just FYI, if a rom runs fine with ap-off it probably means it was patched in the loaders. not all games require the ap option to be turned on. the ap is a generic way to patch a certain type of anti-piracy so that norm does not have to continually update the loaders. however, on occasion the ap will not bypass the problem and the loaders will be manually updated. in this case the ap turned off will work just fine.
don't assume you have to have the ap turned on all the time =)
-another world