Securom causing major problems again!

[SUBMAN1]

I can't seem to win. I was affected by system screw ups with StarForce, and now Securom is causing me headache!

Look what started happening the day Mass Effect was installed (installed on the 15th by the way):







Nice. The last one in case anyone cares, scares me the most. It is my RAID device. That could screw up my entire system, and I must be careful to reinstall it properly or risk losing everything!

-S

[FIREWALL]

I have full confidence you will prevail.

Btw Thx for the help yesterday.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

I have full confidence you will prevail.

Btw Thx for the help yesterday.

It worked?

-S

PS. i see it didn't. You need that IDE driver to make it see the disks. What kind of controller is it hooked up to? Find it and then DL the driver from the board manufacturer or from the controller maker itself. Your clue will come from whomever makes the Southbridge. Tell me what motherboard you have and I can tell you what driver you need if you need help.

[Blacklight]

Securom is nothing more than spyware that some of the game companies have stupedly embraced.
Seriously, there are so many reasons to ban Securom. I'm suprised the industry doesn't boot that piece of crap. It causes problems, is intrusive, and ultimately limits the playability of the game/software.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by Blacklight

Securom is nothing more than spyware that some of the game companies have stupedly embraced.
Seriously, there are so many reasons to ban Securom. I'm suprised the industry doesn't boot that piece of crap. It causes problems, is intrusive, and ultimately limits the playability of the game/software.

I agree. I had my first complete black screen to reboot on this thing since i owned it (almost 2 yrs old now) since Mass Effect was installed! Crazy. For the most part ME is stable - rock stable, but once in a blue moon it crashes out to desktop or worse with my one time full reboot. It could have theoretically been my ATI drivers that caused the crash since i haven't seen anything similar since 8.6 was installed, but more likely a Securom thing since I haven't had anything similar happen, not even on Crysis.

-S

[stabiz]

This latest version of Securom is the worst, appearantly. Games like Mass Effect and Bioshock has it. I beat Bioshock without any problems, though. But I have done a complete reinstall of Windows recently, and no way in hell I`m reinstalling Bioshock after reading this and some other scary stuff at other sites.

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

It worked?

-S

PS. i see it didn't. You need that IDE driver to make it see the disks. What kind of controller is it hooked up to? Find it and then DL the driver from the board manufacturer or from the controller maker itself. Your clue will come from whomever makes the Southbridge. Tell me what motherboard you have and I can tell you what driver you need if you need help.

Hi SUBMAN1

I can only get into the bios and it says "SYSTEM BOARD ID 30A6"

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Hi SUBMAN1

I can only get into the bios and it says "SYSTEM BOARD ID 30A6"

Well seems your board is dead - probably your BIOS even. RMA it if you can.

-S

[peterloo]

That's why I say using these complicated, trouble causing protection system isn't the way to go

If someone don't want to buy the original disc, they won't. They have got crackers who release cracks on the day of release, they have got hamachi network which allows them to play multiplayer without using the official server and they also got everything that a genuine player will get, like updates or addon or mods

The best way to solve the piracy problem, is NOT by these troublesome methods, but by using nice contents and innovative designs.

I've heard that Mass Effect sold in Russia don't have Securom embedded. Don't know whether you can buy a Russian version and then patch it back to English, through

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securom...ct_controversy