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[CAGE RATTLER 0]

Unable to authenticate original disc within time limit

I just bought the US retail verion and installed the game and it ran fine but when i shut it down it will not restart and i keep getting this same error. When i hit retry i then get an error saying im trying to run a back up copy .... which im not.

Ive tried to find new drivers for my DVD player (Cyberdrive DM166D) but havent had any luck.

This seems it may be a hardware issue but just not sure since i have no problems with other games using it.

Any thoughts or suggestions on solving this problem??

By the way i did do a search and saw the other securom issues mentioned but mine seems different.

[Junker 0]

i have this problem with other games, It seems that some DVD drives dont like certain discs, The way around this is to:

a/ restart windows and try it

b/ uninstall DVD rom - reinstall and try again

c/ buy an external DVD rom (This is what fixed my problem)

A and B will have to be done everytime you want to play the game

[CAGE RATTLER 0]

Thanx for the reply.

restarts dont work for me and i just reformatted my C drive today and still doing the same thing. At least when i installed it the 1st time it opoened once .... now it wont open at all.

Guess i'll try another DVD rom.

[BraTTy 0]

I've had games that I pop the cd/dvd out and back in and run the game from the autostart menu or start it during the seektime from freshly putting the disc in

Your saying your drive don't open now? Try using eject by right click drive in explorer and pick eject

edit: oh and is your region set for your dvd drive?

[CAGE RATTLER 0]

lil update on the problem.

Put in a new DVD rom and it goes through securom fine now

BUT .......... now i get an error on start up!!

"Arma has encountered a problem and needs to close"

Well im gonna start searching for any answers in here to see what to do now but if anyone can point me to a link, thread or offer some suggestions i would appreciate it.

This is a fresh install on a reformatted HD.

specs:

AMD 2500+

Geforce 6800GT

1 gig ram

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe mobo

newest nvidia drivers

DirectX 9.0c

[CAGE RATTLER 0]

I've had games that I pop the cd/dvd out and back in and run the game from the autostart menu or start it during the seektime from freshly putting the disc in

Your saying your drive don't open now? Try using eject by right click drive in explorer and pick eject

edit: oh and is your region set for your dvd drive?

I meant the game opened (started) once and only once .... lol.

[CAGE RATTLER 0]

Just wanted to update this..........

I had forgotten to update my mobo drivers which is also the onboard sound and that took care of the problem. Im up and running now but definitely going to need to upgrade this PC to get better performance.

on a side note ...... the old DVD rom still wont go through securom but the newer one runs it fine.

[BraTTy 0]

Your lucky...my laptop DVDRW has failed.It will read but no longer burns CD/DVD

Slightly harder to replace this slimline drive thats integrated

[Mr_Tea 0]

A firmware update could possibly help. No guaranty.