Aopen CRW5232
4. Protected Disc Tests
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- Reading Tests
We created an image of various protected titles to the hard disk, using CloneCD v4.3.1.9 with the appropriate settings and according to the protection type of the inserted discs. Below are summarized the capabilities of the AOpen CRW5232 drive as presented by the CloneCD programme.
The game titles used and their respective protection schemes are illustrated in the following table :
Game Title
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Protection Scheme
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PSX "NBA Jam Extreme"
|
Lybcrypt
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Serious Sam The Second Encounter v1.07
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SafeDisc v.2.60.052
|
VRally II
|
SecuROM v.2
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PSX Pressed Media
The AOpen CRW5232 was fast when it came to creating an image of the PSX game disc. The drive ripped the disc at 1204.87 sectors/sec, a result that is very close to the Plextor Premium drive, while the Optorite CW5201 was very slow in comparison.
SafeDisc v.2
Ripping of the Safedisc v2 protected game finished after 8:55 minutes.
SecuROM
For the SecuROM protected game disc the drive returned the slowest
results among the three drives as can be seen from the above graph.
It completed the process after 3:20 minutes.
- Writing Tests
The AOpen drive supports the DAO-RAW writing mode. For checking the drive's EFM correction status, we used 3 different game titles with different SafeDisc 2 versions and the latest software patches installed. After creating images of the various titles to the hard disk, we burned them (maximum speed) with CloneCd. Two different discs were created for each title; one with the "Amplify Weak Sectors" enabled and one with the function disabled.
In the table below can be seen whether the produced backups were working (game installed / played normally), or not.
Drive |
Game Title |
SD2 Build |
Settings |
|
Amplify Weak Sectors On |
Amplify Weak Sectors Off |
|||
Aopen CRW5232 |
Max Payne |
v2.51.020 |
Yes |
Yes |
Serious Sam - The Second Encounter
v1.07 |
v.2.60.052 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
The Sims Unleased |
v.2.8 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
The Sims Superstar |
v2.9 |
NO |
NO |
After the end of the writing tests we can conclude that the AOpen CRW5232 was able to make working backups up to v2.8 of the safedisc protected games. Under both settings, Amplify weak sectors on and off, the drive made working backups.
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