MagicEngine

[Segasuu]

Hi everyone, just a little shout for help . I had to clean up my system completely recently and have had to start from scratch with Magic Engine. As far as I know, everything is set up the same as before (ASPI drivers installed etc), but I can't get ME to work the way it did.

Here's the problem: I have 2 CD drives, one a DVD-ROM and one a CD-RW. The CD-RW is connected to the soundcard, so I've always used it for PCE-CDs with no real problems. However, what is happening now is some games will not work with this drive (Dracula X, Gate of Thunder 4in1). If I use the other drive, they work fine (minus the CD audio obviously). Here's the log for when I'm using the CD-RW drive:

[BOOT CD]
test unit... ready (0ms)
reading TOC...
- OK, 22 track(s) detected
track 1 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 2 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 3 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 4 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 5 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 6 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 7 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, 102940)
track 8 [10]: 22 54 40 ( 102940, 112216)
track 9 [10]: 24 58 16 ( 112216, 121592)
track 10 [10]: 27 03 17 ( 121592, 130857)
track 11 [10]: 29 06 57 ( 130857, 133511)
track 12 [10]: 29 42 11 ( 133511, 136123)
track 13 [10]: 30 16 73 ( 136123, 140902)
track 14 [10]: 31 20 52 ( 140902, 146461)
track 15 [10]: 32 34 61 ( 146461, 153337)
track 16 [10]: 34 06 37 ( 153337, 167988)
track 17 [14]: 37 21 63 ( 167988, -150)
track 18 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 19 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 20 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 21 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, -150)
track 22 [00]: 00 00 00 ( -150, 221262)
read sector 167988...
- error, could not read sector! (167988)
...167988 (1)

Suggests it's the CD itself, so I copied it onto a brand new one, but it had the same result.. I can't really understand why it would boot with the DVD-ROM but not with the CD-RW, when it previously worked fine. Tried using the actual system card rom etc, so I'm pretty much at my wit's end. Incidentally, Sapphire works with the CD-RW which makes it even more confusing.

I hope someone can shed some light on this.

Thanks a lot in advance

[Kaminari]

Tricky stuff... I remember a similar problem when I was running Win98.

The only things I can think of are the 'digital playback' option (which doesn't exist in Win9x, if I recall correctly) and the 'UltraDMA' option, both accessible via the Device Manager. Go to the properties of your CD-RW and check that 'UltraDMA' is deactivated.

[Jabberwok]

[Segasuu]

Thanks for the quick replies . I ended up going for the cheap and cheerful option - connecting the sound cable to my other drive. I'd still like to know what the matter was though, I tried out what Kaminari said with no luck.