A4000 + Fastlane + Philips CDD 2600

Computer:

A4000/40

Hostadapter:

Fastlane Rev. 2.2

CD writer:

Philips CDD 2600 (V1.06)

This system caused the following problems using Fastlane ROM V7.120:

• Reading of audio data causes data errors after 16-20 minutes and the drive makes noise (head positioning, change of the rotating speed)
  -> Philips hotline suggests to read with double speed. I could not test this yet, though.
• Writing of data and audio tracks does not cause any problems, but it is not possible to fix the CD-R at the end. Repair mode worked without any problems.
• You cannot use MCDPlayer to play an audio CD that is inserted in that drive.
• Hint of the Phase 5 hotline: switch off reselection at all devices.

After updating Fastlane to ROM version 8.2, the problems disappeared, except the problem in reading audio data (after 10 - 15 minutes, there's a lot of garbage in the data stream). This is a problem of the Philips CDD 2600 CD writer.

Tested by Bernd Drefs <Broken_Systems@websurf.pcom.de>.

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