[xxMZxx]

My laptop is a Asus U6E
Windows Vista Business Edition
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7500, 2.2 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 800 FSB
2048MB DDR2 667MHz (1Gx2) up to 2048MB
Super Multi Optical Drive DVDR: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-U10n ATA

Overall a very good laptop, one small problem with PSX games however:
It doesn't recognize PSX discs at all! I've played PSX on my old hp laptop, and my desktop that I built from scratch, but the same exact games don't even show up in My Computer. My optical drivers are up to date and my discs are pristine. Is there an application or driver that I can install to get support for my beloved games?

 

[Phil]

Run Ultra ISo and see if it detects the disc

 

[xxMZxx]

Run Ultra ISo and see if it detects the disc

O_O Holy crap it's reading the disc O_O

I honestly can't believe it's working. I'm going to make an image and hope that works for my emulation. Thanks a ton!

 

[Phil]

No problem Kupo

 

[xxMZxx]

Hmm... Ultra Iso worked on Gundam Battle Assault 2, but it's not working on Metal Gear Solid or Final Fantasy Tactics. Unfortunately I don't have any more games on hand to test it. Does Ultra Iso have any sort of options that may help?

EDIT: Curious, I rebooted with the game in the drive and now it reads it.

 

[Phil]

Im curious, test some regular CDs on your drive. it may be malfunctioning

 

[xxMZxx]

Hmm, Tactics loaded up after a reboot. Armored Core isn't. And I happend to find a normal cd mixed in with my PSX games and it worked no problem. I used to burn and watch DVDs on this computer, I don't have any right now to test. This is such an odd problem.

EDIT: I noticed something interesting when I opened a normal cd with My Computer it opened it like I wanted to burn more to the CD. Maybe my drive is trying to edit the discs instead of open them?

 

[apex]

EDIT: I noticed something interesting when I opened a normal cd with My Computer it opened it like I wanted to burn more to the CD. Maybe my drive is trying to edit the discs instead of open them?

Read these:
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Windows Vista "Prepare this blank disc" issue

Seems to be a problem with Vista. I also had this problem from time to time but I haven't seen this behavior in Windows 7 Ultimate.