brookedel 0 Posted August 14, 2006 Hello there forum members, I have a problem with starting my sims 2 game, after I had installed all 4 cd's succesfully. to start game I needed to have my cd 1 in drive. after doing that and clicking on start, I keep getting the error message. cant find cd rom. The cd is being read my the cd romas I can access it to read. please help as I have had anough of this. Share this post Link to post
Philipp 6 Posted August 14, 2006 Have you already checked out this thread: http://www.compatdb.org/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/158592/page/1 Share this post Link to post
brookedel 0 Posted August 14, 2006 What I have found since posting my thread,is that it could well be something to do with my cd rom set up. I burned some mpeg's to a cd using nero to convert them to video cd and they can be played on windows media player and also I can access the files using incd4,but when I burned the same mpegs to cd using incd4 copy and paste, they stay as mpeg's doing it that way. they can not be read by the cd rom and actually show nothing in the cd's file, EMPTY.. By the way I need to clear up the fact that I have been burning these mpegs with another pc in the house. On another thread on this forum I also posted a problem with Gigabyte board not detecting IDE on start up text or BIOS what ever u call it,but also wont eccept cd and dvd roms to be plugged in at the same time, windows XP wont start up it freezes when its about to open up on main page with both roms hooked up in the same IDE cable or indavidually. Problem is probably a simple one , if u have experienced this before, but for those of us that havent,it's a night mare.. cheers Share this post Link to post
brookedel 0 Posted August 17, 2006 I have tried everything, on this forum to my knowledge, but I still get the error please insert disk 1 into drive, make sure u have the correct disk. Disk is ok as it works on another computer,it also loaded ok onto my computer with all other 3 disks. Its when u insert the disk to start playing the game it reads the cd 1 and the sims 2 window pops up and just before it goes to the big black screen with MAXIS I get the ERROR message. CD rom spins around like crazy trying to do its job,but something in my pc is not allowing it too, Could it be gremlins? Could it be something to do with graphics card ? Like i said , i have cheched and double checked all information provided by this forum,please anybody have any ideas. cheers. My system info will be posted on the next post. Share this post Link to post
brookedel 0 Posted August 17, 2006 System Information report written at: 08/17/06 13:59:37 System Name: DAUGHTERS [system Summary] Item Value OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation Activation Status Activated System Name DAUGHTERS System Manufacturer NVIDIA System Model AWRDACPI System Type X86-based PC Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2079 Mhz BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. FH, 2/08/2004 SMBIOS Version 2.3 Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1 Locale Australia Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" User Name DAUGHTERS\BROOKE Time Zone AUS Eastern Standard Time Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB Available Physical Memory 348.82 MB Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB Page File Space 1.22 GB Page File C:\pagefile.sys [Hardware Resources] [Conflicts/Sharing] Resource Device I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge I/O Port 0x000003C0-0x000003DF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) IRQ 20 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller IRQ 20 Realtek AC'97 Audio I/O Port 0x00009000-0x0000BFFF PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge I/O Port 0x00009000-0x0000BFFF Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC IRQ 16 Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC IRQ 16 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge Memory Address 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge I/O Port 0x000003B0-0x000003BB RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge I/O Port 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) [DMA] Resource Device Status Channel 4 Direct memory access controller OK Channel 2 Standard floppy disk controller OK Channel 3 ECP Printer Port (LPT1) OK [Forced Hardware] Device PNP Device ID [i/O] Resource Device Status 0x00001000-0x0000107F 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Controller OK 0x00009C10-0x00009C17 ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller OK 0x0000A000-0x0000A003 ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller OK 0x0000A400-0x0000A40F ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller OK 0x0000A800-0x0000A807 Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller OK 0x0000AC00-0x0000AC03 Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller OK 0x0000B000-0x0000B007 Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller OK 0x0000B400-0x0000B403 Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller OK 0x0000B800-0x0000B80F Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller OK 0x0000F000-0x0000F00F NVIDIA NForce 2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK 0x000001F0-0x000001F7 NVIDIA NForce 2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK 0x000003F6-0x000003F6 NVIDIA NForce 2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK 0x00000170-0x00000177 NVIDIA NForce 2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK 0x00000376-0x00000376 NVIDIA NForce 2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge OK 0x0000C000-0x0000CFFF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK 0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge OK 