I was going to suggest the event viewer........but it can get technical, and I have to google all the events to see what happened. It may not be so technical for you as you have that background.
Just a thought though, is it a particular game server or map that causes the crash ?
I have been booted to the desktop on a number of occasions in the past. If an admin takes a dislike to you or needs space for a server "member" to play they can boot you all the way out of the game. I have to log back in to play again. The forums will tell you that this can not be done, but I beg do differ.
Several people on the forums seem to have this problem. Maybe it is a fault in the game.
Have you tried stress testing your PC at the same times as you would be playing ?
Running out of ideas for you, but I can say with confidence that it is probably not you PC's fault. Don't let someone tell you to reload windows and all the game files and other nonsense like that.
To be fair, I've had a look through the Event Viewer and I'm struggling to see anything that stands out. All I see is a confirmation that EA Anitcheat loaded and then unloaded successfully. This coincides directly with the creation of a Crashdump file which was created at 02:31:37
The screenshot below are the times the entries were added to the Eventviewer Log. Beneath that is a copy of the message. I doubt much the Anticheat program is causing the issue but then again, it wouldn't surprise me.
File System Filter 'EAAntiCheat' (Version 10.0, 2025-01-23T22:54:42.000000000Z) unloaded successfully.
File System Filter 'EAAntiCheat' (10.0, 2025-01-23T22:54:42.000000000Z) has successfully loaded and registered with Filter Manager.
* It's not a particular map. It can literally be ANY map. As for servers. BF2042 servers are hosted centrally and as such, when you connect, you're shoehorned into an available server using whatever algorithms or connectivity rules they set out. There are no privately hosted servers for the regular game modes. As such, the only people whom are capable of removing a player from a server are EA staff themselves. Given the fact that a lot of my crashes occur on loading into the map before the round has even started, I can't see it me being removed. I also don't play in a way that would arouse suspicion. Quite the opposite haha.
A stress test on the PC using a Benchmarking utility would make sense although not at the same time as playing. That would most likely just result in a game crash regardless.
My next step is to reduce down the clock speed of my system ram from 5600 down to 5400Mhz. I have read over on Reddit that some people have had success in reducing the clock speed of their RAM.
After that, I will run the "Memtest" feature from my BIOS which will test every single block in the system memory to see if there is an issue there. If so, then I will have it replaced under warranty.
If that is fine, I'll run a full stress test benchmark.
I appreciate your taking the time to read these replies and make suggestions. If I can get down to the bottom of this then, it would also hopefully serve as a potential solution for others.
Reinstalling Windows is the absolute last resort solution. In fact, I'm more likely to install a secondary copy under a Dual Boot on a secondary M.2 SSD as opposed to a full on format and reinstall. That way, I can test stability and compatibility of the game and slowly introduce other applications I use to see if one of them starts to trigger crashing.
All this for a darn 3.5 year old game. 🤦😂
