aspi32 error on bootup in system log?

[stokesd3]

Hi there. Hope someone can help... :confused:

Have been trundling through the Event Viewer in the system log and am coming across a shutdown error on the lines of

The Aspi32 service failed to start due to the following error:
The system cannot find the file specified.

Have run a sc query aspi32 and output is:

SERVICE_NAME: aspi32
TYPE: 1 KERNEL_DRIVER
STATE: 1 STOPPED
<NOT_STOPPABLE,NOT_PAUSABLE,IGNORES_SHUTDOWN>
WIN32_EXIT_CODE: 2 (0x2)
SERVICE_EXIT_CO: 0 (0x0)
WAIT_HINT: 0x0

My sudden interest in debugging started when my PC kept locking up for some reason. Disabling HT worked but I wasn't happy at wasting the full potential of the CPU so decided to try and get to the root of the problem instead!

TIA

[stokesd3]

OK - hands up it was pretty easy in the end. Just deleted the aspi32 entries from the registry as the .sys file doesn't exist.

Thanx 4 your time anyway :-)

[Winguy]

I have that ASPI32.SYS file in my %windir%\system32\drivers folder. Made by
Adaptec, mine is v4.71.1.0.
http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverdetail.jsp?cat=%2FProduct%2FASPI-4.70&filekey=aspi_v471.exe&sess=no


"stokesd3" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi there. Hope someone can help... :confused:
>
> Have been trundling through the Event Viewer in the system log and am
> coming across a shutdown error on the lines of
>
> The Aspi32 service failed to start due to the following error:
> The system cannot find the file specified.
>
> Have run a sc query aspi32 and output is:
>
> SERVICE_NAME: aspi32
> TYPE: 1 KERNEL_DRIVER
> STATE: 1 STOPPED
> <NOT_STOPPABLE,NOT_PAUSABLE,IGNORES_SHUTDOWN>
> WIN32_EXIT_CODE: 2 (0x2)
> SERVICE_EXIT_CO: 0 (0x0)
> WAIT_HINT: 0x0
>
> My sudden interest in debugging started when my PC kept locking up for
> some reason. Disabling HT worked but I wasn't happy at wasting the
> full potential of the CPU so decided to try and get to the root of the
> problem instead!
>
> TIA
>
>
> --
> stokesd3