0x000003B0-0x000003BB RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK 0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge OK 0x000003C0-0x000003DF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK 0x00000010-0x0000001F Motherboard resources OK 0x00000022-0x0000003F Motherboard resources OK 0x00000044-0x0000005F Motherboard resources OK 0x00000062-0x00000063 Motherboard resources OK 0x00000065-0x0000006F Motherboard resources OK 0x00000074-0x0000007F Motherboard resources OK 0x00000091-0x00000093 Motherboard resources OK 0x000000A2-0x000000BF Motherboard resources OK 0x000000E0-0x000000EF Motherboard resources OK 0x000004D0-0x000004D1 Motherboard resources OK 0x00000800-0x00000805 Motherboard resources OK 0x00000290-0x0000029F Motherboard resources OK 0x00000020-0x00000021 Programmable interrupt controller OK 0x000000A0-0x000000A1 Programmable interrupt controller OK 0x00000080-0x00000090 Direct memory access controller OK 0x00000094-0x0000009F Direct memory access controller OK 0x000000C0-0x000000DF Direct memory access controller OK 0x00000040-0x00000043 System timer OK 0x00000070-0x00000073 System CMOS/real time clock OK 0x00000061-0x00000061 System speaker OK 0x000000F0-0x000000FF Numeric data processor OK 0x000003F0-0x000003F5 Standard floppy disk controller OK 0x000003F7-0x000003F7 Standard floppy disk controller OK 0x000003F8-0x000003FF Communications Port (COM1) OK 0x000002F8-0x000002FF Communications Port (COM2) OK 0x00000378-0x0000037F ECP Printer Port (LPT1) OK 0x00000778-0x0000077B ECP Printer Port (LPT1) OK 0x00000060-0x00000060 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK 0x00000064-0x00000064 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK 0x00000201-0x00000201 Standard Game Port OK [iRQs] Resource Device Status IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK IRQ 11 NVIDIA nForce PCI System Management OK IRQ 20 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK IRQ 20 Realtek AC'97 Audio OK IRQ 21 Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK IRQ 22 Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK IRQ 16 Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC OK IRQ 16 Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK IRQ 17 ITE IT8212 ATA RAID Controller OK IRQ 18 Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller OK IRQ 14 NVIDIA NForce 2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK IRQ 15 NVIDIA NForce 2 SPP/IGP ATA Controller OK IRQ 19 RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK IRQ 0 System timer OK IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2) OK IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK [Memory] Resource Device Status 0xF0000-0xF3FFF System board OK 0xF4000-0xF7FFF System board OK 0xF8000-0xFBFFF System board OK 0xFC000-0xFFFFF System board OK 0x1FFF0000-0x1FFFFFFF System board OK 0xFFFF0000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK 0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK 0x100000-0x1FFEFFFF System board OK 0xFEC00000-0xFEC00FFF System board OK 0xFEE00000-0xFEE00FFF System board OK 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge OK 0xA0000-0xBFFFF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK 0xC0000-0xDFFFF PCI bus OK 0x20000000-0xFEBFFFFF PCI bus OK 0xE8003000-0xE8003FFF Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK 0xE8004000-0xE8004FFF Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller OK 0xE8005000-0xE80050FF Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller OK 0xE8001000-0xE8001FFF Realtek AC'97 Audio OK 0xE6000000-0xE7FFFFFF PCI standard PCI-to-PCI bridge OK 0xE7006000-0xE70060FF Realtek RTL8169/8110 Family Gigabit Ethernet NIC OK 0xE7004000-0xE70041FF Silicon Image SiI 3512 SATARaid Controller OK 0xE7005000-0xE70057FF Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK 0xE7000000-0xE7003FFF Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller OK 0xE4000000-0xE5FFFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge OK 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge OK 0xD0000000-0xDFFFFFFF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK 0xE0000000-0xE3FFFFFF NVIDIA nForce2 AGP Host to PCI Bridge OK 0xE5000000-0xE500FFFF RADEON 9200 SE Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK 0xD8000000-0xDFFFFFFF RADEON 9200 SE SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK 0xE5010000-0xE501FFFF RADEON 9200 SE SEC Family (Microsoft Corporation) OK [Components] Share this post Link to post
Sampson 0 Posted August 17, 2006 1) I read your other thread and made some suggestions. As I recall you found the problem by jumpering the CD properly. 2) InCD4 generally requires you to use a special CD that is erasable. Write once CD's don't usually work with it. 3) You called this a gremlin, which means it can be any number of things that are a problem. So, we can look at the possibilities. You think that it might be the video card. It is an nVidia board using an ATI card. It is certainly possible there could be an internal conflict because the companies are competitors, but probably not. However, you are using Microsoft drivers for the ATI card, so using the proper ATI drivers might correct something. I have read that the nForce ATA driver is problematic. I have seen that some find the latest driver from nVidia to correct the ATA problem. In more a radical some have uninstalled the nVidia driver and allowed Microsoft to install its Adaptec version. Before you do any of these you will want to go into your device manager and see if the drives are being recognized properly and you will want to see if they have DMA or PIO support. Throughput is better with DMA support. Off the wall - some spyware and anti-virus programs can interfere as do several type of firewalls with certain games. Share this post Link to post
