SUBSIM Radio Room Forums
Page 2 of 2 1 2
Show 20 post(s) from this thread on one page

SUBSIM Radio Room Forums (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/index.php)
-   Silent Hunter III (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=182)
-   -   UPDATE!! Combo or cdrw drive problems Please POST! (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=81501)

Onkel Neal 07-25-05 07:45 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Catfish
Hello Neal,
it did not ask you again because the Starforce drivers are not removed during a de-install of Silent Hunter. So doing a new installation it found the residing ones with the serial number and did not have to ask.
For removing the SF drivers, there is an official tool available at various places, SF home and Ubisoft being two of them.
Greetings,
Catfish
Ah, ok, thanks.

Soulcommander 10-05-05 05:32 PM
UPDATE!
 
A brief update fellas...
Toms hardware just released this article today. And much more to follow I'm sure!!!
If you want to see about Starforce and how awful it is read this article: http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/01/th...tes/index.html



I have been saying it for a long time as you all well know![/url]

kiwi_2005 10-06-05 09:12 AM
Ive been having a full on battle with starforce since i brought SH3, but for about a month now i think ive solved it. Before, my dvd drive use to go crazy, infact one time it just stopped working when i put in the sh3 dvd, then when in the game it use to just stop working every 20 - 30 minutes , i would restart and she'll be fine but 20min later she would stop (resulting in a computer crash) Then i decided to turn of Windows Sytem Restore and the 20min crashing stopped., my dvd stopped going crazy as well. My opinion, is Starforce and system restore cannot live side by side, one has to be turned off, since i wasn't gonna give up on SH3, i chose System Restore.

Ive had NO problems with starforce since. :D :rock:

rabu 10-16-05 11:34 PM
Re: UPDATE!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulcommander
A brief update fellas...
Toms hardware just released this article today. And much more to follow I'm sure!!!
If you want to see about Starforce and how awful it is read this article: http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/01/th...tes/index.html



I have been saying it for a long time as you all well know![/url]
Uhh... that isn't the famous "Tom's Hardware" site, though the name sounds similar. This is Tom's Hardware: http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html Let's not misslead players, OK?

Serverdaemon 10-17-05 12:53 PM
Well, it's not terribly detailed... But I purchased a CD-DVD RW a few months ago and it worked great. Then after I installed SH3, whenever I go to burn a disk (either CD or DVD), the software comes up saying that there is no disk in the drive. I've tried 3 or 4 different software suites, (including NERO) and they all say the same. I've tried different blank media (3 or 4 kinds from cheap to expensive) and always the same thing.
The drive appears ok, all diagnostics see it, but it just stopped burning.
Starforce recommended to me that I uninstall their drivers and gave me a link to a new uninstall tool, but of course that would mean no more SH3! So, for now I choose to play and sometime when I'm tired of the game I'll be able to burn again.

S

rabu 10-17-05 01:10 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Serverdaemon
Well, it's not terribly detailed... But I purchased a CD-DVD RW a few months ago and it worked great. Then after I installed SH3, whenever I go to burn a disk (either CD or DVD), the software comes up saying that there is no disk in the drive. I've tried 3 or 4 different software suites, (including NERO) and they all say the same. I've tried different blank media (3 or 4 kinds from cheap to expensive) and always the same thing.
The drive appears ok, all diagnostics see it, but it just stopped burning.
Starforce recommended to me that I uninstall their drivers and gave me a link to a new uninstall tool, but of course that would mean no more SH3! So, for now I choose to play and sometime when I'm tired of the game I'll be able to burn again.

S
I believe they have an updated starforce file you can dl, I don't know if it will help, but someone else here can probably tell you where to get it, etc.

Gizzmoe 10-17-05 01:12 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Serverdaemon
Starforce recommended to me that I uninstall their drivers and gave me a link to a new uninstall tool, but of course that would mean no more SH3! So, for now I choose to play and sometime when I'm tired of the game I'll be able to burn again.
Try the Starforce driver update, maybe it solves your problem:
http://www.star-force.com/protection/users/

Soulcommander 10-17-05 01:41 PM
Re: UPDATE!
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rabu
Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulcommander
A brief update fellas...
Toms hardware just released this article today. And much more to follow I'm sure!!!
If you want to see about Starforce and how awful it is read this article: http://www.tgdaily.com/2005/10/01/th...tes/index.html



I have been saying it for a long time as you all well know![/url]
Uhh... that isn't the famous "Tom's Hardware" site, though the name sounds similar. This is Tom's Hardware: http://<br /> <br /> Hardwarehttp:...com/index.html Let's not misslead players, OK?


Sorry your wrong...this is a part of Toms Hardware...Look at the bottom of the link I provided. You will see Toms Hardware listed there. Plus this story came in the Toms Hardware Guide newsletter. And if thats not enough for you read this:
TG Publishing is the premiere media company for the technology generation. The company, best known for its Tom’s Hardware Guide site, targets “grassroots technologists”—the huge population of technology early adopters who have grown up on video games, computers and gadgets—and have an insatiable need for more. They are avid buyers of technology themselves, and influence major technology purchases for the workplace and at home.

Or go here:
http://tgpublishing.net/

Soulcommander 10-17-05 01:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Serverdaemon
Well, it's not terribly detailed... But I purchased a CD-DVD RW a few months ago and it worked great. Then after I installed SH3, whenever I go to burn a disk (either CD or DVD), the software comes up saying that there is no disk in the drive. I've tried 3 or 4 different software suites, (including NERO) and they all say the same. I've tried different blank media (3 or 4 kinds from cheap to expensive) and always the same thing.
The drive appears ok, all diagnostics see it, but it just stopped burning.
Starforce recommended to me that I uninstall their drivers and gave me a link to a new uninstall tool, but of course that would mean no more SH3! So, for now I choose to play and sometime when I'm tired of the game I'll be able to burn again.

S

Serverdaemon
If you write me a pm UBI would like some information from you. Shoot me a PM with your personal email address And I will write you back!
Thank you
Soulcommander


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:13 PM.
Page 2 of 2 1 2
Show 20 post(s) from this thread on one page

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright 1995- 2025 Subsim®
"Subsim" is a registered trademark, all rights reserved.