new method to bypass starforce 3!

[m_malyszko]

Hey guys i have a Asus A8N SLI Deluxe Motherboard, my NForce drivers are 6.70, i have 3 IDE drives: A DVD-RW drive, a CD-RW drive, and my 160 GB HDD. The RW's are hooked up to 1 IDE cable, and my HDD to another. I cant disable my Parallel Controller in Device Manager, btw its a NFROCE 4 chipset with a NForce Parallel Controller, why, cause it controlls both my primary and secondary channels. Now said this, I understand someone said that SF-Protected games should work on NForce 3/4 mobo's. Who ever said this Must be high on something. But thats just me. Anyways, im saying this because ive tried to play Splinter Cell:Chaos Theory, i DL the images from TorrentSpy, ive used SFNightMare so many times, ive done so many things ive given up on it. Ive also tried other SF games and nothing. So who ever is saying that SF games Version 3.4 like Splinter Cell should work on NF4 Mobo's is lying. Guys, please add this mobo to your list of NON WORKING MOBOS and also CRAPPY MOBOS. At first i thought this was a great buy, but after i had so many crashes, and bugs, im like screw it. Does anyone have a suggestion on a new mobo.

[Grumpy]

@m_malyszko

i DL the images from TorrentSpy

Read the forum rules!!

ive done so many things ive given up on it.

Have you actually tried putting your hand in your pocket, to get some cash, then going to the game store to purchase the game legally!!!!

Bye Bye your are now banned for a month! This should give you enough time to purchase the game, legally!!

[JannoBuzzBazz|]

Eh... first post here, but not the point.

I've been looking for a way of bypassing the StarForce software/virus, but with no luck.

Now, before you judge me and start thinking that I don't buy my games, youre probably right, at some points.
I do want to test the games befor I buy them, and that is what I do. But don't get me wrong! I do now own legally versions of almost all my games,
because of hard working labour. The only problem is that that includes some starforce games(manly SCCT). But I still want to be able to make playable backups of them,
because I have this paranoid thinking that what should i do when the original disc breaks.
So I tend to use it as little as possible, but then again that stops me from playing a perfectly good game, right??

Please guys, I need help! None of the backup disc's of SF games will run on my sys.

Motherboard: MSI KT4V-L
CPU: AMD AthlonXP 2600+ Thoroughbread
Ram: 2x Cosair ValueS 512MB 400MHz + 1x Cosair ??? 256MB 400MHz
GFX: ATI Radeon 9800PRO 128MB ALL-IN-WOUNDER
HDD: 1x Maxtor Diamond9 120GB, 1x Maxtor ?? 80GB, 1x Maxtor ?? 40GB + 1x IBM 40GB.
All HDD's are old ATA133.
(also I may need a bit help in getting the right bios for my MB, the ram only runs at PC2600, allthough it is PC3200 400MHz, any ideas??)

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[skinke]

Hello

I did all the method and nothing works i did this method and i got this

Originally Posted by nytrogyn

i follow all the insructions n the fist post, but when i finish, this appears:


after reinstallation, the game still does not work

and after reboot it said "insert disc into another drive the press retry"
after that i tryed this one:

Originally Posted by nytrogyn

I found a definite way to bypass starforce 3.6+.

1. First, turn off your pc.
2. Remove cover and unplug power cable from all your CD-DVD ROM/Burners.
3. Turn on your computer.
4. Make sure the drivers for starforce are still installed, because if they are uninstalled, the game will not work.
5. Turn on Daemon Tools, enable one virtual drive, and mount your image.
6. Open the game and it will run.
7. After playing, turn off the computer, and plug the power cable back.
8. Turn on your computer, and voila, everything is back to normal.

**repeat steps 1-6 each time you play your game**

(none of that Nforce motherboard crap, I have an Intel IDE controller and this method works perfectly)

and till nothing works and now it says:



Why is this happening ? wired that some people got it running
(sorry for my bad english)

Thanks!

