CD-ROM issue??

miri · September 11th, 2008

I recently downloaded several PSone emulators, and so far PSX seems to come closest to working. I don't think I have any issues with PSX, actually, it's my CD drive.

It appears to me that my DVD/CD-rom drive isn't recognizing the Playstation discs at all

. I haven't been able to get any program to recognize their existence at all, even using Alcohol 52% to convert the game to an on-HDD ISO is impossible. I can convert PS2 discs to ISOs, and get them working with PS2 emulators, however.

I have a "ATAPI DVD A DH20A3P" DVD/CD-ROM and get a "CD not usable: Failed to initialise ASPI driver" error when trying to run ASPI, and a "CD not usable: Drive does not support IoControl" error when trying to run IoControl. I looked for a driver update through Windows, thinking perhaps that was the issue, however it claims I'm up-to-date. Any help or suggestions are sincerely appreciated. I'd not be too surprised if I'm simply making a ridiculously obvious oversight.

Squall-Leonhart · September 11th, 2008

What OS are you using?

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hanibal81 · September 11th, 2008

Quote:

I have a "ATAPI DVD A DH20A3P" DVD/CD-ROM and get a "CD not usable: Failed to initialise ASPI driver" error when trying to run ASPI, and a "CD not usable: Drive does not support IoControl" error when trying to run IoControl. I looked for a driver update through Windows, thinking perhaps that was the issue, however it claims I'm up-to-date. Any help or suggestions are sincerely appreciated. I'd not be too surprised if I'm simply making a ridiculously obvious oversight.

I think you're using (somehow) ePSXe, and the error you get is that because you've selected the ePSXe ASPI CDR plugin instead of WNT/W2K (while using winXP).
If no then sorry, carry on.

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**jonc2006** · September 11th, 2008

i believe that error usually means your system does not have an ASPI layer installed.

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Squall-Leonhart · September 11th, 2008

thats why i asked for the OS jonc.

Because if he was using XP, it would definitely have IOCTL, and if its using a 9x version then the only ASPI it can use is the one already in windows.

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miri · September 12th, 2008

My OS is WIndows XP, home edition. Service pack 3, I think. I won't pretend to have any idea what an ASPI layer is.

hanibal81: it is almost surely not the program's fault, no program can detect the PSone discs at all.

hanibal81 · September 12th, 2008

mmm, its either a software (OS) faulty or a Hardware (which is more logical)...have you ever tried your PSone CDs in another CD/DVD Drive (a friend's PC as an example) ?

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miri · September 12th, 2008

As it happens I had a chance to do so today and it worked like a charm.

THat's only a little bothersome, since my 1 gb flashdrive can only move one disk at a time (I'm a final fantasy fan) and it's not often I get such an opportunity. I'll live with it, I guess. It does still seem strange to me that I couldn't get ti to work on my desktop, though. *shrugs* Thanks for your help, and if any of you still have thoughts as to how to fix the issue, please let me know.

Squall-Leonhart · September 12th, 2008

Update your IDE busmaster drivers (usually a component of the Chipset driver packages)

You might be best off replacing your Optical Drive if possible, it might not support ioctl.

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Gamesoul Master · September 12th, 2008

Maybe you guys are thinking about this too hard. It's possible that his drive simply doesn't support reading black discs. I have a "ATAPI DVD A DH16A3L" DVD/CD Burner, and it refuses to acknowledge the existance of any black disc I put in the drive. So far I've tried PS1 discs and CD-R discs that were black, and all yielded the same results.

@miri: I suspect that, with your drive being similar to mine, it has the same problem (certainly sounds like it from what you said). If that's the case, your only hope is to try updating the firmware to the latest version (modded or not is up to you, depending on availability and your needs). If that doesn't work, you're unfortunately out of luck and will probably need to buy a different drive.

I hate this drive that came in my new computer. After having this problem, I've already pulled my *good* DVD/CD burner out of the other computer and am ready to put it in this one. If you end up going the route of getting a new drive, make sure to look into it thoroughly before you make any decisions. There are a lot of good (and bad) drives out there, and lots of people talking about them. You can find some drives that are quite good for $50 and up in local computer/electronics stores (possibly cheaper if bought online).

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hanibal81 · September 13th, 2008

Quote:

Maybe you guys are thinking about this too hard. It's possible that his drive simply doesn't support reading black discs. I have a "ATAPI DVD A DH16A3L" DVD/CD Burner, and it refuses to acknowledge the existance of any black disc I put in the drive. So far I've tried PS1 discs and CD-R discs that were black, and all yielded the same results.

