Sony DRU120A Stuck in PIO Mode Problem

[DigitalisAkujin]

Drive:
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Sony DRU120A
Firmware: 1.51 (Latest)
http://sony.storagesupport.com/dvdrw/dru120a_dwn.htm
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Specifications:
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Asus A7V8X-X
AMD 2600+ 266 FSB running at 2.133 GHZ
256 + 512 Ram Chips
40 gig and 80 gig HD
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
PNY Geforce 4 TI 4200 8x
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XP SP1 with DX9 and all windows updates xcept for unneeded software such as WM9 player.
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Problem:
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Ok basiclly my DVD+-RW burner is stuck in PIO mode and won't got into DMA2 although it does support this.
I'v tried different VIA drivers including the VIA IDE Miniport Driver and the normal 4 in 1 VIA driver. The Miniport caused more problems then it solved by causing any program trying to access the DVD burner to freeze and lock my burner from ejecting till I restarted.

The burner is connected to the IDE1 (the 2nd one) port and is the master with no slave.
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Help would be much appreciated. I've tried about as much as my knowledge can permit.

[DigitalisAkujin]

I got contacted privatly on IRC for a fix to this and I thought I'd share.

It's really a two step process.

First I installed a utility called ForceASPI 1.8 available at:
http://forceaspi18.w.interia.pl/

Then I installed Via Miniport Drivers available at:
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=340

So far all programs I tried worked so far with new drivers/ASPI drivers however DVD Decrypter needs an upgrade to 3.1.9.0.

When I used 3.1.7.0 it crashed on me.

Nero and Alcohol 120% have NOT been tried yet with my current setup but at this point I don't. It's worth it to not have nero since I can simply convert the file formats.

I hope this helps anyone with similar issues.