Aopen DRW8800
6. Protected Disc Tests
Review Pages
2. Data CD Reading Tests
3. CD Error Correction Tests
4. DVD reading tests
5. DVD Error Correction Tests
6. Protected Disc Tests
7. DAE Tests
8. CD Recording Tests
9. Writing quality - 3T Jitter Tests
10. C1 / C2 Error Measurements
11. DVD Recording Tests
12. KProbe PI/PO quality tests
13. Conclusion
Aopen DRW8800/AAN - Page 6
- Reading Tests
To create an image of the various protected titles onto a hard disk, we used Alcohol 120% v1.4.8.1222 and the appropriate settings, depending on the protection type of the inserted discs. Below are summarized the capabilities of the Aopen drive, according to CloneCD software. The summary below shows that the drive supports writing of CD+G under RAW DAO:
The game titles we used to test the reading speed for each protection scheme are given in the table below:
Game Title
|
Protection Scheme
|
PSX "NBA Jam Extreme"
|
Lybcrypt
|
Serious Sam The Second Encounter v1.07
|
SafeDisc v.2.60.052
|
VRally II
|
SecuROM v.2
|
PSX Pressed Media
SafeDisc v.2
SecuROM v.2
Except form the PSX ripping, where the Aopen drive was the fastest, in the other two cases it had average performance.
- 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 versions and with the latest software patches installed. After making the image files of the various titles to the hard disk, we burned them (maximum speed) with Alcohol 120%. Two different discs were created for each title; one with the "Bypass EFM error" enabled and one more with the function disabled.
The table below shows the results of the attempted backups and whether they working (game installed / played normally), or not.
Drive |
Game Title |
SD2 Build |
Settings |
|
Bypass EFM error On |
Bypass EFM error Off |
|||
Aopen 8x8 DVD Dual |
Max Payne |
v2.51.020 |
Yes |
No |
Serious Sam - The Second Encounter
v1.07
|
v.2.60.052 |
No |
No |
|
The Sims Unleashed |
v.2.8 |
No
|
No
|
|
The Sims Superstar |
v2.9 |
No
|
No
|
|
Fifa 2004 |
v3.10 |
No
|
No
|
The Aopen drive made only one playable copy among all tested games. The drive is definitely not a good solution for backing up protected games. The only game that was playable was Max Payne that has the oldest Safedisc protection scheme of all tested games. Moreover, the compatibility of the valid copy was restricted since the Aopen was the only device on which the game could play.
Review Pages
2. Data CD Reading Tests
3. CD Error Correction Tests
4. DVD reading tests
5. DVD Error Correction Tests
6. Protected Disc Tests
7. DAE Tests
8. CD Recording Tests
9. Writing quality - 3T Jitter Tests
10. C1 / C2 Error Measurements
11. DVD Recording Tests
12. KProbe PI/PO quality tests
13. Conclusion