Is your DVD drive having problems with DVD Disc #2? Then you have came to the right place.

This is one of the most common problems with Myst IV Revelation. There are several potential causes:

1) Make sure you haven't placed any new fingerprints (or dirt) on DVD #2, if so wash gently with warm non-abrasive soapy water and dry with a soft lint-free cloth. Be careful, you wouldn't want to scratch your shiny disk!

2) You may have software running that is causing some form of installation conflict? Make sure you disable any programs that are running in the background. Also turn off any adware, spyware, or viruses you may have. Feel free to turn them back on after installation -- if you so desire.

3) Disc 2 is a Dual Layer Data Disc it has been found that more than a few DVD drives, both new and old, have problems reading Dual Layer discs. In order to fix this you have two options. The first is to perform a firmware upgrade on your drive -- as detailed below. The second is to buy a new DVD drive . There may be a few other options out there, but those are the two most common.

The following is a List of drives with known issues regarding Disc #2:

• Asus DRW-0402P/D Region 2 <firmware upgrade fixes, has Virtual Drive detected error after installation>
  
• Compaq DVD-ROM SD-616T
  
• DG Electronics GDR8162B
  
• Dynex DVD-ROM (new)
  
• Liteon LTD163
  
• NEC DVD (Dell 8200 Factory Install)
  
• NEC DV-5700A (DVD Reader Only) (Dell Dimension XPS B1000 11/2000 purchase date)
  
• NEC DV-5800A
  
• Philips DVD+RW-D01 v1.41 (Purchased Aug 2002, Dell 8200)
  
• Pioneer DVD-115R
  
• Pioneer DVD-116A <confirmed fixed by firmware upgrade>
  
• Plextor PX-708A
  
• Samsung CDRW/DVD SM308B Combo Drive
  
• Sony DVD+RW 8x Dual Layer
  
• Toshiba SD-M1612

If you have one of those drives and a firmware upgrade fixes the issue, please post A) a link to the firmware upgrade, B) the version of the firmware that fixes it, and C) That it fixed it :P.

If you have one of the drives mentioned above and you can't find a firmware upgrade A) Let us know, B) Let us know what firmware version you currently have (if known), C) Contact the manufacturer for that drive and let them know what your problem is, and D) see solution #2 above .

If you have a drive that is not mentioned above and you are experiencing this problem please do the following: A) Describe your problem, B) Let us know what Make/Model your computer is, C) Let us know what Make/Model/Firmware version(if known) your DVD drive is, and D) If the issue is fixed or not fixed by a firmware upgrade let us know that too, along with the relevant issue from the above.

Finally, if your drive is already listed in the above and a firmware upgrade is known to fix it, please try that before anything else. If you continue to have new problems start a new thread.

If your drive is listed above and there is no known firmware upgrade, check to see if the manufacturer of the drive or your PCs manufacturer has a firmware upgrade available. If they do, try it, if it works let us know. If it doesn't, let us know so we can run a tally of who is having problems.

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Now that we're through that, feel free to enjoy this thread.

Maztec

PS: I assume you noticed that the last paragraph or so there is a repeat from my other messages on this same topic. That's not an excuse not to read it, rather it means read it and if you forgot what it says, read it again :P.

I've got another drive that can't be read - It's a GDR8161B, made by LG and OEM by HP. It's up to the latest firmware level from HP and it reads each disk once and then won't read it again.

What do you mean by it will read the drive once, but not again?

You imply that it can completely read the disc, but after doing that ceases to be able to do so?

And LG drives are known to have quite a few issues. It's a miracle they even work.

I've googled quite a few of these and have found a ton of sites that reference all types of problems with the LG drives...

Not to use that as any sort of excuse, they just seem to have issues.

Sounds like your computer is from HP? I'd call HP and complain. See if that gets you anywhere.

The only real fix is either getting a new DVD drive... or finding a newer firmware that "might" fix the issue for you.

So you have the 0046 firmware for that drive?

Maz

It really will read once, then never again. I bought the software, took it home, installed it. Disc 2 wouldn't read at first, but I took it out, put it back in, and it worked. Installation went ok (full install). I then shut it down and walked away for a couple of days. Came back. Disc 2 does not read. I thought it was a faulty disk, so I took it back to the store and got a new copy. Put disc 2 in there, played the game for an hour or so (great graphics - I was very impressed). Came back the next day and I had the same problem - I put the DVD in and the drive/OS does not recognize that there is a disc in there. Put the disc in my mac - all ok. Back in the PC - nothing.

The firmware is up to the latest version, 0406. I think it's as much or more Ubi's fault as HP's , and while I could complain to HP, they'd ignore me. Ubi will also ignore me, I'm guessing.

Correction, the firmware version is 0046 (from HP).

Actually Ubi is taking these DVD related issues very seriously. But there isn't a lot they can do about it. Go ahead and send a note to them.

The issue is actually with the drives. I've seen a few people who have called Dell and talked with them about it, shown them the problem, get a new drive from Dell as recompense -- and it fixed the issue.

There's not much Ubi can do about what amounts to an error in the way the drive itself is reading the disk.

Now, in your particular case, your problem is a lot stranger. I'd even go so far as to figure it's something weird windows is doing. I recommend you send UbiSoft tech support a note, detailing your issue, and if they don't respond by Friday, let me know via a private message.

Also, if you haven't, grab ye-old safedisc fix mentioned elsewhere in one of these here stickies, yarrr!

