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N4 - Will not run. Now what?

Alastair Ingra

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Alastair Ingra » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 15:21:39

Hello, I have just purchased N4. It installed fine. However, when I go to
run it, it does nothing. My CD-R/RW unit just spins and my computer is maxed
out. I have a CPU meter and it is pegged. I have reinstalled the latest
firmware for the CD-R/RW drive. I really don't know what to do now. My
system is a P2, 400Mhz, 160 Ram, V770U with nvidia 6.50 drivers,Soundblaster
Live!, Yamaha CD-R/RW 8424SZ, SCSI'd to an Adaptec 2906 SCSI board. I have
done the Microsoft solution of uninstalling and re-installing, nothing
changed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Needless to say, I'm not real
happy about this. Thanks.

--
Alastair Ingram
www.saxlessons.com

Mike Grand

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Mike Grand » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 20:05:55

Papyrus is working for a fix for that problem I believe.

--
Mike Grandy
Precision Racing
www.precision-racing.com

drivers,Soundblaster

Steve Rosk

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Steve Rosk » Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:38:29

I have the same problem.  Game installs fine, but when I click on run on the
opening screen, I get an hourglass for 20 or 30 seconds then the curser
returns and then nothing.  Got an email from Sierra suggesting latest
drivers (which I did) and trying to disable SBL joy port (temporarily) to
start N4, but that didn't help either.  No CD patch will get game to run,
but only offline.  I'm waiting too.
Greg Cisk

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Greg Cisk » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:18:52

It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a CD-RW
in your system somewhere.

--



drivers,Soundblaster

Cliff Roma

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Cliff Roma » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:17:09

It has nothing to do with owning a CD-RW.  I wish people would quit saying
that.

I have a CD-RW in my machine and it runs fine.

It has to do with the fact that some drives in general have a problem with
the SecureRom copy protection.  This is a copy protection that alot of
companies use on alot of games.

While I wish it did not have it, it does.  I would recommend getting a drive
that plays friendly with it because otherwise you will have the same exact
problem if you buy another game that has it.  You can try seeing if there is
a firmware update for your drive. That has fixed the problem for some
people.


> It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a CD-RW
> in your system somewhere.

> --




> > Hello, I have just purchased N4. It installed fine. However, when I go
to
> > run it, it does nothing. My CD-R/RW unit just spins and my computer is
> maxed
> > out. I have a CPU meter and it is pegged. I have reinstalled the latest
> > firmware for the CD-R/RW drive. I really don't know what to do now. My
> > system is a P2, 400Mhz, 160 Ram, V770U with nvidia 6.50
> drivers,Soundblaster
> > Live!, Yamaha CD-R/RW 8424SZ, SCSI'd to an Adaptec 2906 SCSI board. I
have
> > done the Microsoft solution of uninstalling and re-installing, nothing
> > changed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Needless to say, I'm not
> real
> > happy about this. Thanks.

> > --
> > Alastair Ingram
> > www.saxlessons.com

Don Burnett

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Don Burnett » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 10:48:02

Fwiw,
I have a CD-RW in my system, along with a pretty generic NIC cd-rom drive.
MY cd-rom drive is my H drive, my CD-RW is my G drive. I installed N4 with
my H drive, and play it using the H drive, and have not had the below
problem.

--
Don Burnette


> It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a CD-RW
> in your system somewhere.

> --




> > Hello, I have just purchased N4. It installed fine. However, when I go
to
> > run it, it does nothing. My CD-R/RW unit just spins and my computer is
> maxed
> > out. I have a CPU meter and it is pegged. I have reinstalled the latest
> > firmware for the CD-R/RW drive. I really don't know what to do now. My
> > system is a P2, 400Mhz, 160 Ram, V770U with nvidia 6.50
> drivers,Soundblaster
> > Live!, Yamaha CD-R/RW 8424SZ, SCSI'd to an Adaptec 2906 SCSI board. I
have
> > done the Microsoft solution of uninstalling and re-installing, nothing
> > changed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Needless to say, I'm not
> real
> > happy about this. Thanks.

> > --
> > Alastair Ingram
> > www.saxlessons.com

Larr

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Larr » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:50:23

There ARE copy protection systems that will not allow the game to function
with a CDR in it.  It's been reported in the past.

