EAC not recognising cd's in drive

[Deft]

This is a kind of recurrent problem on my pc. I tend to reformat every so often and i've noticed on a few occasions that EAC will suddenly stop working somewhere along the line.
I am using 09b4 and it doesn't recognise any cd's in my Lite-on 16X DVD or 40X writer.
I'm thinking that since i have had it working before that a software conflict is causing it, but at the moment i haven't really got anything that i can think of that would interfere with it apart from maybe Nero + Discjuggler.....? Or maybe some of the WinXP updates are doing it?
Anyone else had this problem with EAC? Seems a shame to lose such a good ripper.

 

[lore]

Mabe It's aspi related...which aspi version do you have?

 

[Deft]

Yeah this is where i get confused - i'm not really sure - how do i check which version i have? All i know about ASPI drivers is that it seems to cause loads of trouble. I'm running WinXP Home. Is there a failsafe way to make sure i have the correct ASPI drivers. In fact, has anyone got a good link that explains about ASPI? What is an ASPI layer?

 

[Wedge]

You'll need this:

This will check your current ASPI installation. It will provide a version number (4.60 is what you want) and it will tell you if the layer is installed properly. If you don't have 4.60 installed then following my instructions will correct this.

Simply double-click it and you will see the report instantly. Try it, remember what you see and then try it again after you download and place the ASPI files I'm going to provide for you in another reply. These files will set things straight.

 

[Wedge]

Now for the ASPI fix

Here are the files in this exectuable.
Double click the executable and you will see another zipped file. Double click this zipped file and choose a destination for unzipping the WINNT folder.

In the WINNT folder you now have a 'system' and a 'system32' folder.

Take the files (winaspi.dll & wowpost) in the 'system' folder and place them in C:\WINDOWS\system

Now, take the files in the the 'system32' folder and place them as such:

winaspi32.dll should be place in C:\WINDOWS\system32
aspi32 should be placed in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers

Now, last step, in next post.

 

[Laz]

Yeah this is where i get confused - i'm not really sure - how do i check which version i have? All i know about ASPI drivers is that it seems to cause loads of trouble. I'm running WinXP Home. Is there a failsafe way to make sure i have the correct ASPI drivers. In fact, has anyone got a good link that explains about ASPI? What is an ASPI layer?

Here's a couple of good links for you about ASPI and what it does.

/http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aa571/aspi.htm

/http://aspi.radified.com/

In the second URL there is a link to Force ASPI which IMO is the best (It uses Adaptec V4.60) and gives a very good explanation of the whole situation.

HTH

 

[Wedge]

Must adjust the registry

This last file will make the necessary registry adjustment.
Unzipping it to your desktop will do just find. Double click RegAspiNT and then click 'yes'.

Restart your computer and then use the ASPI checker to view your new installation. Everything should read fine now.

 

[Wedge]

poko, couldn't having a healthy ASPI layer enable certain programs to see which drives are present?

 

[dx]

Athough it's not a requirement to install ASPI in WinXP, it certainly doesn't hurt. Many programs require it to work. Oh and BTW, installing it will NOT harm your system (some people will try and tell you this).

I still use Adaptec's ASPI ver 4.60 1021. I know...it's getting a little old, but it's far less problematic than the newer versions. In fact, I've never had a problem with it.

I use ForceASPI which can be found at the main cdrsoft.cc page (downloads/cdr tools).

 

[Deft]

It's amazing the amount of times this board has saved my skin!
I'm all ASPI'ed up now, thanks Wedge. With pokopiko's tip EAC can now see my audio cd's, so once again i have EAC back on my team. Cheers Laz for the links - will give them a read when i get a mo'.
Thanks everyone.