can't get ADVDINFO to work any suggestions

[jesoonster]

hi guys. I can't seem to get this to work. I have the new aspi from adaptec and........windows xp.

Whenever i try to open it says it can't create device list. Can anyone help out on this? there is no instructions or faq about this program anywhere..........

[Ber60]

I seem to have the same problem now.
I'm running W2K, recently updated with the Adaptec ASPI, now the damn thing gives me the same error after the update and I am still searching to eliminate
the error any help would be welcome.

[Ber60]

Ok I've found a solution to my problem on
http://pioneerdvd.firmware-flash.com (thank you guys)
They mention v4.7 from adaptec is crap, I've installed v4.6 and Advdinfo works again.

[jesoonster]

thx guys..........i guess the junior members have to stick together and answer questions we have.........

[jesoonster]

aspi isn't the reason. My friend and I are still having problems..........any more suggestions???????????

[Ber60]

Can you give a detailed hw setup of your pc?
Is your writer working with other sw?

[jesoonster]

My hardware:

Pioneer A04
ASPI (tried 4.6, 4.7)
Windows xp (maybe this is the reason....)

[Ber60]

Sorry, but there is not enough detail.
I mean how many HD's, burners, where they are (master/slave) ect. I have read somewhere in this forum, that it is best to put the burner on the 2e ide as master. Is your a04 in dma? Some suggested to put the aspi in the same dir as Advdinfo.

[jesoonster]

im' geting a little confused ber. I thought any dvd drive can use advdinfo????? does it have to be a burner? I'm sure the lens used to read dvds can't be different from a burner to a dvd-rom drive?

Anyway, my burner is in PIO mode as of now from DMA...I had to switch to make it burn properly.

I have 2 hdd's.

1) 20gb (master)
2) 120gb (slave)

on 2nd IDE

1) pioneer a04 (master)
2) DVD Rom (slave

[Ber60]

HD and Writer-layout seems ok
check out
http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtopic.php?t=6566&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=advdinfo

Also (at the bottom of Doom9's 1st thread)
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32755&goto=nextoldest

[jesoonster]

what on earth happened...........i popped my disc in and it works suddenly now. I didn't change ANYTHING to windows and it works.......a few days ago I changed to aspi 4.6 maybe that did it. Thx for the help everyone :) esp ber60 for followup on my help posts :)