At first, i was going to ask for help with my COD4 dvd not being seen by my DVD drive. But after looking through this forum, the problem seems to be larger.
My problem; The game installed fine. When I click on single player. after about 5 seconds I get a "Please insert correct DVD-ROM..." error. The disc is still in the drive from the install. I've tried everything Activision support has suggested. I was able to install and start the game on my other computer with a PATA DVD-ROM drive, so I think the disc itself is ok. Both drives are LITE ON drives. LH-20A1L doesn't work, SOHC-5236V does, LITE ON DH-52C2S-04 just ordered. And the problem happens both with and without my overclock settings.
Now I'm seeing people here having problems with CRYSIS and SATA drives. Could my problem be due to the drive being SATA also? Will I have the same problem with the new SATA CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive I just ordered last night from Newegg to replace the 2 week old drive I have now?
I'm built 4-5 computers over the last few years, but I don't know much about how the various SATA, PATA, IDE, etc. controllers work. And this is my first SATA cd/dvd drive.
With my new build, I wanted to go all SATA. I don't have the JMicron IDE contoller enabled on my MB, and was hoping to keep it that way. I've seen posts of people having issues with JMicron controllers, and I wanted to get rid of the big IDE cables anyway.
Could someone try to explain to me what the issues might be with SATA cd/dvd drives? Besides going back to PATA drives, are there other options?
I used my current drive to install WinXP, Bioshock, Stalker, and various other applications when I rebuilt 2 weeks ago. So far, COD4 is the only disc I've had problems with. But from what I'm seeing in this forum, my problems may be bigger than just COD4 in the future. I WAS planning on CRYSIS between now and Christmas. I know a quick fix for COD4 would be to get the game thru STEAM. But I've already paid for it once.
Thanks for any help/advice/info anyone can give me.
My problem; The game installed fine. When I click on single player. after about 5 seconds I get a "Please insert correct DVD-ROM..." error. The disc is still in the drive from the install. I've tried everything Activision support has suggested. I was able to install and start the game on my other computer with a PATA DVD-ROM drive, so I think the disc itself is ok. Both drives are LITE ON drives. LH-20A1L doesn't work, SOHC-5236V does, LITE ON DH-52C2S-04 just ordered. And the problem happens both with and without my overclock settings.
Now I'm seeing people here having problems with CRYSIS and SATA drives. Could my problem be due to the drive being SATA also? Will I have the same problem with the new SATA CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive I just ordered last night from Newegg to replace the 2 week old drive I have now?
I'm built 4-5 computers over the last few years, but I don't know much about how the various SATA, PATA, IDE, etc. controllers work. And this is my first SATA cd/dvd drive.
With my new build, I wanted to go all SATA. I don't have the JMicron IDE contoller enabled on my MB, and was hoping to keep it that way. I've seen posts of people having issues with JMicron controllers, and I wanted to get rid of the big IDE cables anyway.
Could someone try to explain to me what the issues might be with SATA cd/dvd drives? Besides going back to PATA drives, are there other options?
I used my current drive to install WinXP, Bioshock, Stalker, and various other applications when I rebuilt 2 weeks ago. So far, COD4 is the only disc I've had problems with. But from what I'm seeing in this forum, my problems may be bigger than just COD4 in the future. I WAS planning on CRYSIS between now and Christmas. I know a quick fix for COD4 would be to get the game thru STEAM. But I've already paid for it once.
Thanks for any help/advice/info anyone can give me.
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