Hmm. Oh, hani5, do you have it still installed? Is your issue simply with starting running the game? Check your private topics, let me know if that helps...

Maz

I also experienced the most amazing (and unsettling) installation procedure on my Dell Dimension 8200 with a Samsung DVD SD-616 + WIndows XP :

- First - installation crashed due to "double use" of a file - the installation was aborted & fully reverted. I figured this could be due to corruption with Uru (previously installed) or my virusscan so uninstalled Uru + disabled virus scan & restarted Install

- Then - First DVD installed well & was asked to insert 2nd DVD - which was accepted at first. Then - after 5 mins or so - got the famous message "Wrong volume in the drive - please insert volume Myst4_1 into Drive D:" - I tried to re-insert the first DVD but computer fully crashed (Had to do cold reboot !). Probably worst nightmare as no trace of my installation in the registries.

- Lastly, restarted the installation procedure - luckily it appeared to recover from the first installation and after 1 min already asked me to insert "Disk 3" (sic!) which I interpreted as DVD 2 ... which brought me to the end of the installation hassle.

Surely, after the technical mishaps & frustrations of UruLive, Ubi and Cyan worlds should be more careful in testing the compliance of their software with as much hardware as possible - on my (brand new) DVD package there is not even a disclaimer on DVD drive compliance so I am afraid there is no excuse to this from their side.

FOrtunately, the first minutes of gameplay made up for a lot of frustrations, but I hate to play a game thinking it may crash any minute...

L_W

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PS Btw Maz - thanks for this site which provides me with confidence that any crash I will encounter - will hopefully be addressed here ! :-)

Hi:

I too am having problems after install. I've tried both full and min. install and both are the same.

I bought a dvd player just to play this game. It's a RetailPlus. I'm brand new to dvd, so firmware and all has lost me totally.

But I install disk 1 then disk 2. No problems. Then insert disk 2 and the option window comes up and click on play. Then the next window/book with the hand pointer on it. And that's it. My mouse can't click anywhere, and the hand doesn't move. So sit and wait then it wants me to insert the proper cd in the drive. But the drive won't read the disk (neither 1 or 2).
And when I double click on my computer the DVD drive is non existant. And have to reboot in order to get the DVD back.
I've tried a different dvd in the drive, and it works just fine. So it's the game.

Any help would really be appreciated.

Thanks

dynacia

dynacia, see the post there: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=400102&f=580100736&m=5971078732

Link_Wizard: You still having problems or did we get you figured out? If you finally got it installed, I suspect you probably won't just crash any minute :P. The crashes seem to be fairly reliable.

Maz

Hi again: Sorry forgot to tell you.
The firmware I have is 3.10. A GeForce FX 5200 series video card. And fill all the game requirements.

Thanks again

dynacia

Quick note... following a lovely hard drive crash, I went out and picked up a DVD-RW drive from LiteOn... model number SOHW-832S, and have encountered the "wrong volume" error both before and after upgrading the firmware to the version provided on the manufacturer's website (DR8VS0E) released on 10/24/04. I'm intrigued by this fact, since this drive is theoretically capable of burning a dual-layer DVD... one would think it could *read* a dual-layered DVD as well.

The only other variable that's changed since the crash is I installed SP2 (I know, not the brightest idea in the world, but I couldn't get SP1 anymore and I re-installed Windows to clean it up because it was getting ratty around the edges).

I'm going to try and put my old DVD-ROM drive back in and see if that solves the problem... if not, I'm going to have to go beat up some people in Redmond.

As I posted on the Disc 1 failure page, I was able to install disc 1 when I DID NOT have the firmware upgrade in place, when I did then disc 1 locked the machine. So now, disc 2 is the problem with a TEAC DVW58E on a < 1 yr Dell XPS.

Waiting for a fix, want to play!

Susan

Thank you maztec. The game seems to work fine now.

Thanks for your time.

dynacia

UPDATE!!!

My DVD-RW drive apparently *does* read the DVD correctly... I had to re-install Windows tonight and decided to try installing Revelation before downloading XP Service Pack 2...

It worked. I will now go give somebody in Redmond a piece of my mind.

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Originally posted by maztec:

Link_Wizard: You still having problems or did we get you figured out? If you finally got it installed, I suspect you probably won't just crash any minute :P. The crashes seem to be fairly reliable.

Maz

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Hey Maz,

I have been playing the game bugfree until now and I am very happy with its progress :-) You're probably right that the bugs are consistent !
I have also avoided to install the famous patch - using the PrtScrn button instead is a perfectly acceptable alternative.

Alahmnat : I agree with you installing SP2 does not exactly improve system stability... I actually removed the SP2 patch after one week (through XP recovery !) as so many things failed to work... Does Myst work fine for you now ?

L_W

Since the game was released after the release of SP2 the onus falls on Ubisoft to fix the game rather than remove SP2. The removal of SP2 would result in an unsecure machine on the internet leading to further problems.

SP2 adds no significant security to your system. Instead it provides a false sense of security that is utterly failed when put into practice.

Is that a professional opinion or a prejudicial abuse of your power as moderator ?

Professional opinion, in light of the fact that one of my specialties is systems security.

How stating my opinion is abuse of my power as a moderator. . Now that's a scary question.

Maz

In previous forum posts members have been chastised for posting misinformation about Ubisoft and Cyan Worlds (even though the misinformation does seem appropriate). It seems that your opinion of SP2 is not considered misinformation because you are a moderator and does seem prejudicial against Microsoft. Hence the abuse of your position as moderator.