I can't even run Emperor: Battle for Dune - HELP!

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I have tried to run emperor, and the splash screen comes up and then kills. I have bought and returned four CD-ROMs. E.A. says they can't help past all the suggestions on their website and they know that it is a safedisc 2 problem. I never had problems with Shiny's Sacrifice - Damn E.A.
I am running M.E. and have tried a Sony CRX160e 12x10x32, an acer 2x2x6, and acer 32x, a creative labs 56x, a pinegroup 56x, and finally an IO Magic 52x.
I have returned the game once, thinking it was a bad CD. Maybe I could just get the cracked setup.exe? This has cost me a lot of money, time, and headache!!!!
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