Final Update on My Gold Pack Problems

[Sailindawg 0]

My original posts here and here.

The underlying reason for [GR] installing, but not running ( as well as my other DX8 games ) was that both of my optical drives were dying. One drive was a DVD ROM that was about 5 years old and the other was a BENQ DVD burner that was about 4 years old. I had given up on [GR] thinking that the conflict lie in the newer drivers, etc.. However, I kept getting too many DVD burn failures. I swapped the DVD burner out with a known good burner and I could burn with no problem again. Hmmmm, I thought, let's give [GR] a second chance. It installed, then it loaded and ran. Installed Disk 2 to get the 2 mods and to patch it to 1.4. Bingo, it ran and continues to run well. I ordered 2 new optical drives and I'm set to go. I have not tried any other vid drivers than the nVidia 91.47's. The official 93.71's seemed a bit too buggy for me, however the 93.81's seem a bit enticing. Bottom line, my optical drives were dying on me and sending out corrupted data. [GR] runs well. Now to find some mod maps to play on line !

[KRP 56 92]

Good to here you finally got it sorted out. Bad luck having both drives going into the tank together.

[Rocky 1,224]

Glad you got it sorted!

[Sailindawg 0]

Good to here you finally got it sorted out. yes. Bad luck having both drives going into the tank together.

Eh.....I was surprised that both decided to go about the same time. I knew the ROM was getting on because it was starting to make grinding sounds. However, the burner was a surprise. Just glad to get to the bottom of it.

Edited December 9, 2006 by Sailindawg