[OT] PC won't detect Oblivion

[RogerRamjet]

Just got myself a new(ish) PC. Went out, bought Oblivion since i've been gagging to play it for ages only the find when I insert it into my disc drive it doesn't even show it's there

Anyone have any ideas how to fix this?

[Jodo]

Does it detect other DVD's? My DVD writer suddenly stopped bothering to detect CD's a couple of months ago. Also, did you get the game from a reputable seller? A few online places sell stacks of fakes.

[DocNitro]

Also, some games have issues when their autoplay detects CD burning stuff or virtual cd programs. And there could always be 'hardware incompatibility'.

[Hell-demon]

Oblivion is crap. Get S.T.A.L.K.E.R instead.

[james_finn]

* Is the CD drive plugged in correctly? (Any cables loose)
* Is the disc scratched?
* Like other people ask are you using CD emulation software (Daemon tools etc.) some software wont install if it sees this on your PC - dont know if Oblivion was one of them :S

[THE_TICK!!!!]

hahaha rog operator head space and timing !! :P oblivion blows goats..play a real game like..hmmmmm er NEOCRON !!!

[RogerRamjet]

Does it detect other DVD's? My DVD writer suddenly stopped bothering to detect CD's a couple of months ago. Also, did you get the game from a reputable seller? A few online places sell stacks of fakes.

Yup, detects other DVDs, and yeh bought it from a highstreet game store.

And i already have (and completed) STALKER

The bloke I got the PC off has played oblivion before, so I can't think of what the issue is.

edit: OK, apparently it won't detect Rome:Total War either

Right, it seems to pick up games on old school compact discs, but not DVDs. I assume it must be a driver issue. Any ideas where to get some?

[Doc Holliday]

tescos. they sell everything there.

try googling the manufacturer. also check the disk isnt a tescos copy dvd

[CMaster]

Yup, detects other DVDs, and yeh bought it from a highstreet game store.

And i already have (and completed) STALKER

The bloke I got the PC off has played oblivion before, so I can't think of what the issue is.

edit: OK, apparently it won't detect Rome:Total War either

Right, it seems to pick up games on old school compact discs, but not DVDs. I assume it must be a driver issue. Any ideas where to get some?

Shouldn't need drivers for drives, funnily enough. You sure that it is actually a DVD drive and not just a CD drive?
Also, what do you mean by "doesn't detect". As in can't read the disc, or just doesn't autoplay?

[SizZLeR]

As cmaster says, u dont need drivers for ATAPI drives and to me it also sounds like you're trying to use a DVD in a CD-rom drive... :-/

[Conduit]

For some reason, after I've burnt a film on my DVD writer, the drive won't detect anything else until I've rebooted my PC. So, it's a long shot... but if you burnt a film or something you might want to try rebooting if you haven't done so already.

Edit: I'm using Vista home premium.

[RogerRamjet]

It has the DVD logo on the front, so I assume its a DVD drive

I might swap out my CD drive from my old PC and see what happens.

[Darkana]

Afaik all these combo drives have multiple laser diodes, which means they can break independently. In other words, your drive might still be able to handle CDs while it's broken for DVDs. So best to crosscheck it with a working DVD drive. And then there are weird issues like Conduit (hellow! *huggles*) described.

[RogerRamjet]

Should I just be able to swap out my current disc drive with a new one and everything will work fine?

[CMaster]

Should I just be able to swap out my current disc drive with a new one and everything will work fine?

Yep. Shouldn't be a problem at all.
Pull out the old one, connect up the new in the same way. Check that any jumpers on the drives have the same setting.