I've been having CD-ROM problems with 9.0.89, but to give you a better idea of the problem, I'll first explain my problem as it first occurred in .88:
On the recommendations of the folks at iPodlounge.com, I downloaded Media Center 9.0.88 to give it a whirl. I wanted to give it a short test drive before committing (i.e., reformatting my iPod for use with MC9). I had a nagging feeling that I was sure to run into problems and I knew exactly what it would be - ASPI drivers and my CD-ROMs (both SCSI drives). Turns out I was right.
I wanted to test the CD ripping ablilities first, so I dropped in a CD, selected one song and clicked copy. Immediately, a dialogue box popped up informing me that I was missing the necessary ASPI drivers and offered to download and install them automatically - okay, no big deal I thought. After the download and install, I repeated the test process, but got the same missing drivers dialogue box over and over. A reboot also made no difference.
My next step was to manually update the ASPI drivers. I downloaded the latest version from Adaptec. They were packaged as a .exe file and for some reason, I could not get it to run (
"Cannot find file C:\aspi_471a2.exe (or one of it's components)..."), so I changed the filename to .zip and extracted all the files. I ran the "Intall.bat," as Adaptec's instructions told me to do, but nothing happened.
So I deleted the following ASPI components from C:\Windows\Sytem, C:\Windows\System32, and the J River directory:
ASPI32.SYS
WNASPI32.DLL
WINASPI.DLLI manually copied the new ASPI files to the same directories, rebooted, then started MC9 up again. When trying to rip, I repeatedly got this error: "Read track failed. CD is changed."
Next I followed these steps which I got here:
http://members.aol.com/axcel216/xp2.htmcopy ONLY the appropriate drivers for these Win32 OSes: ASPI32.SYS (in %systemroot%\System32\Drivers) + WNASPI32.DLL (in %systemroot%\System32).
Open Windows Explorer and delete (if present) WOWPOST.EXE + WINASPI.DLL from %systemroot%\System.
Reboot when done.
Run ASPICHK.EXE (also included) to make sure you have properly upgraded to v4.72.
Now copy & paste text between lines below into Notepad and save this as a .REG file [name doesn't matter, only the extension does]:
-----Begin cut & paste here-----
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Aspi32]
&qu ot;ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"Type"=dword:00000001
" ;Start"=dword:00000002
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ Services\Aspi32\Parameters]
"ExcludeMiniports"=""
------End cut & paste here------
Finally, double-click on the REG file in Windows Explorer.
Reboot one more time.
Done.After this, I got the same "Read track failed..." error from MC9.
Next, I unistalled .88 and installed .89. Now, when I try to rip a song off a CD in .89, it says "Initializing," my CD-ROM spins up, but then the program hangs and I have to end it in the task manager. BTW, with both .88 and .89, I can listen to CD's, just can't rip 'em. It looks like a really great program with a lot of promising features and I don't want to give up on it this easy. There's got to be a way to fix this.
Whew!
Thanks,
Mike