Author: Sandy Osta

Question:

Error: ‘Load Disc’ Command Failed on Device 0:0:0. Unrecoverable Hardware Error (04H 00H 02H 04H 09H 01H)

Answer:

The drive is going bad, please call the manufacturer of the drive.

Question:

Error: Finish DAO Recording, Command Failed on Device 0:0:0. Unit Attention

Answer:

IMPORTANT NOTE: The device 0:0:0 below may be different, depending on how the drive is attached to the computer. Also, the (04H 00H 02H 05H 2CH 00H) string may contain different numbers.

ERROR: Finish DAO Recording, Command Failed on Device 0:0:0. Unit Attention. (04H 00H 02H 05H 2CH 00H)

This error means that the drive is going bad, you need to contact the drive manufacturer.

Question:

Microstudio Won’t Import Discs

Answer:

If the drives show under the Tools Menu\Detect Drives, do the following:

1. Open Microstudio
2. Click the Duplicate Disc Tab.
3. Left click the Down arrow to the right side of the Reading and Writing Drive Fields.
4. Left click this same drive in the list at the very bottom, even though it is the same name. This is the only way to reset the registry key for this selection.
5. Click the OK button.
6. Close Microstudio to save the Registry Key.
7. Run Microstudio and the selected drive should now appear and work correctly.

Question:

Problems with M-Audio Card Audio and Graphics

Answer:

Sometimes the graphics or audio from CDG Karaoke discs, or tracks imported as CDG files on the hard drive will play a combination of:

1. No audio or graphics
2. Only graphics
3. Only audio

This is caused by the M-Audio card default Codec sampling rate. If it is at 22,050, you need to set it to 44,100 hz. The audio quality should now be excellent, and no more dropped audio or graphics.

Question:

Disable Windows Autorun for all CD/DVD/ROM Drives

Answer:

The Windows Autorun is always enabled for a drive until you disable it. When you insert an Audio CD or Karaoke CDG disc, Windows will try to “do something” with it for you. When using Microstudio or Hoster, this will cause long delays.

Also, add on Sound Cards install proprietary software that pop up and attempt to play CDs inserted in a drive unless Autorun is disabled.

Autorun causes extra delays for the drive to spin-up, to load unwanted software, and to allow advertisements embedded on some CDG discs to appear. Can you imagine running Hoster and adding a track to play from a Singer’s disc they hand you and an advertisement pops up in the middle of your show? You want to DISABLE Autorun!

Follow these steps to disable Autorun on a CD/DVD drive (this is from the Hoster Manual “Troubleshooting Guide”, “Reducing Audio Drops While Playing” topic):

1. Click the Start button
2. Click the Run command
3. Type in regedit and press the Enter key
4. Locate HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and click the + at its left to open its contents up
5. Scroll down to System and click the + to its left
6. Locate CurrentControlSet and click the + to its left
7. Locate Services and click the + to its left
8. Locate Cdrom and click it directly to see its contents on the right screen. If you have more than one CD/DVD/ROM drive, I suggest you disable Autorun for each drive.
9. Locate Autorun and move your mouse to it, then click and release your RIGHT mouse button. In the menu that appears, move your mouse to Modify and click your mouse LEFT button to see an edit dialog box. Enter zero (0 must replace the default 1) and click the OK button. This disables Autorun for this drive.
10. Click the X icon at the top right of this RegEdit screen to close it.