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*kwkard* · 16-08-2004

Read with Liteon SOHC-5232k burned with 832s.
Read and burned at 16x with alcohol with FES, and only ignore media type emualtion.
Backup works in SOHC-5232K (shows splash screen until recognition and then launches game)
Backup doesn't work in: 832s, 811s, and Toshiba SD-R1002 (spin continuously unably to verify disc, however no error message is present until I eject the media.)

Any backups made with clonecd reading and writing with wither 832s or 5232k or any combination of the two, result in the same behavior for disc recognition as above except for the 5232k, which almost does the same, it seems to recognize the disc, but no error message is given and it acts like it's going to launch the game but it remains in windows. Stange. This indeed is a tough one.

This is really strange, after some further testing I cant get consistent disc recognition of the combo drive, sometimes it loads right up, others it exerts same behavior as my clonecd attempts, this protection is very picky indeed.

What exactly is it checking for

Maybe they've actually improved their weak sector patterns for a change!

Too bad I still don't have my 52246s, that one beat eveything I ever threw at it. Latest protections I tested with it was some safedisc 2.9 titles and a couple securom 4.8x titles, beat em both.

It is weird though, why are so many having trouble burning this, I've read many reports of safedisc 3.2 images on hd work fine, but burning them seems to be the issue. It must have something to do with how good of a writer you have, it seems not all liteons were made the same as we has originally thought. Maybe this protection really needs a 3-sheep writer in order for these to work.

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All my ramblings and I forgot to say that I was backing up Doom3, whoops.

16-08-2004	#45 (permalink)
kwkard CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: int main() { Posts: 1,720	Re: SafeDisc 3.20 Successes and Non-Successes Read with Liteon SOHC-5232k burned with 832s. Read and burned at 16x with alcohol with FES, and only ignore media type emualtion. Backup works in SOHC-5232K (shows splash screen until recognition and then launches game) Backup doesn't work in: 832s, 811s, and Toshiba SD-R1002 (spin continuously unably to verify disc, however no error message is present until I eject the media.) Any backups made with clonecd reading and writing with wither 832s or 5232k or any combination of the two, result in the same behavior for disc recognition as above except for the 5232k, which almost does the same, it seems to recognize the disc, but no error message is given and it acts like it's going to launch the game but it remains in windows. Stange. This indeed is a tough one. This is really strange, after some further testing I cant get consistent disc recognition of the combo drive, sometimes it loads right up, others it exerts same behavior as my clonecd attempts, this protection is very picky indeed. What exactly is it checking for Maybe they've actually improved their weak sector patterns for a change! Too bad I still don't have my 52246s, that one beat eveything I ever threw at it. Latest protections I tested with it was some safedisc 2.9 titles and a couple securom 4.8x titles, beat em both. It is weird though, why are so many having trouble burning this, I've read many reports of safedisc 3.2 images on hd work fine, but burning them seems to be the issue. It must have something to do with how good of a writer you have, it seems not all liteons were made the same as we has originally thought. Maybe this protection really needs a 3-sheep writer in order for these to work. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All my ramblings and I forgot to say that I was backing up Doom3, whoops. __________________ I smart, learn fast. The Coolest Page Ever My drives: Benq 1640 BSLB Benq 1625 BBHA (Rebadge HP 640c)(Lightscribe) LG GSA-4163B A104 NEC ND-3520A 1.04 NEC ND-3500AG LD 2.FD Liteon SOHW-812s@832s VS0E Liteon SOHW-1633S BS41 Liteon SOHC 5232K NK0H Yamaha CRW-F1 1.0g And yes these are all in one PC. Hehe. Last edited by Portmac; 22-09-2004 at 18:03.