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How to Fix NBA 2K12 Crashes, Freezes and Problems

How to Fix NBA 2K12 Crashes, Freezes and Problems

One of my highest anticipated games of the year (of EACH year, to be precise!) is NBA 2K12, and this year’s version is better than ever! However, it’s not a perfect game and even though the game has just been launched, reports about NBA 2K12 crashes, freezes and black screeb problems (to mention a few) have started to appear and I am here to try and help you solve these problems! So if you’re wondering how to fix NBA 2K12 Problems, check out the solutions below. If nothing seems to work, try to post a comment below and hopefully somebody will be able to help you out.

How to fix generic NBA 2K12 Crashes, Freezes and Black Screen

1. First of all, you should make sure that your system meets the minimum system requirements (and try to lower the visuals as much as possible). Also, make sure that you have installed your latest driver for your graphics card and you have your antivirus stopped. The antivirus could also interfere with the game’s installation!

2. Another reason for crashes of the game is the lack of virtual memory (as it happened with NBA 2K11). In order to increase your virtual memory available for NBA 2K12 and hopefully stop the crashes and freezes, here is what you should do (for Windows 7 or Vista users): go to Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System > Advanced System Settings > Performance > Advanced tab > Virtual memory and check the “Automatically manage paging file size for all drives” option. And that’s it!

How to fix NBA 2K12 Install Problems

In order to install the game, you must be connected to the internet. Sometimes, a poorly configured antivirus software might interfere with the game, so make sure that you have your antivirus software turned off before trying to install NBA 2K12 again.

This is it right now, hopefully these fixes will help you enjoy NBA 2K12 to the maximum!

Don’t forget that if you have a possible solution for any problems related to the NBA 2K12 crashes, black screen or performance, post them in the comment section below to help everybody!

60 comments

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CakezZ

Tried all those steps and still freezes, when playing My Player mode. During match intervals, an ad comes up for a major fixture and goes to a black screen and freezes. And I’ve tried the “Turn OFF Auto-Save” solution. Does not work. Lowered all graphics, etc. My pc defnitly meets the recommended requirements. Please HELP!!! Muchly appreciated.

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Michael

hi i have 560ti duel core 4gb rame and the frame rate is bad and i dont know what to do can any one help me

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JD

im havin a problem installing 2k12 it always look for png1183.iff when im installing it..

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marvin

hi.i have a problem with nba 2k12.when i am playing the association, the nba today presentation before 4th quarter, it will become black and never play the quarter. What will i do?.i copy only the game but i never install it.help me..plz..tnx

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Qolo39

Hi, my game freezes in myplayer mode everytime after the comercial in which the starplayer of the teams are presented and everytime i want to start the 4th quarter. i have tried everything. My pc definitely meets the minimum system requirements. Can anyone help me ?

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Nikki Elaine

My problem is, nba2k12_15.cab is corrupted.
What should i do ??

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Etotallah

lol, the best solution to our problem is to wait the patch for nba2k12 PC game, i am over the requirements of the game but still the errors occurs.. meaning the game itself has the error even though you reach or not the requirements..

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THE JEYP

My problem with My Player mode is the finals
every time I win the championship it crashes
whats wrong?

(My PC meets the minimum requirements)

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    TRK

    you need to turn off autosave in my player settings

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sotireas

I have exactly the same problem!when i win the champion it crashes!!do you know when the patch will be released?

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Nikki Elaine

@THE JEYP , turn off the auto save… that’s all

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tassoulis

@Nikki Elaine i did that and still the same problem

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sotireas

tassouli an eisai ellinas pou mallon eisai to ekana kai gw kai douleuei.prosekse,prepei na kleiseis to auto save sto my player mode,oxi sto kentriko menu tou paixnidiou!episis an ksereis kati gia kainourgio patch enimerwse me an mporeis!

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Weix

Try doing this Run>Regedit>Find 2k12; Remove all found 2k12 in your registry. Worked for me :D Goodluck to all of you!

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erol

My problem is i have no setup inside the folder in 2k12

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Juugo

when will patch for pc. i tried all solutions but nothing. im bored with freeze problem on my player mode.

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victor

necesito que me ayudes con el modo asocciacion se me friza en el 1er y 3er cuarto help .(

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Cruz jericho

dynasty, myplayer, season, playoffs, the association.. everytime i play one of them, i cant continue playing.. 1st quarter commercial (gameday) it always goes back to desktop?? can anyone help me???

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slayer

im one of u guys! 1st & 3rd quarter gameday commercial bug victim
!

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flamekilla

my problem is in the beginning of the game while my settings are loading, it freezes up. please help

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Nikki Elaine

@tassoulis Or maybe your computer has a problem like you don’t have enough space to operate… example i have 1 gb and i have 90% used and 10% free space.. well that’s the problem you need more than 10% to save or to load… or if you have internet connection unplug it and load your game or save…

(Well if it is doesn’t work try to contact 2ksports in there forum)

-SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH

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Nikki Elaine

or try to exit to your game and play again…..

> EXIT GAME
> START GAME (PLAY AGAIN)

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joey

i have a problem with it freezing in the ” loading settings ” and ” loading roster ” part sometimes the music plays and then it just freeses after the screen freeses, anybody has the solution for this?

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manu

i have the same problem!! what did u do to fix it?!!!

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robert

i have the same problem that @Nikki Elaine had!!
“the cabinet file nba2k12_15.cab required for this installation is corrupt and cannor be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package”

WHAT SHOULD I DO????? ANY SUGGESTIONS!???

