Can't do DAE in Win2000

[PowerJoe]

I've just reformatted and installed Windows 2000. Now, AudioCatalyst 2.1 can't do DAE - only option I get is Analog, which is unacceptable. The exact same hardware config worked fine in Windows 98, doing DAE at X8 speed.

System:
PIII/733, 128MB RAM
Matsonic 7117C motherbaord (VIA 133)
Maxtor 20GB HD on primary IDE
Actima X50 IDE CDROM on secondary IDE
Former OS: Windows98SE, default built-in IDE driver
Current OS: Windows2000, default built-in IDE driver

-PJ

 

[Hawkeye_(BEL)]

Windows2K doesn't have ASPI drivers built in . I had the same problem. You'll have to go to http://www.adaptec.com and download some ASPI drivers from their support page. After installing it, you can rip your audio cd's

 

[PowerJoe]

Could you tell me exactly WHAT to download there? I tried installing the UDF reader, but it did nothing for me...

-PJ

 

[LocutusX]

Look for a file ASPICHK.EXE... it'll check the version of your ASPI files... they should all be the SAME date, and the most recent ASPI layer is September 21, 1999, if I remember correctly. If each file has a different date/versioning number, you are in trouble. You need to find some way of getting a fairly recent ASPI layer installed on your system.

Adaptec doesn't provide the ASPI layer for free. You need to buy a product (Adaptec product) which will give you access to the ASPI drivers.

 

[Auric]

If the Adaptec ASPI will not install...
www.flexion.org/aspi/

 

[ahfung]

How do I konw if I really need ASPI driver for w2k?

My Teac 32x works in w2k, but the DAE is only crawling 4x, this sucks. Will ASPI driver raise the DAE speed?

 

[Hawkeye_(BEL)]

I don't know where I got the files exactly, but I'm sure I got them from the adaptec site.

PowerJoe,

If you really can't find them, I'm willing to send the two files to you. The two combined only take 400Kb.

ahfung

Some drives simply suck at DAE . If it ripped good in Win9X, it's an ASPI problem. For Example : my Lite-On 32X rips at 11X at the outer tracks...

 

[PowerJoe]

Hawkeye_(BEL): please do: http://mailto:joe_bn@mail.mishkei.org.il

-PJ

 

[ahfung]

Hawkeyes, please send a copy to my email at ahfung@hotmail.com too, please.

 

[Hawkeye_(BEL)]

ahfung

YGM

 

[randomlinh]

could ya send it to lnx227@yahoo.com too? Gracias.

 

[seewhy]

found the link for those ASPI files.

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I was able to do DAE at 8X and above and watch VCD using Xing MPEG player after loading these files, YES!! The ASPI that came with Win2k was dated 97, no wonder it won't work with lots of new softwares. Why didn't stupid Microsoft just used this ASPI version in the first place, it came out long before 2K was released. If I didn't came across this thread, I would have to use 98 for watch VCD and doing MP3's...damn!

 

[ahfung]

seewhy, too bad that it requires a Adaptec product in order to install.

 

[ahfung]

Red Dawn, thx for the link, but too bad it only works in w9x, not w2k.

It has the most updated firmware installed and can do DAE at 24x in W98SE. I hope Teac would release a speed select utility for w2k as well, though I think this is quite unlikely.

 

[Dennis Travis]

We had a problem last night with a brand new Yamaha 8x8x24 in 2k with DAE. It was crawling at 6x max until I went into Control Panel, System, Device Manager and set the ide controler that the Yamaha was using to DMA. It was defaulting to PIO and going very slow for that drive. I rebooted and the DAE doubled to 13-15x or more!!

That might be the problem with that teac. 2k seems to default to PIO for every CDROM I have tried on my system.

 

[ahfung]

Running with DMA on already.

The problem with Teac 24/32x is that its DAE speed is default at 4x no matter in w2k or w9x. In w9x u can change it to 16/24/32x DAE by a utility (actually just a .ini file inside windows directory), but this doesn't work under w2k.