CD-ROM Errors

studbagel9 · Nov 27, 2003, 09:38 PM

I have two games (Jedi Knight 3 and Splinter Cell) which will not install on my computer. Let me elaborate. My CD-ROM gives me a couple of different errors each time (Not just one CD-ROM, happens in both of them whenever I try to install). One says "Cyclic Redundancy Check" and the installation stops. The other error is something along the lines of "Illegal Function [something or another]", then it quits. Does anyone know what the cause of this could be? I've tried installing from both drives, and it happens at random intervals. I hope that this isn't completely indecipherable as it seems to be now that I'm reading it back to myself... Anyway, help is always appreciated ;p

Skull · Nov 27, 2003, 09:49 PM

Firstly are these games bought manufactured CDS? or are they warezed copies from a mate or something?

errors like this are generally caused by poor mastering and/or incompatibilies with the media used with the drives in question. This may sound extremely unusual but ill give you a solution that worked for me. I had a mafia cd I purchased from a CD sale and I couldnt get the damned thing to skip past some redundancy errors, so I ripped it via blindwrite to my HD to a bin and a cue file, then ran from daemon tools on the hard drive and it worked.

pretty drastic I know, but if you are all out of ideas its worth a try.

wertret · Nov 27, 2003, 10:23 PM

Skull is right. When i get Cyclic Redundancy errors usually is a scratch or a dirty cd.

Logla · Nov 27, 2003, 10:40 PM

I had similar problems with splinter cell and my old DVD/cd-RW combi drive. Nothing which used safedisk v2 would install/run on that drive.

studbagel9 · Nov 27, 2003, 10:59 PM

lol, this disc is scratched to hell, let me try again and see if just a quick clean will fix it. Thanks for the replies

studbagel9 · Nov 27, 2003, 11:03 PM

Quick question: does alcohol hurt cd's? Like rubbing alcohol?

studbagel9 · Nov 28, 2003, 12:23 AM

I cleaned the disc, that fixed my problem. Just in case you were wondering.

The_Neon_Cowboy · Nov 28, 2003, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by studbagel9
Quick question: does alcohol hurt cd's? Like rubbing alcohol?

i dont think so .... bbut i use a specail anti ststic cleaners cleans like a dream....

alo might be a good idea to run a cd rom lens cleaner once in a whie u be suporzed the dust that gets in there after a long time

Nov 27, 2003, 09:38 PM	#1
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	CD-ROM Errors I have two games (Jedi Knight 3 and Splinter Cell) which will not install on my computer. Let me elaborate. My CD-ROM gives me a couple of different errors each time (Not just one CD-ROM, happens in both of them whenever I try to install). One says "Cyclic Redundancy Check" and the installation stops. The other error is something along the lines of "Illegal Function [something or another]", then it quits. Does anyone know what the cause of this could be? I've tried installing from both drives, and it happens at random intervals. I hope that this isn't completely indecipherable as it seems to be now that I'm reading it back to myself... Anyway, help is always appreciated ;p __________________

Nov 27, 2003, 09:49 PM	#2
Skull Boney Admin Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 659 Rep Power: 59	Firstly are these games bought manufactured CDS? or are they warezed copies from a mate or something? errors like this are generally caused by poor mastering and/or incompatibilies with the media used with the drives in question. This may sound extremely unusual but ill give you a solution that worked for me. I had a mafia cd I purchased from a CD sale and I couldnt get the damned thing to skip past some redundancy errors, so I ripped it via blindwrite to my HD to a bin and a cue file, then ran from daemon tools on the hard drive and it worked. pretty drastic I know, but if you are all out of ideas its worth a try. __________________ How you can help DriverHeaven by using Digg!

Nov 27, 2003, 10:23 PM	#3
wertret Still watching... Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Orihuela (Spain) Posts: 1,560 Rep Power: 0	Skull is right. When i get Cyclic Redundancy errors usually is a scratch or a dirty cd. __________________ "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."

Nov 27, 2003, 10:59 PM	Thread Starter #5
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	lol, this disc is scratched to hell, let me try again and see if just a quick clean will fix it. Thanks for the replies __________________

Nov 27, 2003, 11:03 PM	Thread Starter #6
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Quick question: does alcohol hurt cd's? Like rubbing alcohol? __________________

Nov 27, 2003, 10:40 PM	#4
Logla HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 3,311 Rep Power: 0	I had similar problems with splinter cell and my old DVD/cd-RW combi drive. Nothing which used safedisk v2 would install/run on that drive.

Nov 28, 2003, 12:23 AM	Thread Starter #7
studbagel9 Rolling the Hard Six Join Date: May 2003 Location: Lock Haven, PA Posts: 767 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I cleaned the disc, that fixed my problem. Just in case you were wondering. __________________