Odd... DVD/CD's work but Battlefield 2142 does not

4p · 8 Dec 2009 at 11:50

Posting for my mate here

He bought 2142 brand new the other day and the dvd just doesnt get recognized by the drive :s

ALl other disks work fine however!

He's on Windows 7 if that makes a difference.

I used to get problems with my DVD drive being recognized as a CD drive and used reg mechanic to sort it but this is diff

Plec · 8 Dec 2009 at 11:56

It may be simply a faulty disk.

He could try updating the firmware for the DVD drive.

EDIT: Has he tried the game/dvd in another machine?

CBJ · 8 Dec 2009 at 12:16

Faulty disk is one possibility and a drive problem is still a possibility even if it can read other disks OK. Trying the disk in another PC would tell you which it was.

Vir · 8 Dec 2009 at 12:18

I've had the same thing with my Samsung External DVD drive, wouldn't read the Modern Warfare 2 dvd, have a spare LG external, put that on and it was fine. But other DVDs/CDs did work in the Samsung one

Disjunto · 8 Dec 2009 at 12:25

I've received blank discs in game cases before (proper disc, just wasn't ever written), try to get a replacement

4p · 8 Dec 2009 at 12:41

CD works in my drive, so update his firmware? any pointers on how to find out the make/model?

Vir · 8 Dec 2009 at 12:42

Thorpy said:
CD works in my drive, so update his firmware? any pointers on how to find out the make/model?

1. Look in the hardware manager, maybe it does display a model number
2. Open the case and look it up

CBJ · 8 Dec 2009 at 12:50

You might like to post the model number here too. Someone might spot a problem, especially if it turns out to be an older model.

4p · 8 Dec 2009 at 12:55

Optiarc AD-5170A (P-ATA)

Updated the Firmware to 1.14

No luck so far!

OLDPHART · 8 Dec 2009 at 14:17

Have you checked that software and games is not set at TAKE NO ACTION, just a thought go>Control Panel>Hardware And Sound>Autoplay and set>software and games too install 0r run programe from your media.

4p · 8 Dec 2009 at 14:44

Will let him know when hes back from town

4p · 8 Dec 2009 at 16:04

Chris

That didnt work

Ohh wait

:O:OO

MATE!
16:01Alex

haha

what did u do
16:03Chris

LOVIN IT

The last post

the Auto plaky
16:03Alex

xD
16:03Chris

WHAM BAM THANK YOU MAM

Tell em that worked!
16:03Alex

will do

Showboat · 8 Dec 2009 at 16:30

If he has the cd key you could simply download an image of the dvd/cd from bit torrent or newsgroups and mount the image as a dvd/cd using alcohol.