[Muji-FightR]

I like the fact you have a bookmark folder called warez :P And the torrents...
lol This time I won't judge anyone tho, do what you like. In the end I'll be blamed for blaming you... It isn't obvious enough, is it ?

[neptun]

Originally Posted by skinke

Hello

I did all the method and nothing works i did this method and i got this



and after reboot it said "insert disc into another drive the press retry"
after that i tryed this one:



and till nothing works and now it says:



Why is this happening ? wired that some people got it running
(sorry for my bad english)

Thanks!

This means that your image is not good enough.Make new image witha alcohol 120% latest version setting DPM to high or just download better .mds file from www.copybase.ch and replace your current .mds file with the downloaded.Oh another reason to get this error may be the old version of the virtual drive you use.Try with the latest alcohol 120% or daemon tools before proceeding with the image file.

[gmax]

Is john486496's method confirmed working on a K8 (AMD) Mobo, so without Nforce? If not, is there another way to get the game (in my case: TOCA Race Driver3) to work without pulling my cabels out?

[Nightmare]

Hi,
maybe someone has posted this, too.
But I cannot search words like "USB or IDE" (too short).

I cannot play the games without unplugging my drives.
I tried everything.

Will a "USB 2.0 TO IDE CABLE DRIVE ADAPTER" solve this problem?
For example this here (ebay-german):
http://cgi.ebay.de/USB-2-0-TO-IDE-CA...ayphotohosting

Thanks!

Greets

[Joe Forster/STA]

I wouldn't buy such stuff from Ebay. Instead, why don't you buy a nice kit from ViPower:

- a VP-8054V (an IDE docking station with a SmartCable port and a PSU), OR

- a VP-8054KIT (like the VP-8054V plus a complete external IDE box, for hard disk rack or CD/DVD-ROM etc.), AND

- a VP-8208 cable (USB 2.0 SmartCable; don't get the VP-8008, it's USB 1.1!) or any other SmartCable you like

in a shop? That should give you reliable performance via a USB connection. I'm very satisfied with it!

[Dr. Killer]

Why dont you just disable all your cd-roms (or writers) at your "Device Manager"? That worked for me!

[TeTTiweTTi]

Hi guys,

I tested
trackmania sunrise
pacman world 3
toca race driver 3 (DTM 3)

i can only bypass the SF protection of tracmania sunrise. I don't know why such a stupid game has such a stong proctection.
Mayby the other games have a newer version of SF, but i can't find anywhere which game has which SF protection.


*edit*

pacman world 3 and dtm 3 are games on dvd's. they are'nt working with an image. Is there hope for games on dvd's?

[thief7710]

i just managed to start Prince Of persia T2T.Just listen
Make an image with Alcochol 120%
Mount it in a virtual with Daemon tools
And then ladies and gentlemen just leave your DVD rom with its tray open
and click to play the game
when the game begins close the tray
it worked on my Sony Vaio FE11S
hope it works with you too!

[qrpiech]

any1 tried this? seems too simple but worth a try...

[TippeX]

You can do this by coming back to "Tools" , then click on "Enable CD"
If your CD/DVD drives are not re-enabled, try this:
• Go to control Panel, then System.
• In new windows, go to Hardware tab, click on device manager
• In DVD/CD ROM Drives section, right-click on your drive and select "activate"
Reboot to find again your drive in explorer.


blah blah blah

all virtual thingie does is the exact opposite of that, so theres little point installing it at all... 10+mb for what, 4 clicks...

and its relative to the starforce driver version, they can definately detect this now.. so its probably a redundant 'trick'

[dsac23]

Originally Posted by Grumpy

@m_malyszko

Read the forum rules!!

Have you actually tried putting your hand in your pocket, to get some cash, then going to the game store to purchase the game legally!!!!

Bye Bye your are now banned for a month! This should give you enough time to purchase the game, legally!!

Hi.

I too think that people must pay for their games, because i do it, but why cant we make a backup of our bought games so we can protect the original CD?

This seems to be the problem for example of Toca Race Driver 3...