Problems With New Yamaha CD Recorder (PLEASE RESPOND QUICKLY)

[1030]

Ok I just bought a new computer and I figured I'd buy a new CDRW I used to have a Sony one and I never had any problems with it well anyway after installing my new Yamaha CDRW I tried to burn a PSX game using Clone CD it completed the task with out a problem but when I try to play the game on my PSX it wouldn't play.Second problem when I tried to read the PSX game using the Yamaha CDRW it said it was going to take like an hourto read the game.Can someone please help me I never had these problems with my Sony CDRW should I just take he Yamaha CDRW back and get a refund or can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong.THANKS IN ADVANCE

[Charlie]

Yamaha CD-RW is the very best you can buy for PS2 purposes. So there will be an explanation lying in the info you didn't provide:

1 Yamaha Model and connexion method
2 Exact CloneCD settings
3 The game you were copying
4 Was it an original and if so/not did the source game work on the PS2
5 What is the modchip

No diagnosis can be performed without the above info.

[1030]

1)Ok its a CRW2200EZ
2)Read=Read Subchannel Data from Data and Audio Tracks and abort on read error
Image File=Delete after successful write
Write=Burn Proff,Dont repair subchannel data and always close last session
3)Castlevania Symphony of the Night
4)It wasent an original its a copy and I've copied it before using Clone CD
5)Stealth chip

[1030]

Oh yes it's a EIDE connection

[dust2dust]

hmmm
what media all i can think
but my 2100e burns any media

[dust2dust]

hmmm
what media all i can think
but my 2100e burns any media

[dust2dust]

1 HOUR TO READ
MY 2100E AVERAGE 10-15 MINS FOR PSX
CHECK YOUR CABLES R CONNECTED PROPERLY

[Charlie]

1)Ok its a CRW2200EZ
COMMENT: Good burner!

2)Read=Read Subchannel Data from Data and Audio Tracks and abort on read error
Image File=Delete after successful write
COMMENT: Correct settings for all PS/PS2 games.

Write=Burn Proff,Dont repair subchannel data and always close last session
COMMENT: I assume you had it set as RAW-DAO write mode. Essential, and you didn't burn faster than 8x

3)Castlevania Symphony of the Night
COMMENT: Sorry - don't know about that game i was wondering if it was one of the usual suspects

4)It wasent an original its a copy and I've copied it before using Clone CD
COMMENT: And I assume the source plays OK


From this distance diagnosis is in any case difficult - but there is a potential clue in the time taken to read the CD-R afterwards. Here are some of the obvious points to look at, most of which probably don't apply but I still need to mention them in no particular order of priority:

a) You haven't used a CD-RW by accident, have you?
b) If you burned too fast (like 12x or 16x) on crap media ....
c) Is there any special protection? CLONYXL would suss this
d) Is the burner on the secondary IDE master? i.e. not suffering from the hard disk
e) Have you cross-checked with anything else, esp. an original?
f) CloneCD isn't cracked or out of demo period, is it?

When a reader/burner takes an hour to read a CD it's either because the drive is prevented from working efficiently (could be a DMA problem - you could try setting DMA ON if Device Manager will allow you) or the media has errors.

There is a downloadable utility called CDCHECK in the software section at ####://www.cdrinfo.com/software/clonecd/index.shtml and this will test the media for you. By the way, the article is interesting.

[1030]

Ok I use Verbatim CDR's I was copying the game at 8x speed and I've copied this game a few times before using Clone CD and my Sony CDRW.I just burnt an already copied Dreamcast game Tennis 2k2 and it took an hour and 17 minutes at 1x speed it would only take about 40 minutes on my other computer.Could I have connected it wrong but then wouldn't it not work at all.When I opened my new computer up a Compaq Presario 1.5 ghz with windows XP the existing CD ROM had a cable that could plug in another CDROM/CDRW sticking out of it so plugged it in to my Yamaha plugged in the audio cable and bam I was done.

[dust2dust]

We placed the drive as master in the secondary bus. During boot-up, the BIOS identified the drive as Yamaha CRW2100E. We then made some minor configuration changes to Windows ME. These were: disabling auto-insert notification and checking DMA (very important). The supplied drive was manufactured in September 2000 and the
info taken from the following review
www.cdrinfo.com/hardware/yamaha2100e/
this should sort your problem

[1030]

Ok I turned off the read subcahannel data and now the games seem to work at least my PSX games do.