New player questions.

jetthelooter · 05-02-07, 10:14 AM

my original Diablo 1 CD lived in my drive so long after a year of heavy use it developed a crack from the center of the disc to the label and still functioned fine for another 6 months before it broke. i emailed blizzard and they exchanced it 1 for 1 without any problems.

i am sure that if you manage to play SH4 that much ubi will replace a broken disc in a similar fashion.

AVGWarhawk · 05-02-07, 10:18 AM

I have never had a disc break. I believe it is more of an uproar that the DVD drive is being used needlessly. I have had one ROM go bad on me. This was way back when they were in their infancy of computers and drives.

LZBTD · 05-02-07, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jetthelooter

my original Diablo 1 CD lived in my drive so long after a year of heavy use it developed a crack from the center of the disc to the label and still functioned fine for another 6 months before it broke. i emailed blizzard and they exchanced it 1 for 1 without any problems.

i am sure that if you manage to play SH4 that much ubi will replace a broken disc in a similar fashion.

I also had a CD crack on me (NFS4) but eventually managed to replace it. (not from EA). That said, if I have the SHIV DVD in the drive on boot up it winds up to max revs (about 7000 rpm I think) for about 5mins or until I either start the prog or eject the disk. This was a minor irritant but its beginning to get on my tits.
I also seem to remember another celestial CP prog doing similar.

Darkranger85 · 05-02-07, 07:51 PM

I've had many a CD broken, I admit it is my fault for not taking care of them properly but, in any case that is the reason I copy my games. Oh well, I found a cool thing at Wal-Mart, these little sheilds that snap on the cd and protect it and the computer can read through it. So I got some of those and I guess Ill just have to use the CD for this game. Thanks though!!

05-02-07, 10:18 AM	#2
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I have never had a disc break. I believe it is more of an uproar that the DVD drive is being used needlessly. I have had one ROM go bad on me. This was way back when they were in their infancy of computers and drives. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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05-02-07, 10:14 AM	#1
jetthelooter Watch Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 24 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	my original Diablo 1 CD lived in my drive so long after a year of heavy use it developed a crack from the center of the disc to the label and still functioned fine for another 6 months before it broke. i emailed blizzard and they exchanced it 1 for 1 without any problems. i am sure that if you manage to play SH4 that much ubi will replace a broken disc in a similar fashion.

05-02-07, 07:51 PM	#4
Darkranger85 Bosun Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 63 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I've had many a CD broken, I admit it is my fault for not taking care of them properly but, in any case that is the reason I copy my games. Oh well, I found a cool thing at Wal-Mart, these little sheilds that snap on the cd and protect it and the computer can read through it. So I got some of those and I guess Ill just have to use the CD for this game. Thanks though!!