Philips Mt Rainier Rewritable Validation Suite - Page 7

- Tests with defect blank HS-RW media

Below are the test results for all tested drives with the use of blank defect HS-RW media

Remarks:
Time: hours:mins:secs:msecs
N/A = Could not be tested
FE = Fatal Error

We didn't test ASUS CRW4816A and YAMAHA CRW3200E due to its failure with normal discs. The TDK CyClone 401248B was also not tested since it's a LiteOn LTR-40125S clone.

- Test Analysis

The test results with defect media reviled a rather disappointing implementation of Mt. Rainier from various manufacturers.

Philips, as being a leading member of the Mt. Rainier format, manages to pass both Light & Heavy RnR without producing any error. Under the Light RnR, the drive worked for almost 5hours, while with Heavy RnR worked for 5 hours and 20minus.

TEAC CD-W540E was the second drive that passed all tests with normal media; however with the defect media returns fatal errors. Under the Light RnR script, the drive worked for only 7mins without producing an error, while lasted longer (33mins) under Heavy RnR script.

The Mitsumi CR-480ATE and CR-485C TE drives failed to complete the test without producing fatal errors. After the end of each test, both drives locked and reboot was necessary to remove the test disc.

Lastly, both LiteOn drives again failed to complete the tests and produced fatal error after working for 20+mins under Light RnR and 21mins/55mins for the LTR-40125S and LTR-48125W respectively.