
Just so you know, when dealing with support, try to be polite and not standoffish. You failed (putting aside where you failed with your PC build) starting here:
: I was just talking to Paolo <- fine work, now andre goes to talk to paolo, paolo tells andre (Oi, this tosser was being quite priggish to me mate! So I told him to get his refund from steam!) (a support personel laugh is shared at your expense)
: and he gave me FALSE information!!!! (andre laughs at you again, and proceeds to ignore you until you have an actual problem)
: I am having noting but problems with Bad Company 2 (he is still laughing at your very specific gripe)
: HELLO??????????????????? (proboboly away from his desk now, calling people over to watch this hillarity unfold)
Try this man.
Reset your bios to default
Reinstall windows, format your primary OS partition
Install your video card drivers and motherboard drivers
download BFBC2 from steam fresh, instead of copying over the steamapps folder, try it at all stock clocks on EVERYTHING.
test your overclock with LinX and prime95 instead of just one or the other
and most importantly - Be nicer to people trying to do thier jobs, try to see things from a different, non-emotionally involved perspective.
Yeah, it sucks you spent days spinning your wheels trying to get your computer working, but don't expect a 3rd party to share your irritation at the failure they have nothing to do with.