Postal 2 Tech Support

North American CD Problem

When you try to play the game, the screen goes to black and the CD drive light turns on, but nothing else happens, the game just remains on the black screen.

This means the game is unable to detect an AUTHENTIC Postal 2 CD in your drive. By "AUTHENTIC" we mean a CD purchased through a reputable software retailer. If you have a copy or pirated version then this is normal and won't be able to play.

Unfortunately, a few people have reported seeing this behaviour even when they have an AUTHENTIC CD. The solutions below have solved the problem for nearly all the people reporting it.

Solution #1

If your computer has another drive that can read a CD (such as DVD, CD-R, CD-RW) then insert the Postal 2 CD into that drive and start the game again. Some drivers may read the CD better than others.

If you don't have another drive, or if your other drive didn't work either, then try Solution #2.

Solution #2

Update the driver(s) for your DVD, CD-R, CD-RW or CD-ROM drive(s). Updated drivers may allow the drive to read the CD properly.

After updating the drivers, try playing the game again.

If It Still Doesn't Work

If you tried the above solutions and the problem still occurs, then you may be experiencing an incompatibility between your drive and the copy protection used on the CD. You may have no choice but to return the CD. We are working with the publisher, Whiptail, to come up with a solution for the very small number of people that can't solve this problem. We hope to have a further update on this soon.

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