At seemingly random points in the game, my computer will either crash to the desktop or reboot. If it crashes to the desktop, I can not succesfully restart BG2 without rebooting. I am almost certain that my problem is with my video card.
I have a Voodoo5 5500 AGP and run Windows Millenium.
Does anyone else use this card? If you do and don't have problems, please tell me which drivers you use.

I have a Matrox G450DH and sometimes my comp does the same thing, so it's probably not the video card, what motherboard do you have?

Micronics C200.

Well, if it doesn't have the BX chipset then I don't see anything in commen there either

Yep, I'm having the same problems, but mine always reboots, never crashes to desktop... I have Win98 and no idea about my video card, it's whatever came with the computer.
Now, I have not added any modifications or patches since my boyfriend bought the game.

I run win2k.....
So we have the problem on 3 OS's now.

random reboots and crashes *can* be caused by graphics cards, and most often are. usually if they are running to hot. Most of the time it's caused by the processor running to hot. Your CPU gets too hot, it dies.

you might need to invest in another fan perhaps...

I actually had the heat problem with another game a while ago, so I bought a new fan. The Voodoo5 actually already has two fans installed. It's very true that heat can lead to these problems and this may be the case for some other computers, but I think that mine is hardware related, especially since I can't restart BG2 from a crashed desktop.

Hmmm... that's an interesting point. I have a Compaq that I bought with all hardware installed, and I've made no changes or upgrades since I bought the system. How likely is it that my system would be prone to oveheating due to the installed hardware? Now, what I may do is thoroughly clean my machine. As claen as I try to keep it, I have two cats, and that means hair everywhere, no matter how hard I try.

Ditch Win ME. It's horrific.

Well, I completely cleaned out the computer (I won't metion the fight some of those dust bunnies put up.. eek!) and the game is still rebooting my computer consantly.

Good grief, it seems I can't type worth a hoot today. I think I've had to edit just about everything I've done

[This message has been edited by Stefanina (edited July 03, 2002).]

Sorry, I've been away for vacation. When I fixed my first heating problem, I also needed to use some heat grease between the CPU and fan. It makes a big difference. I'm sure that it will help your computer, but I doubt that this is our BG2 problem.

Ive had the same problem, try going into sond (in game) and turn off EAX, it will help alot

All Infinity Games have a problem with later versions of Windows (2k, ME, and XP). I do not think it is a heat issue as you are not getting the B.S.O.D. Zip your game and send it to me and I will determine for sure if it is your OS.

The problem I have is with quiting the game. Locks up everytime. :(