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Punkbuster tells me GLOBAL HARDWARE BAN!

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Congrats! You just got the mother of all Punkbuster bans! If you have (or have had) something like a screen shot blocker or other hack that directly affects Punkbuster then you're likely to get this ban without warning. Punkbuster takes a hash of info on items in your machine, usually your NIC card and/or your hard drive. Punkbuster can also ban any of your other items listed as network cards like Firewire cards. Be sure to disable those. For your NIC card, you'll need to change your MAC address (search the forum) and see the game lets you back on. If it doesn't, your hard drive has been banned. Punkbuster rarely bans BOTH. Usually a change in one will allow you to play again. Raid arrays (you can do a single disk array) are not affected by hardware bans in most cases. If your hard drive is banned, you'll need to either set up a RAID array (easy, search the forum) or run a hardware spoofer. There is no known operating hardware spoofer at this time. If you cannot find one you must remove your hard disk (the targeted one could be any ones installed) and replace it. A popular option is selling your current disk on Ebay and buying a new one with the proceeds. NOTICE: There is some (extremely small) evidence that if you receive a HW ban three times your account name will be banned and you'll have to start all over as a private in battlefield with a new account.

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Congrats! You just got the mother of all Punkbuster bans!

If you have (or have had) something like a screen shot blocker or other
hack that directly affects Punkbuster then you're likely to get this ban without warning.

Punkbuster takes a hash of info on items in your machine, usually your NIC card
and/or your hard drive. Punkbuster can also ban any of your other items listed as network cards like Firewire cards. Be sure to disable those.

For your NIC card, you'll need to change your MAC address (search the forum)
and see the game lets you back on. If it doesn't, your hard drive has been
banned. Punkbuster rarely bans BOTH. Usually a change in one will allow
you to play again. Raid arrays (you can do a single disk array) are not
affected by hardware bans in most cases.

If your hard drive is banned, you'll need to either set up a RAID array (easy,
search the forum) or run a hardware spoofer. There is no known operating hardware spoofer
at this time. If you cannot find one you must remove your hard disk (the targeted one could be
any ones installed) and replace it. A popular option is selling your current disk on Ebay and
buying a new one with the proceeds.

NOTICE: There is some (extremely small) evidence that if you receive a HW ban
three times your account name will be banned and you'll have to start all over as a
private in battlefield with a new account.

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