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NFSPU: CD player incompatible

3 posts by 3 people · 04 Apr 2000 - 06 Apr 2000

* Leong 04 Apr 2000#281158
Hi I read of some latest game might give some problems to the older CD ROM player. I guess I just found mine. This NFSPU cd would just spin on my player. There would not even be a cd label, nothing. But when I go into ms-dos only mode, it was able to give dir, and I was able to read some files. ( this must mean the CD is ok ) I have a 12x IDE Optics CDROM ( yes it is old ) I wonder if there is any utility that will allow such older drives to be compatible with the latest CD ROM format .......or whatever that will work for NSFPU. I dont have a budget for a new cd player yet :-(
mike 05 Apr 2000 14:05 UTC#280693
I had the same prob - the answer is possibly a new CD-ROM drive. Mine is 2 years old (24x) and it has trouble reading any media disc - I tried cleaning the lens but to no avail. "* Leong" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (22 lines)> Hi > > I read of some latest game might give some > problems to the older CD ROM player. > > I guess I just found mine. > This NFSPU cd would just spin on my player. > There would not even be a cd label, nothing. > > But when I go into ms-dos only mode, it was able to > give dir, and I was able to read some files. > ( this must mean the CD is ok ) > > > I have a 12x IDE Optics CDROM ( yes it is old ) > I wonder if there is any utility that will allow > such older drives to be compatible with the latest > CD ROM format .......or whatever that will work > for NSFPU. > I dont have a budget for a new cd player yet :-( > >
Peter Ives 06 Apr 2000#280216
In article <[email hidden]>, * Leong <[email hidden]> writes
Quoted text (22 lines)>Hi > >I read of some latest game might give some >problems to the older CD ROM player. > >I guess I just found mine. >This NFSPU cd would just spin on my player. >There would not even be a cd label, nothing. > >But when I go into ms-dos only mode, it was able to >give dir, and I was able to read some files. >( this must mean the CD is ok ) > > >I have a 12x IDE Optics CDROM ( yes it is old ) >I wonder if there is any utility that will allow >such older drives to be compatible with the latest >CD ROM format .......or whatever that will work >for NSFPU. > I dont have a budget for a new cd player yet :-( > >
This may seem like a dumb question, but have you tried browsing the cd from within windows. If you can do this then it may be possible to find the appropriate setup file and double-click on it to get things started. Alternatively, you could try getting the nsfpu cd replaced from where you bought it, it could just be slightly off centre which I've heard can cause problems and results in the cd-rom player spinning like crazy but not finding anything. -- Peter Ives - (AKA Ivington) No person's opinions can be said to be more correct than another's, because each is the sole judge of his or her own experience.

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