Thread: Driver Detective

The rule with drives should be that unless you have an issue with the drive, updating the firmware is an unecessary risk even if small.
If your drive is an OEM then stick to the rule. If it is branded, the supplier will advertise updates on its site.

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I managed to solve read/write issues by updating the ASPI layer (ForceASPI). Windoes XP's version of the layer can get corrupt so using ForceASPI version allows the user to refresh the layer at any time with a better version of the layer (WTF that means - for more details, Google for ForceASPI)

I Googled the string you mentioned - "TSST Corp" and found this -
TSSTCorp TS-H552B CD-DVDW Firmware Update - Software Driver Download

Update: Sorry, just read the thread again so ignore most of the above.
Try the ForceASPI solution first, after making sure your IDE/SATA cables are connected properly. If you can, try and replace the current cable to ensure it is not the cable which is faulty.

so i tried that forceaspi thing but both v1.7 and 1.8 dont seem to be working for me the site told me to download this program to tell me if it worked but it didn't =(

finally got a working version but still no good maybe ill just try reinstalling windows see if that works