Now GPL wont run at all - HELP!!

Never mind will it work with a Geoforce card, GPL cant see the disc in my new Samsung CDRW 16X drive, if I put the disk in the play/setup/intro menu comes up OK, the intro video will play, but if I select play, the 3DFX logo and the GPL title screen come up, then I get the 'please insert the CD' screen every time. As everything else works OK, I wonder if GPL doent deal with a disc spinning this fast, and if I can hobble the drive using software? Someone must've had this happen before? Please help before I damage something, hopefully inanimate. Mr Davo

If u have 2 cd drives then use the other . GPL can only load from 1 drive if u have 2. Also ther is a no-cd fix at http://www.papy.com "MrDavo" <Davo@upyoursspam> wrote in message news:3eca4b86$0$11386$[email hidden]...

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> Never mind will it work with a Geoforce card, GPL > cant see the disc in my new Samsung CDRW 16X > drive, if I put the disk in the play/setup/intro menu > comes up OK, the intro video will play, but if I select play, > the 3DFX logo and the GPL title screen come up, then > I get the 'please insert the CD' screen every time. > > As everything else works OK, I wonder if GPL doent deal with > a disc spinning this fast, and if I can hobble the drive using software? > > Someone must've had this happen before? > > Please help before I damage something, hopefully inanimate. > > Mr Davo > > >

Hi Dan, tried the CPU patch, but no different. Only have one drive, could install both with a different IDE cable, but I bet GPL would look at the wrong drive unless I reinstalled. Why wont my new drive read the GPL disk though? Dan_Leach <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:badits$rpcts$[email hidden]... > If u have 2 cd drives then use the other . GPL can only load from 1 driveif

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> u have 2. Also ther is a no-cd fix at http://www.papy.com > "MrDavo" <Davo@upyoursspam> wrote in message > news:3eca4b86$0$11386$[email hidden]... > > Never mind will it work with a Geoforce card, GPL > > cant see the disc in my new Samsung CDRW 16X > > drive, if I put the disk in the play/setup/intro menu > > comes up OK, the intro video will play, but if I select play, > > the 3DFX logo and the GPL title screen come up, then > > I get the 'please insert the CD' screen every time. > > > > As everything else works OK, I wonder if GPL doent deal with > > a disc spinning this fast, and if I can hobble the drive using software? > > > > Someone must've had this happen before? > > > > Please help before I damage something, hopefully inanimate. > > > > Mr Davo

I dunno, i know its a prob with the gpl cd that when u have 2 drives of any kind gpl will only work when u have it in 1 of them. U shouldnt need the cd anyway ..i havnt used my gpl cd in yrs, just the no-cd fix dan "MrDavo" <Davo@upyoursspam> wrote in message news:3eca659d$0$11382$[email hidden]...

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> Hi Dan, tried the CPU patch, but no different. Only have one drive, > could install both with a different IDE cable, but I bet GPL would look > at the wrong drive unless I reinstalled. > > Why wont my new drive read the GPL disk though? > > Dan_Leach <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:badits$rpcts$[email hidden]... > > If u have 2 cd drives then use the other . GPL can only load from 1

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> if > > u have 2. Also ther is a no-cd fix at http://www.papy.com > > "MrDavo" <Davo@upyoursspam> wrote in message > > news:3eca4b86$0$11386$[email hidden]... > > > Never mind will it work with a Geoforce card, GPL > > > cant see the disc in my new Samsung CDRW 16X > > > drive, if I put the disk in the play/setup/intro menu > > > comes up OK, the intro video will play, but if I select play, > > > the 3DFX logo and the GPL title screen come up, then > > > I get the 'please insert the CD' screen every time. > > > > > > As everything else works OK, I wonder if GPL doent deal with > > > a disc spinning this fast, and if I can hobble the drive using

software?

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> > > > > > Someone must've had this happen before? > > > > > > Please help before I damage something, hopefully inanimate. > > > > > > Mr Davo > > >

In article <3eca659d$0$11382$[email hidden]>, MrDavo <Davo@upyoursspam.?> writes >Hi Dan, tried the CPU patch, but no different. Only have one drive, >could install both with a different IDE cable, but I bet GPL would look >at the wrong drive unless I reinstalled. > >Why wont my new drive read the GPL disk though? > Maybe it is a problem with the CD-ROM drive. Perhaps it takes too long to spin up. Does it do it with other games? One other alternative would be to get a copy of Daemon Tools and Clone CD. Make an .img of GPL on your HD with Clone and then select it with Daemon Tools. This is how I run my version of GPL.

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>Dan_Leach <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:badits$rpcts$[email hidden]... >> If u have 2 cd drives then use the other . GPL can only load from 1 drive >if >> u have 2. Also ther is a no-cd fix at http://www.papy.com >> "MrDavo" <Davo@upyoursspam> wrote in message >> news:3eca4b86$0$11386$[email hidden]... >> > Never mind will it work with a Geoforce card, GPL >> > cant see the disc in my new Samsung CDRW 16X >> > drive, if I put the disk in the play/setup/intro menu >> > comes up OK, the intro video will play, but if I select play, >> > the 3DFX logo and the GPL title screen come up, then >> > I get the 'please insert the CD' screen every time. >> > >> > As everything else works OK, I wonder if GPL doent deal with >> > a disc spinning this fast, and if I can hobble the drive using software? >> > >> > Someone must've had this happen before? >> > >> > Please help before I damage something, hopefully inanimate. >> > >> > Mr Davo > > >

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"MrDavo" <Davo@upyoursspam> wrote in message news:<3eca4b86$0$11386$[email hidden]>...

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> Never mind will it work with a Geoforce card, GPL > cant see the disc in my new Samsung CDRW 16X > drive, if I put the disk in the play/setup/intro menu > comes up OK, the intro video will play, but if I select play, > the 3DFX logo and the GPL title screen come up, then > I get the 'please insert the CD' screen every time. > > As everything else works OK, I wonder if GPL doent deal with > a disc spinning this fast, and if I can hobble the drive using software? > > Someone must've had this happen before? > > Please help before I damage something, hopefully inanimate. > > Mr Davo

I have heard of problems with Samsung drives, but I also experienced a similar problem with GPL recognising the disc in the CD reader and aksing for the CD in the drive - you shouldn't need the CD in the drive to play the game, I applied the no-cd patch and it works fine without the CD. smith