Slow loads

[Tingles]

Neo with 16Mb Memory Manager
The machine loads psx1 backups like a dream.
The machine loads a DVD movie like a dream (not backup)
When loading a psx2 backup it will load eventually, but takes a long time. You can hear the laser accessing, then clicking away. Is there some adjustment required, or is this normal.
Cheers for any advice,

[Charlie]

NEO what? If it's NEO4 there have been reports of slow loading.

Otherwise the symptomes are those of laser calibration. You should check the offending PS2 media because calibrating for one case can screw another! Perhaps go to site ####://www.cdrinfo.com/software/clonecd/index.shtml and download CDCHECK from the software section and look at the CDs involved. The article to which I've pointed you is also interesting for other reasons.

Keep us posted.

[Tingles]

Running neo 2.2
Wondering if its disc colour.
Created it on a black disc and it was very poor.
Verbatim blue was better.
Any suggestions on type of cd and colour ?

[Charlie]

Tingles (03-12-2001 16:20):
Running neo 2.2
Wondering if its disc colour.
Created it on a black disc and it was very poor.
Verbatim blue was better.
Any suggestions on type of cd and colour ?
Black is bad because it absorbs the light. The media layer should be greenish or blueish and should be sandwiched between a translucent layer at the the bottom and a silver (for blue CDs) or gold (for green CDs) reflective layer adjacent the top. The coloured compound at the top adds to rigidity and allows for decoration. The more expensive disks have an extra compund film on the bottom. This slightly reduces transmissivity but protects the surface that much longer.

The long and short of it is that Green/Blue makes no difference. If your original games also take a long time to load, then your laser needs calibration. If it's your vVerbatims, then look to a weak burner if there is such a thing because either it copies and checksums or it doesn't. Can't help more at this stage. Or Clean the laser lens with a flail CD.