I've got acekard 2.1 with akaio 1.7.1. It looks like I have same problem like all users of this card (I mean black screens after Araragi's intro), however... After hundreds of times restarting the game didn't work I was trying to change something in ROM's settings. So I changed save type to...
@The Real Jdbye, I thought about that and I have blank DVD's and Blurays but honestly after like 90 songs I just listen to it a couple of hundred times toss it out and burn something else or have like 2-3 CD's. Florida here the heat in the car tends to ruin the CD's after like a few months even commercial pressed ones don't last too long.