Black Five Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 BTS- After I let CM sit in my CD tray for the past 12 months my computer has refused to give it up. It claims that any use of it's clock cycles other then CM is unaccepable. However, once CMII comes out it may allow me to swap the disks out. Help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsmith Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Your Computer has definitely been assimilated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Got the AI get better when the computer concentrated on just one task? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 I know what you're talking about... I recently replaced my old CD drive with a DVD drive. The CM disc hadn't left the drive for 15 months... I used my other CD drive for the usual work, but drive d:\ was kind of reserved for CM. Now, some time after I installed the new drive I wanted to play CM. "NO CD IN DRIVE!" Damned! Where is the CM disc??? I searched everywhere. OK, everywhere but one place. Suddenly the knowledge struck me like a tungsten round: the CM CD was STILL in the OLD CD drive!! :eek: Thank god the old drive was still sitting in a dark corner under a table... But it wouldn't give me my beloved CM back! I had to use force to wrestle it back from it's teeth... *** RIP *** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head Mahone Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Black Five, Most CD-ROMS have an Emergency Combat Mission Release Button on the front. It was designed for when your Wife/girl friend dismantles your computer and takes your CD-ROM. The (ECMRB) can be pushed in with a paperclip and it will open your CD tray so you can retrieve your CM CD. Again most CD-ROM/DVDs have this feature but some don’t. Just look at the front of the drive for a little pinhole. If you see one, THAT’S IT! Again stick a paperclip in there and out comes the tray. If you’ve never heard of this, TRUST ME as a fellow Combat Mission community member. I’m not trying to get you to break your CD-ROM, this feature REALLY is there. Head [ 11-16-2001: Message edited by: Head Mahone ]</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CombinedArms Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 <blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Head Mahone: Black Five, Most CD-ROMS have an Emergency Combat Mission Release Button on the front. It was designed for when your Wife/girl friend dismantles your computer and takes your CD-ROM. Head [ 11-16-2001: Message edited by: Head Mahone ]<hr></blockquote> Well, this may be true, but I'd suggest the prudent course of burning a backup copy of the CD and locking it in your office filing cabinet, in a safe that only you know the combination of, in an old air raid shelter, or some other secure location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkmek Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Head Mahone, I wondered what that little hole was for. I thought it was a seepage hole when the CD would spin too quickly and work up a sweat. Try as I might, I couldn't get a paper clip in there. I tried it both ways ...head on and sideways. BTW, 6 weeks left in the year, whens CMBB coming out? Commence yelling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barticus Posted November 16, 2001 Share Posted November 16, 2001 Hawkmek..............Hawkmek!...... HEY HAWKMEK!!! Err, thanks for stopping yelling, check out this thread for CMBB release date. More info on CMBB B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Five Posted November 18, 2001 Author Share Posted November 18, 2001 Thanks for all of the tips. Yeah, I had the same toruble with the paperclip. Damn thing just wouldn't fit in there. I tried a clothes pin too but that little hole is just too small. Turns out a pair of pliers and a blow torch did the trick. Thank goodness my CM CDROM is so hardcore...it remembered to wear its falk and Kevlar (Hey it may be a WWII sim but my CD is no fool...it uses the latest and greatest in body armor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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