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flamekilla

WTF! GAME 4 OF NBA FINALS. I BEAT THE SERIES AND IT GOES THRU THE MOTIONS OF ANNOUNCING WINNER. BUT JUST BEFORE THE PRESS CONFRENCE, GAME FREEZES! IT STUCK ON LOADING SCREEN! I HAVE MY INTERNET CORD UNPLUGGED AND I DELETED MY UPDATES. I PLAYED THIS SAME CONFRENCE GAME 5 TIMES AND IM AM 2 SECONDS AWAY FROM THROWING IT THRU A WALL. PLEASE HELP. P.S. IM USING PS3SYSTEM

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guyJesus

My problem with My Player mode is the finals
every time I win the championship it crashes
whats wrong?

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bingo

as for me my 2k12 is running ok when in the game but if i wanna view my endorsement it crashes to desktop. can somebody help me please. thank you and god bless

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RonaldoMaia

My problem with the game (PC, right?), is with the Team Creation; when you create players and add to your team, it just dupplicate (Several times) the players). I know the XBox version had the same problem, but they had a patch for that. What about the PC version? I sent an email to the support at NBA2K12 and no reponse until now… Any clue?

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RMaia

I have a basic problem that was fixed at XBox. I just do not know if there are fixes for the PC version and where to get it. I tried 2Ksports web site, but did not find it. The problem I have is simple. Creating players and adding them to a created team, several players are duplicated on my created team. Sometimes, the same player is copied 2,3 or more times.
Does anybody know where to get these patches?
Tks

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Jackson

Hi, I had the same problem. ok this will sound weird but turn off auto save trust me it works. Hope I helped

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RMaia

Well, Jackson, if this tip to turn off auto-save, it did not work… Turned off, quit the game, entered again, checked if auto-save was off, edited the team and the problem remains…

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Nikki

@robert try to install it from other computer and clone it !!

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Nikki Elaine

@robert try to install it from another computer and get a flashdrive and clone it, and put it to your pc…. if don’t get want i mean,, reply to me !!

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Nikki Elaine

what !! lol grammar

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Jamal

I can’t even get past the part where it loads the settings. How do u fix it

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flamekilla

River I feel ya pain but eventually, if you keep playing the final game, it somehow gets past the b.s that made it start up in the first place. Trust me, same thing was happening to me

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Dean

i am in the nba finals in my player mode on the xbox 360 with no xbox live hook ups or anything but after i beat the suns in game 5 to win the nba finals and i go to quit to continue my career it freezes on the loading screen what do i do?! its really irritating and it makes me never want to buy another nba game again! any help or advise would be appreciated.

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Jawad

RIVER, me too.. always crashes before press conference in final. i turned autosave off, and still same… how to fix it … please someone tell me… i wish someone know how to fix that….

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Jawad

all, i’m succes… i play in PC
just Turn off autosave . but not in main setting, but at my player.
example
Load my player data -> option -> setting -> game mode setting -> autosave turn off..
good luck all…

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CLASH

I completed the requirements and still have problems with the game… My problem is that when I go to my player mode it ended up crashing and returned to my desktop of my laptop….. I tried the anti-virus step, re-install again…the same problem came again…its so frustrating… I really need help on this annoying problem… Jus to let everyone know… the game worked for about 3-4 weeks i bought it. Then I bought GTA 4 installed it… NBA 2K started its problem…i need help..

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Matthew Vasquez

I was playing My Player in NBA 2K12 and I logged in and It said an error occurred and I lost all my memory in my player!!!!! I was an all-star and nba champion my rookie year!!! it’s all gone. Please help

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kendall

what to do when your nba 2k12 my player doesn’t load on xbox

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Brandon Ksicinki

I won te NBA finals in y player mode and it wont load the press confrece pleae help

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    youngmontez

    Take off auto save before th game

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rickavin bobb

in my player it dosent work i have a black xbox 360 and nba 2k12 dosent work… in my player it says clean disc but its not a scratch on the disc and ii have cleaned the lens with a q tip plzzzz help

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isaiah

I will get to the game start and it stops to look at the crowd

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youngmontez

every time I click my player and try to create a new it freeze up when it says nike id shoes

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Brandon

How do you fix freezes and crashes on NBA 2k12 for ps3 ? Like the game freezes when ever it wants to and Idk what to do . Any advice is appreciated thank you

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j goodman

I did the automate trick and i won the championship. however now my player will not load. need help!

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    Colby

    I’m past the championship and then I select play next game to go to offseason but it says simulating offseason and then it freezes I’m bout to throw my chic through the wall PLEASE HELP

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ejcampi

how to fix white hair and the jersey didnt have a number in front in nba 2k12 in pc windows 7?

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Clifford Branklyn

Won’t freeze on practice but freezes on everything eles “HELP”

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Dondre Brown

My game freezes when i create or edig player. WHAT DO I DO !!

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Dondre Brown

my 2k 12 freezes whenever I try to create or edit player. help me I need help

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Lee

When playing a season as my player the game always freezes after the last game of the playoff final and won’t load another season any ideas welcome,as playing 82 games plus play offs only to crash didn’t put me in a great mood!!! Thanks

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Vaughn

A problem came up when i started the NBA2k12 Game there’s no in-game sound it was totally muted what should i do to put the sound of the game back on its track?

Please help me out and Thank you in advance

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herald

my problem is i can’t continue to the playoffs from seasons.. i already play 81 games but on my carrer i already complete 82 games but my standing is 66 – 15.. after press con it crash. what should i do??/

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Michael

@Nikki Elaine myplayer, season, playoffs, the association.. everytime i play one of them, i cant continue playing.. 1st quarter commercial (gameday) it always goes back to desktop?? what is the problem ? Can you help me ?

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Travis

My nba2k 12 game is freeking at the end of every game in my player when at the end where u select quit I press it and it does nothing and it locks the whole system up? How do I fix this?