Oblivion Will Not Load

[Fixer]

I have a really odd problem. I was modding away, trying to cram as many mods into Oblivion as I could and I had everything working wonderfully.

 

Then, I attempted to remove COBL through OBMM and realized I hadn't turned the files into a BSA yet. I reinstalled COBL and then tried to run Oblivion, making sure it still worked.

 

It crashed to desktop (CTD) before even showing the load bar.

 

So, I tried a few things to fix it and none of them worked. I moved all my work to a backup directory and did a clean install of Oblivion. I was thinking I can just start putting everything back afterwards.

 

This is where things get wierd.

 

I did a fresh install of Oblivion from the CD. I load KoTN and SI because I have the GoTY edition. I haven't run anything else so I figure I'll test it and try to start Oblivion.

 

CTD! I got the Bethesda quick intro movie, but after that it died! I tried installing the Oblivion/SI official patch and it failed saying no old file found. (Does that mean I have the most updated files?)

 

I installed OBMM and unchecked everything except Oblivion.esm and tried again. CTD!

 

At this point I am really frustrated so I get to thinking what could cause it to crash on a fresh install. I think it is one of three things and want to know which one is most likely. I didn't have a chance to check before I had to go to work (which is where I am tying this from).

 

1) Files were not uninstalled completely and something in the old INI is causing problems. I will wipe out my old games, not a problem. I was rebuilding a bunch of mods to work together in a way I would like to start a new game anyway, so I wouldn't lose anything I would miss.

2) The CD drive doesn't seem to spin up like it's being accessed by the copy protection. I think it might be failing to read the CD and CTD for that reason. I don't know what could cause it not to access the CD, though. It installs from it just fine.

3) The OS (Windows XP with all the latest patches) is fubar'd and just do a fresh rebuild of the PC.

 

Any help would be appreciated. My wife would have a fit if I did #3 but I use the PC far more than she does.