Installing Oblivion GOTY error

dmccord · 08-30-2009, 07:54 PM

I keep getting the error message Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check). I defragged a week ago and I also cleaned my read heads on my drive first. The error always pops up while downloading the data5.cab file. I tried copying the game to a folder on the computer and it won't copy that file. This leads me to believe that there is a problem with my disk. My next move I think would be to locate a clean copy of the file and download it. Any suggestions where, or what else might be wrong. Sysytem is a Dell 4550 with a 2.4ghz processor and a NVidia GeForce4 MX420 vidio card.

Dave

Tiber Septim · 08-31-2009, 01:17 AM

Hi dmccord, welcome to TSF.

At this point I would agree that the problem is with a disc. If you have another PC you can test it on just to make sure I would do that first. Otherwise you would be better off returning the disc to where you purchased it from an asking for an exchange.

Also, your GeForce 4 is not powerful enough to run the game. Minimum supported card is a Geforce 5 series GPU and even those can only barely play the thing.

08-30-2009, 07:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
dmccord Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows Xp SP2	Installing Oblivion GOTY error I keep getting the error message Data Error (Cyclic Redundancy Check). I defragged a week ago and I also cleaned my read heads on my drive first. The error always pops up while downloading the data5.cab file. I tried copying the game to a folder on the computer and it won't copy that file. This leads me to believe that there is a problem with my disk. My next move I think would be to locate a clean copy of the file and download it. Any suggestions where, or what else might be wrong. Sysytem is a Dell 4550 with a 2.4ghz processor and a NVidia GeForce4 MX420 vidio card. Dave

08-31-2009, 01:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tiber Septim Asst Manager, Games Team Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 2,866 OS: Fedora 11 / Windows 7 My System Blog Entries: 5	Re: Installing Oblivion GOTY error Hi dmccord, welcome to TSF. At this point I would agree that the problem is with a disc. If you have another PC you can test it on just to make sure I would do that first. Otherwise you would be better off returning the disc to where you purchased it from an asking for an exchange. Also, your GeForce 4 is not powerful enough to run the game. Minimum supported card is a Geforce 5 series GPU and even those can only barely play the thing. __________________ First Steps - System Specs - SIW Help TSF beat Cancer and other serious Illness.