-Larry


> It has nothing to do with owning a CD-RW.  I wish people would quit saying
> that.

> I have a CD-RW in my machine and it runs fine.

> It has to do with the fact that some drives in general have a problem with
> the SecureRom copy protection.  This is a copy protection that alot of
> companies use on alot of games.

> While I wish it did not have it, it does.  I would recommend getting a
drive
> that plays friendly with it because otherwise you will have the same exact
> problem if you buy another game that has it.  You can try seeing if there
is
> a firmware update for your drive. That has fixed the problem for some
> people.



> > It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a
CD-RW
> > in your system somewhere.

> > --




> > > Hello, I have just purchased N4. It installed fine. However, when I go
> to
> > > run it, it does nothing. My CD-R/RW unit just spins and my computer is
> > maxed
> > > out. I have a CPU meter and it is pegged. I have reinstalled the
latest
> > > firmware for the CD-R/RW drive. I really don't know what to do now. My
> > > system is a P2, 400Mhz, 160 Ram, V770U with nvidia 6.50
> > drivers,Soundblaster
> > > Live!, Yamaha CD-R/RW 8424SZ, SCSI'd to an Adaptec 2906 SCSI board. I
> have
> > > done the Microsoft solution of uninstalling and re-installing, nothing
> > > changed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Needless to say, I'm
not
> > real
> > > happy about this. Thanks.

> > > --
> > > Alastair Ingram
> > > www.saxlessons.com

Cliff Roma

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Cliff Roma » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 13:14:00

However, there are plenty of people that are running N4 with a Burner


> There ARE copy protection systems that will not allow the game to function
> with a CDR in it.  It's been reported in the past.

> -Larry



> > It has nothing to do with owning a CD-RW.  I wish people would quit
saying
> > that.

> > I have a CD-RW in my machine and it runs fine.

> > It has to do with the fact that some drives in general have a problem
with
> > the SecureRom copy protection.  This is a copy protection that alot of
> > companies use on alot of games.

> > While I wish it did not have it, it does.  I would recommend getting a
> drive
> > that plays friendly with it because otherwise you will have the same
exact
> > problem if you buy another game that has it.  You can try seeing if
there
> is
> > a firmware update for your drive. That has fixed the problem for some
> > people.



> > > It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a
> CD-RW
> > > in your system somewhere.

> > > --




> > > > Hello, I have just purchased N4. It installed fine. However, when I
go
> > to
> > > > run it, it does nothing. My CD-R/RW unit just spins and my computer
is
> > > maxed
> > > > out. I have a CPU meter and it is pegged. I have reinstalled the
> latest
> > > > firmware for the CD-R/RW drive. I really don't know what to do now.
My
> > > > system is a P2, 400Mhz, 160 Ram, V770U with nvidia 6.50
> > > drivers,Soundblaster
> > > > Live!, Yamaha CD-R/RW 8424SZ, SCSI'd to an Adaptec 2906 SCSI board.
I
> > have
> > > > done the Microsoft solution of uninstalling and re-installing,
nothing
> > > > changed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Needless to say, I'm
> not
> > > real
> > > > happy about this. Thanks.

> > > > --
> > > > Alastair Ingram
> > > > www.saxlessons.com

Jag

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Jag » Thu, 15 Feb 2001 14:28:10


Which games are those?
--
Jagg

Eldre

N4 - Will not run. Now what?

by Eldre » Fri, 16 Feb 2001 06:29:23



>I have the same problem.  Game installs fine, but when I click on run on the
>opening screen, I get an hourglass for 20 or 30 seconds then the curser
>returns and then nothing.  Got an email from Sierra suggesting latest
>drivers (which I did) and trying to disable SBL joy port (temporarily) to
>start N4, but that didn't help either.  No CD patch will get game to run,
>but only offline.  I'm waiting too.

Joystick port?  I saw the same tech support recommendation for a problem I had
with Diablo II(the current drug...).    Why would a port that isn't even in
USE(in this instance) cause problems?

Eldred
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3. i run n4 on a p200 with 32 megs of ram

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6. Will N4 run on my pos PC ??

7. To all suggesting people go buy a new CD-ROM to run N4:

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9. Will N4 run on my low-end system: the definitive answer: NO

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