N4 - Will not run. Now what?

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

Papyrus is working for a fix for that problem I believe. -- Mike Grandy Precision Racing www.precision-racing.com "Alastair Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Tn4i6.5858$[email hidden]... > 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 > >

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.

It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a CD-RW in your system somewhere. -- [email hidden] "Alastair Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Tn4i6.5858$[email hidden]... > 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 > >

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. "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:h6ki6.95292$[email hidden]...

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> It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a CD-RW > in your system somewhere. > > -- > > [email hidden] > > > "Alastair Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Tn4i6.5858$[email hidden]... > > Hello, I have just purchased N4. It installed fine. However, when I go

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> > 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

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> > 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 > > > > > >

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 "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:h6ki6.95292$[email hidden]... > It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a CD-RW > in your system somewhere. > > -- > > [email hidden] > > > "Alastair Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:Tn4i6.5858$[email hidden]... > > 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 > > > > > >

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 "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:96cm7c$rm4$[email hidden]...

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> 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 thereis

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> a firmware update for your drive. That has fixed the problem for some > people. > > > "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:h6ki6.95292$[email hidden]... > > It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a

CD-RW

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> > in your system somewhere. > > > > -- > > > > [email hidden] > > > > > > "Alastair Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:Tn4i6.5858$[email hidden]... > > > 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

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> > > 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

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> > real > > > happy about this. Thanks. > > > > > > -- > > > Alastair Ingram > > > www.saxlessons.com > > > > > > > > > > > >

However, there are plenty of people that are running N4 with a Burner "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:3gni6.74089$[email hidden]...

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> 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 > > "Cliff Roman" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:96cm7c$rm4$[email hidden]... > > 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 problemwith > > 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 sameexact > > problem if you buy another game that has it. You can try seeing ifthere

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> is > > a firmware update for your drive. That has fixed the problem for some > > people. > > > > > > "Greg Cisko" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:h6ki6.95292$[email hidden]... > > > It is probably because the anti piracy software on the N4 CD sees a > CD-RW > > > in your system somewhere. > > > > > > -- > > > > > > [email hidden] > > > > > > > > > "Alastair Ingram" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:Tn4i6.5858$[email hidden]... > > > > 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 computeris > > > 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

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> > > > changed. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Needless to say, I'm > not > > > real > > > > happy about this. Thanks. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Alastair Ingram > > > > www.saxlessons.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 03:50:23 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> thus spoke: >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. Which games are those? -- Jagg

In article <96b9ui$pik$[email hidden]>, "Steve Rosko" <[email hidden]> writes: >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 -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL F1 hcp. +28.67...F2 +151.26...F3 hcp. +373.73 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.