64 FX-51 on ASUS XK8V won't play BF or CS

[2fasn8me]

This is kinda crazy... Whenever I attempt to play CS or BF, this system loads each game about 1/2 way or so, then just stops.. lol The computer doesn't freeze up, and I can play on our LAN server here locally, and I can play in single player mode... Another thing that's kinda crazy is that other people online can see me enter the game, but with a ping or latency of zero, then "disconnected"... It seems that I can get into games with nobody else in there (but nobody ever joins) , and I actually made it into a couple games last night somehow, but the whole time my ping was zero. I did all the PunkBuster, etc. stuff and on BF, I have 1.6... STEAM on CS... This computer is a sweet ride... just wish I could play some online games.. lol Any info is appreciated...

AMD 64 FX-51
ASUS SK8V Bios 1002 Beta
(the above problems happened on 1001 final also)
1 gig Corsair XMS Registered 3200
ATI 9800 Pro
RocketRaid 404 with 2 Seagate 40's:

[Vampiel]

Are you behind a firewall?

[2fasn8me]

Yessir... I am behind a Linksys router, and have Norton 2004 antivirus installed...

[Yoshi]

I think the FW is your problem, but hey your system specs might not be able to handle those power hungry games;) :D

[Vampiel]

You probobly need to configure your firewall properly. Try disabling norton and plugging you computer directly into the modem (bypassing the router) and see if it does the same thing, if not then it's your firewall setup. If it is your firewall let us know and ill help you configure it.

If you only have norton anti-virus and not norton security, then you dont need to disable the anti-virus.

Also goto my network connections, right click on your connection and goto firewall and disable the windows firewall if its enabled.

[2fasn8me]

First Vampiel, I want to thank you for your generosity in offering to help me... "If it is your firewall let us know and ill help you configure it." I wish everybody could be so helpful. Secondly, after posting this problem on 4 other Forums, including the AMD Forum, your answer was the only one that was absolutely right.
I have a commercial Road Runner account here, and recently had the modem changed out to a more powerful one. The installer hooked it up just like the one before it, into the WAN port of my Linksys Router. Altho a red light came on the modem, all of my computers here still worked fine online, as did his laptop, and all but one of my systems played high end games just fine, like Battlefield 1942 and Counter Strike. Only my 64 FX-51 wouldn't play those games, altho it would allow me to access the Internet and email. After contacting RR techs, it turns out that this modem they installed was a brand new one, and it is a router also, (the "new wave"), so it should have been installed in the uplink port on my router, just like you would treat a typical router/switch application. After doing so, the green light came on their modem, and I dispensed with my Linksys router, now only needing a switch, and all things work great. Thank You very much ! Jason Powers

[Vampiel]

No problem! Glad to help out a fellow gamer.:D Nice setup BTW!