MagicEngine

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Running windows XP. I burned the exact same copy of Dracula X both on diff CD's. One on the Memorex (loads) and the other on a Verbatim datalifeplus (which is of higher quality). The tests I did were:

Tested the Memorex one my creative labs cd drive sometimes it loads sometimes it doesnt.. Probably due to my CD drive dying..So I test it on my Plextor drive which loads the CD all the time. I popped the Verbatim cd in both the drives. The Creative drive soemtimes load it and the plextor always does. But the problem is, the CD will get passed the system card screen and just stay blank. The CD Drive led light stops blinking.

I've tried both the magic engine systems card and the real one. I played the CD in a CD player and the music plays so I believe the Verbatim is burned correctly. Both CD's were burned at 8x. The CD's work because I burned otehr stuff with them and they read fine. Even otehr CD games which were read fine.

THe only problem I have is in Magic Engine. ANy Ideas? ME just doesn't like em?

Here's my log:
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[VIDEO INIT]
check video modes...
- 640x400 (85Hz)
- 640x400 (100Hz)
- 640x400 (120Hz)
* 640x480 (85Hz)
* 640x480 (100Hz)
* 640x480 (120Hz)
user video modes...
- 1024x768 [0]
- 1024x768 [0]
- 1024x768 [0]
- 640x480 [2]

[JOYSTICK INIT]
getting number of joystick device... 16 device(s) found
scanning joystick device(s)...
- joystick 1 (ID=0x0925,0x8866 X= 0/ 65535 Y= 0/ 65535 (driver="Microsoft PC-joystick driver")... plugged
- joystick 2 (ID=0x0925,0x8866 X= 0/ 65535 Y= 0/ 65535 (driver="Microsoft PC-joystick driver")... plugged
- joystick 3 ()... not plugged
- joystick 4 ()... not plugged
- joystick 5 ()... not plugged
- joystick 6 ()... not plugged
- joystick 7 ()... not plugged
- joystick 8 ()... not plugged
- joystick 9 ()... not plugged
- joystick 10 ()... not plugged
- joystick 11 ()... not plugged
- joystick 12 ()... not plugged
- joystick 13 ()... not plugged
- joystick 14 ()... not plugged
- joystick 15 ()... not plugged
- joystick 16 ()... not plugged
total: 2 joystick(s) plugged

[SOUND INIT]
init sound timer... OK
init direct sound interface... OK
set cooperative level... OK
create primary buffer... OK
setup primary buffer: freq=44100 channels=2 bits=16... OK
alloc sound buffer... OK
play sound buffer... OK
check sound buffer... OK
scanning sound card... found 1 sound card(s)
checking sound card mixer ("SB Live! Wave Device" v5.10)...
+SPEAKERS: vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 0] vol = 97 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-DIGITAL [ 1] vol = 70 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-DIGITAL [ 2] vol = 70 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-SYNTHESIZER [ 3] vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-COMPACTDISC [ 4] vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF] (selected as CD input line)
-LINE [ 5] vol = 100 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-MICROPHONE [ 6] vol = 99 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-ANALOG [ 7] vol = 21 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-ANALOG [ 8] vol = 21 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-TELEPHONE [ 9] vol = 21 [00000000/0000FFFF]
-WAVEOUT [ 10]
+WAVEIN:
master audio volume... 100 (100)
fx audio volume... 97 (97)
cd audio volume... 100 (100)

[BACKUP RAM]
loading backup RAM database index file : "C:\Documents and Settings\la\Desktop\Magic Engine\backup.idx"... OK
checking database... 1 bank(s) found
clear and initialize a new backup RAM

[CD-ROM INIT]
scanning NT scsi drivers...
- E: (E-IDE/Creative CD4830E/U20C) [ID:0/0/0]... OK
- F: (PLEXTOR/CD-R PX-W8432T/1.09) [ID:1/0/0]... OK
selected drive... F:
disable drive E:
enable drive F:
number of adapters: 2
checking CD-ROM drives...
- drive 0: adapter=1, unit=0, lun=0 [type=5]
select drive 0
CD-ROM timeout set to 0
create dummy rom... OK
searching game backup RAM in database [10000001|00000000]... not found
clear and initialize a new backup RAM

[CD]

[BOOT CD]
test unit... ready (0ms)
reading TOC...
- OK, 22 track(s) detected
track 1 [10]: 00 02 00 ( 0, 3890)
track 2 [14]: 00 53 65 ( 3890, 14189)
track 3 [10]: 03 11 14 ( 14189, 22173)
track 4 [10]: 04 57 48 ( 22173, 26917)
track 5 [10]: 06 00 67 ( 26917, 34134)
track 6 [10]: 07 37 09 ( 34134, 40411)
track 7 [10]: 09 00 61 ( 40411, 45260)
track 8 [10]: 10 05 35 ( 45260, 58635)
track 9 [10]: 13 03 60 ( 58635, 66403)
track 10 [10]: 14 47 28 ( 66403, 78455)
track 11 [10]: 17 28 05 ( 78455, 86083)
track 12 [10]: 19 09 58 ( 86083, 97368)
track 13 [10]: 21 40 18 ( 97368, 108444)
track 14 [10]: 24 07 69 ( 108444, 124926)
track 15 [10]: 27 47 51 ( 124926, 135835)
track 16 [10]: 30 13 10 ( 135835, 150506)
track 17 [10]: 33 28 56 ( 150506, 157229)
track 18 [10]: 34 58 29 ( 157229, 164899)
track 19 [10]: 36 40 49 ( 164899, 173900)
track 20 [10]: 38 40 50 ( 173900, 192012)
track 21 [10]: 42 42 12 ( 192012, 211262)
track 22 [14]: 46 58 62 ( 211262, 221262)
read sector 3890...3891 (2)
read sector 3890searching game backup RAM in database [5B6BCCCC|8CAF088F]... not found
clear and initialize a new backup RAM
...4017 (128)
read sector 3892...3892 (1)
read sector 3957...3986 (30)

Thanks for reading.[/quote]

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Update:

tried a 3rd cd drive. This time a liteon dvd drive. Does the same thing as the plextor. ME jsut doesnt like my CD? Newest ME version btw.

[dmichel]

It looks like you have a bad ISO of Dracula X, I didn't check the track layout but the first data track (track #2) has a bad CRC checksum, either the ISO files are corrupted or there was a problem during the burning process. Try to get the ISO from a diff source...
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David Michel

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But it was an ISO from the RiGG group... The CD also plays find in the cd player... Using the CD drive I could skip tracks to listen to music.. hrm.. Maybe a bad burn.. Any way I can check the checksum of the ISO?

[node]

Ok I tried CDRWin 3.9B as well as 4.0a and Fireburner 1.06. The 3.9B burned it but it was pretty messed up (audio scrambled) and coudlnt be recgnized as a game. I'm pretty much giving up or I'll try a new burner later.

[node]

ok
I even tried clone CD. No go... I really give up now!