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I`m looking to upgrade my CD drive for Sim City 4 what type of *x CDropm should I get or should I get 48 or even 52?

Typhonis 1 wrote:I`m looking to upgrade my CD drive for Sim City 4 what type of *x CDropm should I get or should I get 48 or even 52?

Get a DVD-ROM drive. They're so cheap now that there's really no point buying a CD-ROM drive any more.

Already got a DVD rom driver Could I use it instead to install Sim city 4?

I agree. I just bought a replacement for my old DVD-ROM drive (the CD-ROM components died) for around $60.

Typhonis 1 wrote:Already got a DVD rom driver Could I use it instead to install Sim city 4?

What? A drive or drivers? As far as I know, without the correct hardware, drivers don't mean anything.

I have a DVD R/RW.


You can get one of those if you want (writes CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, and DVD-RW)

Can DVD-R/RWs read or can they only write?

I have a CD player that I put my regular Game CDs in nd thers a second one which can play game CDS or DVDs can I use the second one for game instilation? Or where do I look to check its speed?

If you can play DVDs, then you can play and install CD-ROMS.

But why didn't you just try it out?

*low chuckle* it was under my nose litterally I never thought to do that since I had used the other one for so long. What the obvious answer has never eluded you till someone pointed it out?

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Can DVD-R/RWs read or can they only write?

It would do well to read his post.

There are DVD-ROM/CD-RWs, DVD-RWs, DVD+RW, DVD+/-RWs, DVD-Rs, DVD-RAM drives and many DVD burners can also write to CD.

And that doesn't answer my question.

What I asked was can DVD burner drives read CDs and DVDs like regular CD/DVD-ROM drives do.

Why would you want to upgrade your CD to install a game? You will install it ONCE, it will work with any speed (even an old 8x will do it fast enough) and you'll probably never need to read from the CD ever again, except for the intro movie

EDIT: correction, the intro movie is also copied to the HD. the only reason to keep using the CD is as a copy protection.

Acer 16X DVD-ROM $28.99 Retail (OEM is the same price)

It even has a digital audio port on the back. (was illegal for a long time due to MPAA induced restrictions)

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:And that doesn't answer my question.

What I asked was can DVD burner drives read CDs and DVDs like regular CD/DVD-ROM drives do.

Logic dictates that if it can write to them, the it can read them also..... It would be rather stupid if it could only burn them now wouldn't it?

True, but sometimes manufacturers create stupid hardware.

I figured that they did, but I did have my doubts, and just wanted to be 100 percent sure.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:True, but sometimes manufacturers create stupid hardware.

I figured that they did, but I did have my doubts, and just wanted to be 100 percent sure.

I can understand that.

Mines (DVD-R/RW) can read CDs fine.


Note: I haven't actually tested out a DVD yet, but I think it's assumable that it can play DVDs too. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a DVD drive.

So yeah, it reads and writes.

Shinova wrote:Mines (DVD-R/RW) can read CDs fine.


Note: I haven't actually tested out a DVD yet, but I think it's assumable that it can play DVDs too. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a DVD drive.

So yeah, it reads and writes.

/me kicks Shinova for skimming

Vertigo1 wrote: /me kicks Shinova for skimming

Was just clarifying.


Oh yeah, for CD-Rs mines could write up to 16x speed.

It's a Pioneer drive.

I have all tyhe system requirements needed and it still won install I keep getting an error when it reaches San Francisco

I guess I should finally give in and get a DVD-ROM drive... PCG's latest issue packages a DVD instead of the usual CD, and its quite frustrating.

Typhonis 1 wrote:I have all tyhe system requirements needed and it still won install I keep getting an error when it reaches San Francisco

There's many, many things that can potentialy go wrong.

What error do you get exactly?

an Erorr reading the code...may have to get a new disk

Have you tried cleaning the lens of your CD-ROM? (you use a special disk for this. Costs maybe $5, depending on where you look.)