Far Cry DVD incompatible with my DVD Drive.

LegacyUser

My OEM LG GDR8161B dvd drive is apparently incompatible with Far Cry DVD and Painkiller. Any ideas what the hell I can do? Should I just buy a new DVD drive for my pc?

feylya

Try downloading patch 1.1 for Far Cry first

LegacyUser

What difference will that make if I can not even install the game?

feylya

Well, you didn't specify the problem tbh. A lot people were having compatiblity problems with certain drives when they had it installed.

LegacyUser

My OEM LG GDR8161B dvd drive is apparently incompatible with Far Cry DVD and Painkiller.

Maybe I should have said I couldn't install it as well.

Thanks for the suggestion all the same.

RobertFoster

by "aparently", what do you mean? who told you? or is it just not working?

I think I heard some games couldn't install on certain DVD drives because of a fault with the disc :dunno:

feylya

Safedisc 3 apparently. It's to stop emulated drives.

Sir Random

May as well get a new drive, since more and more games will be on DVD.
I know that Dell, HP, Compaq etc used those LG Drives a lot, be interesting to see if others have the same problem.

silverside

I would whinge to Ubisoft and/or find a cracked version of the exe. Its not your problem that the drive doesnt work.

LegacyUser

http://www.ggmania.com/?smsid=15676

Its only a year old. Its an excellent drive. I dont get it. I cant even install it. Any ideas? Can daemon tools help me out?

dub45

Originally posted by cheesedude
Its only a year old. Its an excellent drive. I dont get it. I cant even install it. Any ideas? Can daemon tools help me out?

Have you checked to see if there are any firmware updates for the dvd drive? Have you done any google searches to see if theres any information out there on the problem you are having?

Here is something I discovered on the Amazon.co.uk site from doing a google search

--- WARNING TO USERS OF LG DVD DRIVES ---

If you own an LG DVD Driver, you may experience problems when loading the CD. Your drive may even refuse to read the cd all together. Don't panic, there is a fix available but it's difficult to install, as it involves updating the firmware of your DVD drive. May I suggest that if you own an LG DVD drive that you visit the official UBI Far Cry forums, where the issue is discussed and resolved. As of now, the direct link to the thread is,
http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/6/ubb.x?a=tpc&s=400102&f=452106891&m=930108703

LegacyUser

Ye. there dont seem to be any. And I have googled it too. See link in quote in post above yours.

dub45

I was editing my reply while you were posting obviously. There is a solution in that new link I posted. Hope it works for you.

There is also an Irish phone no for LG here it diverts to England but might be of use to you anyways if you need more help.

neokenzo

Here's the firmware for your dvd-rom. Read throughly before trying as bad flash can destroy your dvd drive.

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=775

dub45

Originally posted by neokenzo
Here's the firmware for your dvd-rom. Read throughly before trying as bad flash can destroy your dvd drive.

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=775

Thats a very handy site neo thanks!

neokenzo

Originally posted by dub45
Thats a very handy site neo thanks!

np

SirLemonhead

It's hilarious how anyone getting these two games as warez have no problems whatsoever installing and running, but the people who buy the games get screwed over. Genius.

LegacyUser

Ye **** that. I am sorry, but i am buying them as I have money. I thought it would be nice to own the game too. From now on, it is Deviance all the way. **** UbiSoft. They make buggy games anyway.

PS: Thanks a million for the firmware updates. Amazing how I could not find it earlier. Cheers fellow boards members and neo and dub45 for links! it is greatly appreciated. Will do it tomorrow morning as I forget whether or not my DVD drive is a primary Master or a Secondary Master. I forget.

:rolleyes:

zAbbo

Originally posted by cheesedude
I forget whether or not my DVD drive is a primary Master or a Secondary Master. I forget.

Yeah its not as if it tells you every time you boot....

A rather pointless thread where 5mins googling wud have solved the problem

LegacyUser

Originally posted by bazH
Yeah its not as if it tells you every time you boot....

A rather pointless thread where 5mins googling wud have solved the problem

What the hell is your problem? You bitter bastard.

I could not find it. I asked for help. What is the problem with that? What do you think boards is for?

Mutant_Fruit

it is Deviance all the way. **** UbiSoft. They make buggy games anyway.

So you're only going to play games deviance create and release themselves? You won't be playing any Ubisoft games whatsoever? Including farcry?

Good on ya! I'm glad to see some people are willing to boycott companies that make crap games, and i fully support your decision to only play games Deviance make and release themselves. Let me know when they create their first game.

sorry about the off-topic-ness of this rant

But since i have one of these drives, thank god i found this out now. I would probably have ended p returning the disc and getting another one, as i would have assumed the disc was dodgy. That would have been a big waste of my time.