@miri: I suspect that, with your drive being similar to mine, it has the same problem (certainly sounds like it from what you said). If that's the case, your only hope is to try updating the firmware to the latest version (modded or not is up to you, depending on availability and your needs). If that doesn't work, you're unfortunately out of luck and will probably need to buy a different drive.

I hate this drive that came in my new computer. After having this problem, I've already pulled my *good* DVD/CD burner out of the other computer and am ready to put it in this one. If you end up going the route of getting a new drive, make sure to look into it thoroughly before you make any decisions. There are a lot of good (and bad) drives out there, and lots of people talking about them. You can find some drives that are quite good for $50 and up in local computer/electronics stores (possibly cheaper if bought online).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Squall-Leonhart

Update your IDE busmaster drivers (usually a component of the Chipset driver packages)

You might be best off replacing your Optical Drive if possible, it might not support ioctl.

Well said then.

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miri · September 13th, 2008

Thank you all very much. I guess I'll just buy a new optical drive at some point.

Gamesoul Master · September 13th, 2008

@hanibal81: I wasn't trying to ignore what Squall said or anything, as I did notice what he said. I just wanted to make sure the advice got across, since there was a lot of talk about other possible issues and I figured that since I had the same problem, I'd make sure that the point got across...

@miri: Well, as stated by a couple of us before, you *could* try doing a firmware update on it, as there's a chance that could solve the problem (not to mention firmware updates on optical drives are almost always very good to do).

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hanibal81 · September 13th, 2008

And I didn't make any bad assumptions ^_^

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Gamesoul Master · September 13th, 2008

Ahh... alright then. Sometimes it's hard to tell things like that unless I know the person well... ^^

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September 11th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
miri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA, Maine Posts: 4	CD-ROM issue?? I recently downloaded several PSone emulators, and so far PSX seems to come closest to working. I don't think I have any issues with PSX, actually, it's my CD drive. It appears to me that my DVD/CD-rom drive isn't recognizing the Playstation discs at all . I haven't been able to get any program to recognize their existence at all, even using Alcohol 52% to convert the game to an on-HDD ISO is impossible. I can convert PS2 discs to ISOs, and get them working with PS2 emulators, however. I have a "ATAPI DVD A DH20A3P" DVD/CD-ROM and get a "CD not usable: Failed to initialise ASPI driver" error when trying to run ASPI, and a "CD not usable: Drive does not support IoControl" error when trying to run IoControl. I looked for a driver update through Windows, thinking perhaps that was the issue, however it claims I'm up-to-date. Any help or suggestions are sincerely appreciated. I'd not be too surprised if I'm simply making a ridiculously obvious oversight.

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,926	What OS are you using? __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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jonc2006 Mod of Douchebagness™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA MD. Posts: 8,796	i believe that error usually means your system does not have an ASPI layer installed. __________________ Antec 900/Antec Truepower Quattro 1000W/eVGA 780i SLI/Windows XP Media SP2 & Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1/Intel Core 2 Duo E8400@4.0GHz/Dual eVGA e-Geforce GTX280 1GB DDR3 SLI Enabled/Creative SB X-Fi XtremeGamer/Corsiar XMS2 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400 DDR2/Dual WD Caviar SE16 500GB 7200RPM HDDs The Official jonc2006™ Emotion Chart. Courtesy of PCXL-Fan after he tried to steal my identity on Steam because I am so awesome. Official jonc2006™ Fan Club Official jonc2006™ Trophy Collection

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Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,926	thats why i asked for the OS jonc. Because if he was using XP, it would definitely have IOCTL, and if its using a 9x version then the only ASPI it can use is the one already in windows. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

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miri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA, Maine Posts: 4	My OS is WIndows XP, home edition. Service pack 3, I think. I won't pretend to have any idea what an ASPI layer is. hanibal81: it is almost surely not the program's fault, no program can detect the PSone discs at all.

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hanibal81 AEON'S HERITAGE Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tamazgha Posts: 2,042	mmm, its either a software (OS) faulty or a Hardware (which is more logical)...have you ever tried your PSone CDs in another CD/DVD Drive (a friend's PC as an example) ? __________________ العرب بدو الفلاة، رعاة النوق اكتشفوا الصفر وظل لصيقاً بهم وفياً لهم حتى تمنوا التبرء منه وعيروني بالواحد الأحد 1 = Aothem, 0 = Thaothemth ^_^ \| Markunda Princess of Tamazgha(^_^) \| Tinariwen \| General Emulation \| Xtemulation \|

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miri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA, Maine Posts: 4	As it happens I had a chance to do so today and it worked like a charm. THat's only a little bothersome, since my 1 gb flashdrive can only move one disk at a time (I'm a final fantasy fan) and it's not often I get such an opportunity. I'll live with it, I guess. It does still seem strange to me that I couldn't get ti to work on my desktop, though. shrugs Thanks for your help, and if any of you still have thoughts as to how to fix the issue, please let me know.

