Loading files seems to hang - BF3

Hi Carbonic. Thanks for your reply.

I have not had BF3 for very long, but when I first ran it, I had no problems getting to the website and further connecting to games. This last weekend was the first time I have seen the problem. On the website, I can see the servers and run the filters to narrow down to games, so I don't thing I have a generic issue with getting onto the web (My speedtest is 33Megs download and 2.5Megs upload). It is only after I click on a game server and then "Join Server" where the trouble begins. The messages that stream by indicate things like "connecting to the server", "initializing", "logging in", and finally "loading" with a little blue flashing box.

Perhaps I am just impatient, but usually when a game does load, it is only a delay of about 15 seconds at most before the screen goes dark for a second or two followed by the deploy screen. When I run into the trouble loading, the file never seems to load and I never get to the dark screen/deploy screen. There does not seem to be an indicator showing file load progress so I have very little to go on as to what is happening.

I can click the "X" next to the "Loading" line and it then asks me if I am sure, that I will quit loading. Upon clicking the OK button, I end back at the main screen where I again can search for another server using the filters. Sometimes rebooting may help, but not always.

I am running Windows 7, Home Premium, 64 bit with 8G of RAM. Processor is i7-4770 running 3.4GHz. It is a pretty new computer so I am fairly certain I meet all the system requirements.

I will try checking the server status next time, but would think the fact it connects and logs in means the server is up and running.

Any help you can give is greatly appreciated as playing is more fun that watching a blinking blue box.

Mr_F