how to enable dvd drive to access aspi???

[gotnho]

i have a problem ripping dvd with smartripper. it rip at .1x and that takes long time. i notice when smartripper start up it said the following:

ASPI adapter available

try to unlock drive

no aspi access to this drive

switch to WinIO

so i figure that it might be the no aspi access to the drive. can anyone helps.... what is DMA? i'm running win xp how can i check to see if it turn on? thanks

[mikerios]

neither Windows 2000 nor XP comes with an aspi layer, but you can d/l one and install, go to adaptec.com and get the free 4.6 layer. I use DVD Decryptor myself and sometimes Smart Ripper under Windows 2000 witn no problems.

[gotnho]

i isntalled the aspi layer 4.71 from adaptec. we install using the command xxx/xx/install.bat xp32 right? i'm using window xp with amd 1800+ processor...still dont understand why this doesnt work...i tried to use many different ripper and it doesnt seem to work. Also does this have anything to do with installing xp as a standard PC installation? thanks

[Trailryder]

i was having problems with smartripper too. i put a copy of the wnaspi32dll file in the smartripper folder. works ok now.

win2k OS

[pacoreguenga]

Uninstall ASPI 4.7

Get ASPI 4.6 instead.

[gotnho]

how do i uninstall aspi? and where can i get v4.6 i see that adaptec only offer 4.71 thanks

[Humbucked]

Find the Adaptec 4.6 ASPI layer at:

http://www.clonead.co.uk/

Click on the "latest downloads" button on the first page...
Then at the bottom of the appearing page, click on the link for the layer.