EAC wont detect an audio cd in either of my cd drives

[MikeMike]

Could this be the software, or my dvd-rom, or cd-rw drives fault?

i didnt install that little sound cord from cd to sound card is that my problem or wat?

 

[smp]

You don't need the audio cable.
Even if you didn't have "enable digital audio" enabled in the device manager for your drives EAC should still be able to rip. Did you run the auto drive setup stuff?
Is it just one CD or 'an' as a general term any?

 

[MikeMike]

an=general, i have tried some of my already burned ones, and my pf echoes cd and a korn cd

it wont allow me to click on the rip button, no matter which cd i try and cd-rom i use(unless i have no clue what im doin)

ive uninstalled twice, and reinstalled and done the auto-configure both times, but nothing on either works

 

[naddicott]

I'm not 100% sure, but it sounds like an aspi issue.

From Chris Myden dot com

Step 2b: (For WindowsXP and Win2k Users Only) Download the Nero ASPI Layer DLL. You must place this DLL file in the directory you installed EAC. (Usually C:\Program Files\Exact Audio Copy).

Then go into EAC, hit F9 and select 'Installed external ASPI interface'. Close EAC and re-open it and it should see your drives.

Hope that helps.

 

[NTB]

Did you install an ASPI layer? This is what EAC uses when reading the CDs; without it it won't do much of anything. I had the same problem as you and it took me a while to figure this out, too. If you haven't, do a google search for forceASPI.

EDIT: note to self - Read other answers before posting a reply, dummy .

Nate

 

[cleverhandle]

There was something weird that EAC used to do for me, but it's been a while since I've used it... I think that mine wouldn't detect the CD unless I started EAC with the drive closed and empty, and then inserted the disc after starting it. Something like that. I searched around a bit and it sounded like my problem was not unique. So try out different order of starting the program, opening the drive bay, etc.

 

[Trader05]

I have the same exact problem, i installed aspi drivers..still no tracks showing up

but.... the F9 and external Aspi worked, thanks Naddicott!