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Post by taylor on Mar 28, 2004 20:20:29 GMT
its about time i made some im afraid my D drive is broken somehow, either way its causing me 2 problems 1) i cant play nwn with you all and wont be roleplaying for a week or so until the engineer comes 2) my disc is stuck inside the pc  oh and my apologies to makz, i think he knows what about so.... sorry |
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Post by Spathic on Mar 28, 2004 22:35:08 GMT
YOu got a paperclip? Locate a small "pinhole" at the front of your drive. push a straightened paperclip (or a stick pin or the like) into that hole and your drive should open and you can get your disk...
if that doesn't work, you may be buying a new disk because your drive is wrexxed....
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Post by taylor on Mar 28, 2004 22:37:45 GMT
im screwed...
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Post by Preedy1978 on Mar 29, 2004 15:10:08 GMT
Hold on there fella! Its not too difficult to get the disk out of the drive...but you may break any warranty you still have....so its up to you. If you fancy some DIY rather than waiting for the engineer...gimme an IM, and I'll help you out  |
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Post by Cella on Mar 29, 2004 15:18:02 GMT
There is a way of playing NWN without a CD in the Drive matey..Drop me a line and I'll send you the EXE..
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Post by Preedy1978 on Mar 29, 2004 15:40:28 GMT
Heh...there is that too |
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Post by taylor on Mar 29, 2004 17:34:52 GMT
well my thanks goes to you cella, i think ill call an engineer out cuz i figure something is wrong with the processer making my comp crash so ill get the engineer to do a thorough check to make sure everythings running at 100 efficiency, who knows might blag a free processer and 2 free fans from him this time muhahahahah ;D
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Post by Makzimia on Mar 29, 2004 18:24:32 GMT
Hope you get sorted soon Taylor.
Makz.
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Post by taylor on Mar 30, 2004 18:51:36 GMT
ok its one problem after the other, i fear it may be a month until my comp is working first of all thanks cella it worked 2nd of all an error came up and now neverwinter nights has uninstalled its self i cant reinstall it cus the disk is stuck in the disk drive which is broken.
now this is the great part the company who has my contract for the pc has been bought out so many times... itll be a while till you see me on nwn oh well
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Post by Silentus on Mar 30, 2004 20:33:12 GMT
Well Taylor, maybe its time for a crash course in PC repair... This really is a simple ting to do, and on most modern systems you may not even need a screwdriver. If youre willing to try, hese a run down on what to do to replace the CD-Drive in an IBM based PC: 1. Open the case. 2. Remove any screws on the cd-rom drive 3. Unplug the ribbon cable (grey flat) and the power cable (4 wires attached to a whitish plug). 4. Check the jumper. There will be a litle plastic piece in the back of the drive between both plugs. Typically it will have letters wround indicating SL (slave), MS (master), CS (cable select). Make note of which it is set to. 5. Bash old cd-drive with a rock till it opens - no wait... Open the old cd drive by any means necasary. There will be screws and whatnot. It doesnt matter if you break it more, just dont bash it with a rock or you will break your CD inside. ------- 6. Buy a new CD-Rom drive. In the ads in the Sunday newspaper, most computer store chains (compusa, bestbuy, etc...) offer offer 52x CD-RW drives for $20 after rebate, or non-rewriter for free after rebates. 7. Place jumper on new drive the same positionit was on the old drive (these will usually look the sme, but the importatnt thing is that the setting is the same i.e - SL on old, make it SL on new) 8. Insert new drive and plug in cables. They typically only fit one way, so you cant really do this wrong. IF by some odd chance the ribbon cable can fit in both ways, put it in so that the side with red or blue markings is on the side closest to the power plug. 9. Screw it in, close the case and turn on your PC. Almost every system will detect the new drive with no complaint. Windows 98 or later should have no problem with this (might see an autodetection window go by, but no drivers will be needed). You are then ready to reinstall NWN. Short of the purchase, the process takes me about 5 minutes - even if it takes you2 hours, it beats waiting a month and going thru phone hell. Plus you will have moved on to a higher plane of PCdom  Good luck! |
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Post by TravisBrumm on Mar 31, 2004 3:34:44 GMT
i don't think he'd have to reinstall nwn, it's on his hard drive...
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Post by Cella on Mar 31, 2004 8:24:19 GMT
Neverwinter Nights will not have uninstalled itself and is probably nestled in the Program files Directory waiting for your attention. You may have just lost your Shortcut to it....(ICON)
The file I sent you, Check the folder you put it in still exists. Right click on the NWMAIN.EXE file and Send to Desktop (Create Shortcut).
Message me again if you want any deeper help on this, As for the CD ROM, Let me have your address and I'll Get one sent over to you mate. I may have a spare one lying around in my IT grotto.
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Post by taylor on Mar 31, 2004 10:58:30 GMT
dont worry ive troubled you all enough, im calling an engineer out, hopefuly itll improve my computers performance to its peak efficiency again since the last time it became really screwed up and left it in its current condition, plus i dont want to lose my warranty because it has worked out to be in my favor.
and hopefully in a month or 2 ill have a top of the line computer :-)
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Post by Norlinor on Mar 31, 2004 15:59:21 GMT
Hy,
I'm new here, but allow me to advice: you made the best choice.
1. Don't try to handle any hardware if you never seen it done before.
2. Allways backup your files before using any crack softwares, sometimes they won't allow a patch and you'll need to do file restoring, patch and re-crack. If you aren't experienced enough I would tell you not use cracks at all.
3. Before calling a technician reset your system, backup your files, format the hd, re-install softwares and restore the backup. This usually solves 70% of problems in a microsoft OS. If you're using a microsoft OS you should do this from time-to-time, depending on how much junk you use once every sixmonths or an year.
4. Google is your friend.
5. Read the manuals, I know, they are boring and have strange words, but read them, they are also your friends.
Well that's it, sorry if i intruded where I shouldn't, but I couldn't keep myself put.
Rgds,
Norlinor grandson of Konar the IV of Ammarindar
AKA Vert Kree in Fredian
AKA Rodrigo somewhere in Brasil (that's the reason for some english errors)
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Post by MitzaVolchenko on Mar 31, 2004 18:23:46 GMT
Hey Taylor, if push comes to shove I'll make you up what I call (don't be offended) my idiot-proof pack out of my spare parts bin and ship it to you. *cringes but thinks she still has some prepaid international shipping labels from the office* HD, think I have a spare RW drive, and a disk of prophylactic measures for your computer's brave and daring forays into the public domain of the internet Plus at no additional charge, I'll include my pictorial guide to computer surgery (yes it includes a shot of me bashing a compy with a brick...remember Florida has no real rocks). |
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Good luck!
