Cribtop Gamer Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 System: Win 98 750 processor 384 RAM NVIDIA video card Soundblaster Live! card The game won't bring up install on autorun when I insert the CDROM into the drive. When I try to access the CD, I see a "CMBB installer" file. Any attempt to manipulate that file, even just a right click, causes the CD to spin continuously and the PC to crash utterly without error message. I'm not even getting to first base here - this is a different problem than the one reported in the thread above about not getting past a certain corrupt file. Please Help! Order No. 81081 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilhammer Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Just experienced the same thing. I have a defective CD. When I try to copy the file, run the file, right click the file, or otherwise try to interact with it, my CD runs, and then the light stays solid, and I have a system lock-up that I unfreeze by removing the CD. A visual inspection shows a stretched 'smudge' under the shiny layer side. It is pulled to one side of the CD. It appears to as if the underlayer is melted in someway during the production phase. I had no problem with CM, no problem with the CMBB demo, and this kind of failure is unique to me. Win98SE P-II 350 128 MB RAM TNT2 Ultra with 64 MB RAM. Order number: See your email Matt. [ September 23, 2002, 06:36 PM: Message edited by: Wilhammer ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cribtop Gamer Posted September 24, 2002 Author Share Posted September 24, 2002 OK, here's an update on my situation... I tried installing from my CD-R drive instead of the regular cd. I noted immediately that the CMBB installation file used the "colored books" graphic instead of the "windows generic" graphic it came up with in my normal CDROM drive. Install began normally and I cheered. Until it hit file 00090601.wav, when the game began to be unable to read all files. Finally the drive locks up and I get a device error message. I'm closer, but not there yet. I'll try again. I may be one of the sods with the problem described in the other thread. MadMatt please help!!! Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cribtop Gamer Posted September 24, 2002 Author Share Posted September 24, 2002 Ok, I've now gotten to the point where the game is partially installed and will start (but only if the disk is in the CD-R drive, the game can't detect the CD in the normal CDROM drive), but I have no scenarios. Madmatt, please e-mail the file to me. Thanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Crierie Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Disable your antivirus software, people. Norton Antivirus does NOT LIKE CM:BB install, and I had to reboot 2 times, and had to redetect my hard drives after those 2 times...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJMello Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Guys, check this thread. I always disable everything except systray and explorer when I load programs. http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=002822 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilg Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Same problem here! The installer fails about 90 to 95% the way thru. I tried 3 times to install. Same results. Need help and/or a new CD. My system is: Pentium III 800 MHZ 512 RAM NVIDIA Geforce2 Pro 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86smopuim Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Turn OFF completely norton anti-virus. This was the cause for me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesy Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 I had the same problem, however, I was able to install the game by a work around. The CD would not autoboot, so I double clicked the installer. The DVD ROM Drive essentially just spun and spun with no result. I then tried to install it from the CDRW and had the same result. I opened the CDRW tray, closed it and the install routine began, files started to copy, but my box blue screened. The next time, I tried it from DVD drive, it spun, I opened the DVD DRive and received the message that there is no media in the drive. I closed the drive door and it completed the install routine. I imagine there is something wrong with the CD itself, but this did work. I'ld like to get my CD replaced though once a fix is found and created. My System: Win XP Pro Toshiba DVD ROM Sony CDRW 256MB 40GB Drive- FAT32 ABIT KT7A Mobo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront Posted September 24, 2002 Share Posted September 24, 2002 Guys, if the tips presented above don't work for you, please check out this message thread for the latest info and a temporary fix. :cool: CMBB Installer Fix Message Thread Charles 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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