I have recently built a computer, with an Athlon 64 X2 and 2 gigs of ram ,which is a major upgrade over my old Dell with a Pentium 3 and 256 megs of ram. I have been able to play most of my games, which include Roller Coaster Tycoon 3, Trainz Railroad Simulator and Flight Gear, but my problem is with Sim City 4. The installation goes smoothly with no bumps or error messages. But instead of launching the game after it installs, (like it's supposed to), I get an error message that says_ "No disc in drive E. Please insert the correct disc and try again". I also cannot play DVD's, but I know where to buy a program with a decoder. Would that affect the game play of Sim City, or is it something else? Thanks to anyone who can come up with a solution- this is my favorite game! (I do not have the Deluxe Edition, I just chose that as the product since there was no plain "Sim City 4".)
I have tried starting it with the disc in the drive but I get the same box. If I try to start from the desktop icon nothing happens at all, no boxes or anything. I would like to play it again soon! I have tried starting it with the disc in the drive but I get the same box. If I try to start from the desktop icon nothing happens at all, no boxes or anything. I would like to play it again soon!
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If you installed the game using a cd then let the cd remain in the drive when you start the game, If you installed it from the HDD itself you will have to mount it to the virtual drive and start playing.
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The 400W PSU is going to limit your CPU selection to dual-core at best, although you might be able to get away with a higher-end dual-core CPU if your RAM is not ECC and not dual-channel, and you're not running anything serious in terms of a graphics or sound card or a SCSI array.
Given your current setup I'd really look for a 1.6Ghz dual-core Athlon which has a decent amount of KB in its Level 1 and Level 2 cache, but 3MB for its Level 3 cache.
Anything beyond that ballpark of a CPU upgrade is certainly well within the bounds of diminishing returns, and you should look at getting a new PSU, motherboard, and probably RAM (I'm guessing you're using DDR2 RAM currently).
Hi. Yes, your computer came with 2 gig's of ram in the form of 2 1gig modules of ddr2 ram.
There are 4 slots for memory all together, and each slot can hold 2 gig memory chips in each one, for a total of 8 gig's of ram!
That would cause a serious performance improvement for you.
It also came with a 160 gb hard drive, so if you want to, you can get as larger drive as well.
As far as processors, a dual core, AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Brisbane 2.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W processor will fit in with absolutely no bios updates required, so all you would have to do is take the old processor out, put the new one in, and turn the computer on. It will recognize the new processor automatically, and will work right away!
This will have a significant performance boost, possibly doubling the total speed of your computer.
It can be the TV Tuner Card.See this:
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7, Vista and XP SP3* (Windows XP Service Pack 3 is required)
Processor (CPU)
Blu-ray Disc playback: Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz), Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or above
TrueTheater 3D playback: Pentium D 950 (3.0GHz), AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ or above
DVD playback: Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz), Athlon 64 2800+ (1.8 GHz) or above
Graphics Processor (GPU)
Blu-ray Disc playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 7600GT or above
TrueTheater 3D playback: Intel G45, ATI Radeon HD 2400, NVIDIA Geforce 8800GT or above
DVD playback: AGP or PCI Express graphic accelerator supporting DirectX 9.0 or above
Note: we strongly recommend that you update your graphics card driver to the latest version.3D display devices are required for TrueTheater 3D playback.
Memory
Blu-ray Disc playback: 2 GB required for Vista and Windows 7; 1 GB required for Windows XP
DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: 1 GB required for Vista and Windows 7; 512 MB required for Windows XP
Hard Disk Space
300 MB for product installation
Display Device
DVD and Blu-ray Disc playback: HDCP compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for analog output
TrueTheater 3D playback: 3D display and 3D glasses required. HDCP
compliant display for digital output. TV or computer monitor for
analog output
Disc Player
Blu-ray Disc playback: BD-ROM/BD-RE or Super Multi Blu combo disc drive
DVD and TrueTheater 3D playback: DVD-ROM, DVD+-R/RW, DVD-RAM or DVD Super Multi combo disc drive
Microphone
A microphone is required for recording voice-overs in Movie Remix mode
Your existing CPU will not work with that motherboard. The AM2+/AM2 processor slot is for AMD processors only. For this motherboard, you will need one of the following processors: Phenom FX / Phenom / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 X2
No you don't have to install a 64 bit OS. Only if you install over 3 gigs you MUST install a 64 bit operating system. 800MHZ is fine it will just back down to 667MHZ. your 32bit windows OS will see up to 3 gigs (minus graphics card memory). SO 2 gigs will work fine. Install one stick at a time and check in the OS and bios to make sure each stick works. I would say you possibly have a dead ram stick.
You'll find the information you seek at both the processor company and the motherboard company. As for remounting it in a Compaq case you may run into some issues of the On/Off Switch, power lead, reset button ect...matching up. You might be suprised at how inexpensive a new computer case is. I've seen some as low as $25. Your power supply can be removed and it will fit in your new case. You may just have a easier go of it. Good luck...please leave a rating, thank you kindly
Max speed supported for your mobo is: DDR2-533 You will have to buy (4) 1gb sticks (2gb sticks not supported) To use all four gigs of ram you need a 64 bit os.32 bit only supports 3gb of ram. Hope this helps! Here is the specs :
ASUS A8M2N-LA (NODUS-GL8E) (DDR2-533MHz) Memory
Maximum Memory
4GB
Memory Slots
4 (4 banks of 1)
non-removable base memory
0MB
Machine name: ASUS A8M2N-LA (Nodus-GL8E) Motherboard
CPU options: Supports AMD Athlon 64, Athlon 64 X2 and Sempron processors.
Chipset: Nvidia GeForce 6150 LE Chipset
HD Bus:
Front Side Bus options:
Memory Speed options: PC2-4200 DDR2-533 240pin SDRAM DIMM
Special notes:
- Motherboard manufacturer's name: ASUS A8M2N-LA
- HP/Compaq name: Nodus-GL8E
NOTE:
*Actual available memory may be less w/o 64 bit os
I have tried starting it with the disc in the drive but I get the same box. If I try to start from the desktop icon nothing happens at all, no boxes or anything. I would like to play it again soon!
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