September 12th, 2008	#9 (permalink)
Squall-Leonhart Behind ur girlfriend :D Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 18,926	Update your IDE busmaster drivers (usually a component of the Chipset driver packages) You might be best off replacing your Optical Drive if possible, it might not support ioctl. __________________ VBA-M \| Xtemu \| NGOHQ \| Post Impact Productions \| TNHW \| XBCD 0.2.6 \| Satanic666's Emulator Compiles Don't be a NOOB, READ THE NGEmu/EmuForums Rules of Conduct Need Help with ePSXe? This is your first stop!. If you don't post all the required information, you don't get help. Everytime someone posts a romsite, God kills a beautiful woman.

September 12th, 2008	#10 (permalink)
Gamesoul Master pSX Troubleshooter/Fanboy Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Narshe Posts: 281	Maybe you guys are thinking about this too hard. It's possible that his drive simply doesn't support reading black discs. I have a "ATAPI DVD A DH16A3L" DVD/CD Burner, and it refuses to acknowledge the existance of any black disc I put in the drive. So far I've tried PS1 discs and CD-R discs that were black, and all yielded the same results. @miri: I suspect that, with your drive being similar to mine, it has the same problem (certainly sounds like it from what you said). If that's the case, your only hope is to try updating the firmware to the latest version (modded or not is up to you, depending on availability and your needs). If that doesn't work, you're unfortunately out of luck and will probably need to buy a different drive. I hate this drive that came in my new computer. After having this problem, I've already pulled my good DVD/CD burner out of the other computer and am ready to put it in this one. If you end up going the route of getting a new drive, make sure to look into it thoroughly before you make any decisions. There are a lot of good (and bad) drives out there, and lots of people talking about them. You can find some drives that are quite good for $50 and up in local computer/electronics stores (possibly cheaper if bought online). __________________ Ultima's pSX Frontend v1.12 (Windows) Shendo's MemcardRex v1.1 DirectX Web Installer PC Specs: OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 (32-bit) CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 2.20 GHz RAM: 3 GB DDR2 PC2-5300 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI-E x16 (512 MB) Sound: Realtek HD 7.1 onboard sound

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miri Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA, Maine Posts: 4	Thank you all very much. I guess I'll just buy a new optical drive at some point.

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Gamesoul Master pSX Troubleshooter/Fanboy Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Narshe Posts: 281	@hanibal81: I wasn't trying to ignore what Squall said or anything, as I did notice what he said. I just wanted to make sure the advice got across, since there was a lot of talk about other possible issues and I figured that since I had the same problem, I'd make sure that the point got across... @miri: Well, as stated by a couple of us before, you could try doing a firmware update on it, as there's a chance that could solve the problem (not to mention firmware updates on optical drives are almost always very good to do). __________________ Ultima's pSX Frontend v1.12 (Windows) Shendo's MemcardRex v1.1 DirectX Web Installer PC Specs: OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 (32-bit) CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 2.20 GHz RAM: 3 GB DDR2 PC2-5300 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI-E x16 (512 MB) Sound: Realtek HD 7.1 onboard sound

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hanibal81 AEON'S HERITAGE Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Tamazgha Posts: 2,042	And I didn't make any bad assumptions ^_^ __________________ العرب بدو الفلاة، رعاة النوق اكتشفوا الصفر وظل لصيقاً بهم وفياً لهم حتى تمنوا التبرء منه وعيروني بالواحد الأحد 1 = Aothem, 0 = Thaothemth ^_^ \| Markunda Princess of Tamazgha(^_^) \| Tinariwen \| General Emulation \| Xtemulation \|

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Gamesoul Master pSX Troubleshooter/Fanboy Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Narshe Posts: 281	Ahh... alright then. Sometimes it's hard to tell things like that unless I know the person well... ^^ __________________ Ultima's pSX Frontend v1.12 (Windows) Shendo's MemcardRex v1.1 DirectX Web Installer PC Specs: OS: Windows XP Pro SP3 (32-bit) CPU: Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 2.20 GHz RAM: 3 GB DDR2 PC2-5300 Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 3450 PCI-E x16 (512 MB) Sound: Realtek HD 7.1 onboard sound