MDEC Problems

Gamerr123 · June 19th, 2004

Hey,

I have a Sony CDRW CRX215E5, and for some reason it can read the games pretty well, but it can't read MDECS without slowing down or getting extremely choppy. I can't figure out why especially since its a Sony. The only plugin that even comes close to working is PEOPS CDR 1.4 with IOTCL SCSI commands with Thread read but its still choppy and slow. I have installed the Adaptec ASPI drivers and I have Windows XP. I have also tried the bare minimum settings for graphics and no luck there. I have 64mb of video ram anyways. Hope this info helps.

**hushypushy** · June 19th, 2004

how are the scratches on the disc?

Kazuya Mishima · June 19th, 2004

Since its a sony..... The best drives are LG or lite-on btw.
Sometimes your prblem happens to everyone, just try an iso and you will notice the difference.

**hushypushy** · June 19th, 2004

that reminds me, how did the autoconfiguring plugins work? (Sapu's and Xeven's, IIRC)

Gamerr123 · June 20th, 2004

Xeven and Sapu's plugins auto config didn't solve the problem, and the scratches on the CD's aren't major and they work on my friend's CD drive. Is there any special settings or driver or somethign I need to get?

**hushypushy** · June 20th, 2004

maybe update your drive's firmware? do you have another drive to test it in?

seph29 · June 20th, 2004

Is there a reason you haven't made an image of the disc? It's not uncommon for CD drives to have trouble reading PSX discs. Try making an image with CloneCD, Alcohol, CDRWin, or ISOBuster(or anything else you know how to use really) and running that instead. It should solve all of your problems. Not to mention it cuts down on load times since the CD drive won't have to spin up everytime.

Also, have you tried setting PEOpS driver to Smooth Read mode? It seems to allow games to run acceptably on some of the drives I've seen that don't normally work.

Gamerr123 · June 21st, 2004

whats firmware? Is it the drivers or something? I don't have another drive on my computer to test on, but I do have a friends and they work fine.

**Betamax** · June 21st, 2004

Firmware is the software built into your drive. It controls eg// the movement of the laser and whatnot. You could describe it as the drives own "bios" if you will. It can be flashed in the same way as your motherboard can be in order to fix problems discovered after the drive was shipped.

**I-Chan** · June 21st, 2004

Seph, "Smooth" is meant to be used in aspi read mode, he is using the icotl interface, "Thread" si the smooth mode in ioctl. Gamerr, do as suggested and make an iso, it will be easier and efficient enough.

seph29 · June 21st, 2004

Perhaps, but he noted that he had ASPI installed and I've never had success with Thread read on my crappy drive so I noted what did work for me.

And yeah, go ahead and make an ISO. It's not really efficient to run directly from a CD anyway(matter of opinion).

**I-Chan** · June 22nd, 2004

Then you should have told him to swap to aspi interface

. I really don't like to have things installed unless i really have to, that's why i don't have aspi, nor i care about it, but it's another possibility.

June 19th, 2004	#1 (permalink)
Gamerr123 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: U.S. Posts: 48	MDEC Problems Hey, I have a Sony CDRW CRX215E5, and for some reason it can read the games pretty well, but it can't read MDECS without slowing down or getting extremely choppy. I can't figure out why especially since its a Sony. The only plugin that even comes close to working is PEOPS CDR 1.4 with IOTCL SCSI commands with Thread read but its still choppy and slow. I have installed the Adaptec ASPI drivers and I have Windows XP. I have also tried the bare minimum settings for graphics and no luck there. I have 64mb of video ram anyways. Hope this info helps. __________________ ITS ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEONE LOSES THEIR EYE!!!

June 19th, 2004	#2 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	how are the scratches on the disc? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

June 19th, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Kazuya Mishima The seeker of perfection Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Suing somebody Posts: 3,009	Since its a sony..... The best drives are LG or lite-on btw. Sometimes your prblem happens to everyone, just try an iso and you will notice the difference. __________________ Visit my blog in Spanish: http://andreyirra.blogspot.com

June 19th, 2004	#4 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	that reminds me, how did the autoconfiguring plugins work? (Sapu's and Xeven's, IIRC) __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

June 20th, 2004	#5 (permalink)
Gamerr123 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: U.S. Posts: 48	Xeven and Sapu's plugins auto config didn't solve the problem, and the scratches on the CD's aren't major and they work on my friend's CD drive. Is there any special settings or driver or somethign I need to get? __________________ ITS ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEONE LOSES THEIR EYE!!!

June 20th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
hushypushy the only one you've ever SEEN Join Date: May 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 21,837	maybe update your drive's firmware? do you have another drive to test it in? __________________ Dedicated to mediocrity and repetition since 1994. 2008 "How Not to Post" guide

June 20th, 2004	#7 (permalink)
seph29 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 90	Is there a reason you haven't made an image of the disc? It's not uncommon for CD drives to have trouble reading PSX discs. Try making an image with CloneCD, Alcohol, CDRWin, or ISOBuster(or anything else you know how to use really) and running that instead. It should solve all of your problems. Not to mention it cuts down on load times since the CD drive won't have to spin up everytime. Also, have you tried setting PEOpS driver to Smooth Read mode? It seems to allow games to run acceptably on some of the drives I've seen that don't normally work. Last edited by seph29; June 21st, 2004 at 19:31.

June 21st, 2004	#8 (permalink)
Gamerr123 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: U.S. Posts: 48	whats firmware? Is it the drivers or something? I don't have another drive on my computer to test on, but I do have a friends and they work fine. __________________ ITS ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL SOMEONE LOSES THEIR EYE!!!

June 21st, 2004	#9 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	Firmware is the software built into your drive. It controls eg// the movement of the laser and whatnot. You could describe it as the drives own "bios" if you will. It can be flashed in the same way as your motherboard can be in order to fix problems discovered after the drive was shipped. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

June 21st, 2004	#10 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Seph, "Smooth" is meant to be used in aspi read mode, he is using the icotl interface, "Thread" si the smooth mode in ioctl. Gamerr, do as suggested and make an iso, it will be easier and efficient enough. __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

June 21st, 2004	#11 (permalink)
seph29 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 90	Perhaps, but he noted that he had ASPI installed and I've never had success with Thread read on my crappy drive so I noted what did work for me. And yeah, go ahead and make an ISO. It's not really efficient to run directly from a CD anyway(matter of opinion).

June 22nd, 2004	#12 (permalink)
I-Chan Ex Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Spain Posts: 3,085	Then you should have told him to swap to aspi interface . I really don't like to have things installed unless i really have to, that's why i don't have aspi, nor i care about it, but it's another possibility. __________________ "I'm living in a dream I can't wake from" Core 2 Duo 6600 FSB 1066 \| 2048 MB DDR2 PC2 6400 800 MHZ \| NVIDIA 8800 GTS \| Sound Blaster Audigy 4 \| Seagate Barracuda 250GB SATAII+WD Caviar 250GB \| Dell 3007WFP-HC 30" Widescreen

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