... is not a valid Win32 Application

[flameshad0w]

I finished building my PC, and have 1 DVD-drive, the Lite-On SHM-165H6S04C
I am using Windows XP Professional. I successfully installed Photoshop 7.0 and Microsoft Office 2000 with this same drive, but when I try to install the my Battlefield 2 DVD, it doesn't autoplay, and can't be installed. I right clicked on the drive and clicked open and it opened it, but when I click on the Setup.exe or Autoplay.exe files in the opened disc, I get the error "D:/ is not a valid Win32 Application"

I just tried the same Battlefield 2 DVD on my other PC, and it worked, so the disc isn't dirty. Since my drive just installed two other programs, it can't be dirty either, especially since it's new. I have the latest firmware as well...
How do I fix this?

[dsl2007]

Try copying both Autorun.exe and Setup.exe onto your harddrive and then run them. This will check if the problem is with your drive or not.

[Mesaeus]

Since Office 2000 and Photoshop 7.0 are probably on cd's and BF2 is on dvd, there's a good chance that the dvd laser doesn't work (dvd drives contain a laser for cd's and one for dvd's). Can you try out other dvd's ?

[flameshad0w]

Ok, I copied the autorun.exe out of the disc and ran it, and it worked except it couldn't install cause it wasn't in the same location as the rest of the files. I should still be able to copy all the files out to install, but I stilll want to make it work normally as well. Seems troublesome to do this for future programs if the same error occurs.

I tried the drive on a DVD version of Spider-man 2.. and it ran well, though that's not a program so I'm not sure. It seems the only problem is to read .exe files from DVD program discs.

[Kareeser]

Perhaps the drivers don't work... is there a driver upgrade from the manufacturer website?

[flameshad0w]

There site has no drivers for my DVD drive at all, and neither did the box the drive came in. It did have something called a DOS driver which I think I clicked install on and nothing happened unless it installed in less than a second.

Their site did have firmware (not sure what the difference between drivers and firmware is) for my drive, and when I tried to install the newest one they had it said I already had the newest firmware version.

[glc]

Is DMA enabled on the IDE channel?

Check that in device manager, properties of the IDE controllers. Anything that says PIO is bad.

[Mesaeus]

Have a look in the System Log to see if there are any ATAPI errors.

[DarkerSavant]

I've been searching for help on this too. I have two Liteon drives that do this after I reformated. I installed drivers and everything fine last night. The only game I can install for some reason is COD2. Everything else gives me that error. I did a clean reboot and could install after that but when I returned to normal start up it was the same. And there isn't any firmware for my roms either. How do i look at the system log?

Edit: I am using the same Liteon drive as he is.

[DarkerSavant]

I checked the device manager and it says the the master is in transfer mode PIO and the slave is in muli-word DMA2. Let BIOS select transfer mode is checked. I checked bios and tried to have it auto detect the IDE devices and they both showed up but after saving and renetering BIOS they didn't stay detected in BIOS.

[glc]

The one that's in PIO mode needs to be changed to DMA if Available. If it won't stick, delete the IDE channel and reboot and try again.

[DarkerSavant]

Which kind there is several kinds. For the Master: Ultra DMA 0, 1 and Ultra DMA 2-Ultra 33 and Multi-word DMA 0, 1, 2. For the Slave there is Ultra DMA 0, 1, 3, Ultra DMA 2-Ultra 33, Ultra DMA 4-Ultra 66 and then the Multi-word DMA 0, 1, 2.

[glc]

I'm talking about in device manager - "transfer mode" - set that to "DMA if available". Leave the bios settings in auto.

[Mesaeus]

For the system log, go to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Event Log and then select the System log. Are there any errors that mention atapi ?

[NBAJ2K]

I was googlin around and came across this thread, same exact problem as me, sorry I'm a newbie to this forum.

I have the same drive and am having the exact same problem. I have an Asus A8R-32 MVP Deluxe Motherboard. When I click on the drive it seems to run very slow. Sometimes I'm able to click explore, and then anytime I click on a setup file it says "not a valid Win32 Application". This is very frustrating. I have the latest Bios software, and the latest drive firmware. I saw this drive was highly rated and was worth a try. I was convinced it was the drive so I sent it back to NewEgg for another one same thing.

None of the CDs I put in autoplay, but if I go to My Computer it can read what the name of the disk is. Can anyone help?

I'm not sure where to check to see if DMA is enabled on the IDE channel or to get to any of the settings that I should check in the thread. I clicked properties on the Drive in device manager, but am not sure what to click on from there.

I'm stuck, not sure whether I should send it back for another drive or if there are some settings I can change.

Any help would be great, thanks,

~J

[glc]

DMA settings are in the properties of the IDE controllers, not the drive properties.

[GFarber]

Here is the error I am getting when I check the even viewer:

"The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom"

[glc]

And you are who? I see 4 different people all trying to get help in here? This is one seriously hijacked thread.

[GFarber]

Me and NBAJ2K are the same person, sorry I didn't clarify that. I was posting from a friends house.

[glc]

Okay, is DMA enabled? What type of cable are you using and how is the drive jumpered and connected?