Where can I find system ASPI for Win XP Home to D/L?

[cosmichippo]

I'm still having problems getting my Pioneer DVD-R to burn in Nero and CDSpeed. Cfitz had pointed me at a possible firmware problem but that wasn't it.

I reloaded Nero and it did actually burn a couple of discs and then quit again when I tried to use it in CDSpeed.

It is a Pioneer DVR-103 v1.90 in Win XP Home Ed. SP1. Also have a Lite-On 48125 but I don't think that I requires ASPI.

I checked it with Infotool and it tells me that my Nero ASPI is OK but that my System ASPI is corrupted. I deleted the one file that I could find besides the Nero ASPI but then discovered that the system ASPI is not a Microsoft product. Where can I find system ASPI drivers and more importantly where do I put them when I D/L them since I have already deleted the old, corrupted ones?

Thanks in advance,
Mike

[cfitz]

Here is the latest:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/suppor ... /ASPI-4.70

Many report better luck with version 4.60:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/suppor ... -SCSI_5.01

If you don't have any adaptec products installed, you may need to use ForceASPI to load version 4.60.

The bad news is that this probably won't help your problem, since Nero doesn't use the system ASPI layer.

cfitz

[cosmichippo]

Thanks for the response and help again Cfitz.

So the drive doesn't use the system ASPI just to function?

I guess that if that is the case I am back to square one.

Also, where do i put the Adaptec ASPI when I D/L it?

Thanks again for all your help,
mike

Here is the latest:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/suppor ... /ASPI-4.70

Many report better luck with version 4.60:

http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/suppor ... -SCSI_5.01

If you don't have any adaptec products installed, you may need to use ForceASPI to load version 4.60.

The bad news is that this probably won't help your problem, since Nero doesn't use the system ASPI layer.

cfitz

[cfitz]

So the drive doesn't use the system ASPI just to function?

No, it does not.

I guess that if that is the case I am back to square one.

Maybe Some people have reported trouble with the Adaptec burning plug-in included in Windows Media Player causing trouble with Ahead products. There is a detailed discussion of that issue here (bear with the volume):

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7494

Also, where do i put the Adaptec ASPI when I D/L it?

The self-extracting executable will default to placing the installation files in "adaptec\aspi". You can use that or anything you like. Then navigate to the folder into which you extracted the files and run the installer (install.bat).

cfitz

[hoxlund]

what i do is install the 4.72 or whatever is the newest, then i go back and install version 4.6, i found in all windows version to be the best, or load forceaspi, cause thats already 4.6

if you need force aspi give me a jingle, i run a ftp server