It looks like the only cdr drives that will work are the Liteon 48x and
faster, and Plextor. I've been making alot of coasters too.
"RiBor" <RiBor@chello.nl> wrote in message
news:HJQQb.1290$O41.73750@amstwist00...
> Congratulations Game Developers, you've forced me to use illegal nocd
patches for
> my legally bought PC games :-(
>
> Last week I've bought 'URU: Ages Beyond Myst' and 'Rush Hour' for SimCity
4. Both
> legal games, but none of them worked on my PC. With some searching on
internet I
> know now they both use a new version of the Safedisc protection system
which
> seems to be incompatible with my cdrom drives (Nec DV-5800A dvd player and
Lucky
> Goldstar 8120B cdrw drive). My OS is Windows XP Home Edition (legal, no
copy).
> All I get after a succesful install is an error screen saying something
like
> "please insert the correct disc and try again".
>
> What I tried so far:
> 1. disable all virtual drives (there was one)
> 2. downloaded and installed a Microsoft Safedisc patch (although not
necessary
> for me)
> 3. downloaded and installed a Macrovision update for Safedisc
> 4. flashed both drives with latest available firmware (and tried other
firmwares)
> 5. updated both games with latest available patches
>
> None of this helped. My computer configuration is ok, non-Safedisc 3 games
work
> without any problems. All that's left for me to do is to buy another cdrom
drive
> or use the available nocd patches. Or is there something else I could try?
>
> Richard.
> (The Netherlands)
>
>
>
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