CD ROM Problem

[sKyFrEaK]

i started to use epsxe one months ago and suddenly my cd rom drive is no longer working

when i put any cd it dosent read it.
what can i do ?

[ianpaulpintor]

what is the brand of the cd rom that u are using? what os are you using? do you have nero installed? because it conflicts with epsxe if you are using the nero drive speed

[winter_mute]

Is it a problem with ePSXe (1) or
U can`t read other CD in your system (2)

(1)=>Check CDR Plugin Configuration
(2)=>Give drive to repair {if it`s new CD}
......or just buj new one (if it`s old one)


S-ya

[sKyFrEaK]

i do have nero installed

i use to play epsx whit nero before and just not that this propblem happened.

do u thing that the video plug-in can be blammed cause now that i have changed the plug-in is that this problem happened.
i'm using E}I{'s Soft Driver 0.98

and my cd drive is new i got it for 6 months

[winter_mute]

No, U can`t blame VideoPlugin 4 your problem with CD...

BTW; What is exacly your problem?
- your CD can`t read PSX CD`s (CD didn`t work with ePSXe)
- your CD can`t read any (PC games, music) CD at all (in Win)
- you can`t use ISO made in NeroImages anymore

???

Originally posted by ianpaulpintor
because it conflicts with epsxe if you are using the nero drive speed

It conflicts only when U try 2 limit speed of your CD,
using the same function (CDSpeed limit) in ePSXe CDRPlugin
& your drive didnt support function of limiting it speed
..

[sKyFrEaK]

my cd dosent read anything

the reading light shine but it dosent read anything

[sKyFrEaK]

and i got anotehr doubt

use ps cd in the computer it's prejudice ?

i mean can it cause any problem to my cd drive ?

[F-3582]

Do you mean that the black surface of the PSX CDs might have damaged the laser? No, that is not possible!

[winter_mute]

Originally posted by sKyFrEaK
my cd dosent read anything
the reading light shine but it dosent read anything

..so give your CD 2 repair, or buy new DVD/CDR drive
- DVD is good investiotion when PS2Emu comes 2 reality

[jegHegy]

check the connectors on the back of the drive first, you (or someone else) may have accidentally plugged out one of them. ^^

nyaa

[ianpaulpintor]

buy a new cd drive. don't buy dvd/cd rom combo drive because it refuses to read some cds. i had to plug in my creative cd from my other computer the first time i tried to read a back up.

[winter_mute]

ianpaulpintor: >"buy a new cd drive"

we can discuse what is better CD or DVD
all night long, but wait a year (maby less, maby more)
when PS2Emu will be born - DVD is req. to read games
from that system!

... and what will U say then with old CDRom?
??

[F-3582]

I use my CD Writer for PSX CDs. It plays them much faster than my DVD drive

[winter_mute]

Most CD-(Re)Writers runs much faster than normal
CD & DVD drive couse it has big buffer!

...but comparing speed, capability & possibility
of normal DVD & CD drivers- Winner is DVD

[ianpaulpintor]

i was talking about not buying the dvd/cd combo drive. hey guys i just remembered help me out. i have a dual boot system on my win2000 my peops plugin 1.11 could detect all my 4 drives including the one that daemon-tools installed--the stealth drive. but when i reboot to win98 only my stealth drive can be chosen in the epsxe cd rom configuration.

[F-3582]

The reason is that DaemonTools uses the ASPI Layer that is not really supported by Win2K or WinXP (They use a Layer called IOCTL). There are some programs that do it (e.g. CloneCD or Peops CD plugin), but the Windows GUI doesn't.