Old CD-R Drive + New Upgrade = Nothing

[George]

The first thing I'd try would be to go to the Microsoft website and download any XP Service pack upgrades available..Your XP could have been put on the shelf before all the upgrades were made available.

While you're there, download the latest version of DirectX. I believe it's 9.0c, but if it's later, that's all right. Don't know which version you have, but you're going to be there anyway. If you already have the latest, no harm done.

Worth a stab anyway.

George

[HubCapDude]

Thanks for the reply George.... Been there done that, but the drive is still not detected.

[George]

See if one of the ASPI driver solutions at this link might help.

http://www.mtu.com/support/faq/faq-microstudio.htm

George

[HubCapDude]

George....

I just tried to load the ASPI driver and this is the results that displayed in the command prompt window....

C:\ASPI>install.bat XP32
"Step 1 of 3 : REGISTRY MODIFIED FOR ASPI32"
The system cannot find the path specified.
0 file(s) copied.
"Step 2 of 3 : COPYING ASPI32.SYS"
The system cannot find the path specified.
0 file(s) copied.
"Step 3 of 3 : COPYING WNASPI32.DLL"

What should I try now?

[George]

The last thing I can think of is go into Microstudio, click TOOLS, then ASPI DRIVERS, and change the driver from the Microstudio installed driver to the default driver. You must close Microstudio and reopen for that to take effect.

I probably should have had you go there first, but honestly it escaped me until now

If that doesn't get it, then perhaps Support can pull something out of his bag of tricks. Having had it work with Microstudio before makes me reluctant to say the burner won't work.

George

[HubCapDude]

Thanks for all your assistance George....
I did that change that you suggested, but it didn't change a thing.

Another probelm I have found with this upgrade is that CDG tracks I have saved to disk do not play properly in Microstudio. The graphics were so slow that one song ended before the opening credits finished. I will probably have to post this in another area as it is not directly related to my drive problem, but if you have any suggestions, let me know.

Thanks.

[George]

Originally Posted by HubCapDude

Thanks for all your assistance George....
I did that change that you suggested, but it didn't change a thing.

Another probelm I have found with this upgrade is that CDG tracks I have saved to disk do not play properly in Microstudio. The graphics were so slow that one song ended before the opening credits finished. I will probably have to post this in another area as it is not directly related to my drive problem, but if you have any suggestions, let me know.

Thanks.

See if post #4 in the thread linked below regarding changing hardware accellerator may help.

http://forum.mtu.com/showthread.php?p=42496#post42496

George