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Hi,
by pure luck, I was able the get hands on a new Teac DW-224SL-R (full type is DW-224SL -R93, Firmware 1.0B) from a german dealer.
I put it into a USB-drive enclosure and hooked it up to my laptop.
Setting up accuraterip was no problem with 3 keydiscs.
But setting up values for Cache, FUA and so on turned out to be problematic.
1.) The drive caches - but (as mentioned somewhere on this website referring to USB-drives) - trying to find the proper cache size is problematic. Under Options, it says "the drive buffers", but later on, the test produces "inconsistent results" and cannot determine cache size. Two times (out of about 15 retries), I was able to determine a cache, once it was 1600 kB, the other tim 1605kB.
Clicking on the Button "technical" under Options, there is a drive-info about "Buffer Size 1.65MB".
First I set cache to 1605, later on to 2048kB (I thought "bigger is better", since if set smaller than the actual cache size - 1.65MB is NOT 1605kB, it does not really clear the whole cache).
When I rip a non-accuraterip-"stored" CD to see, how the rips turn out and whether I really am able to clear the cache, I get different CRC-values with the cache set to 1605 and a few rerips later set to 2048. My interpretation: If I am getting consistent CRC-values withing ONE cache-setting, but different CRC-values from the OTHER cache-setting, then the drive is reading the CACHE rather than rereading the DISC (option is 1 rip + minimum 2 secure rips with different speeds). Please correct me, if I am wrong.
So, I am assuming, I cannot rely on the drive ripping properly when attached via USB?
2.) I also tried to detect FUA. The test said "FUA support", but differently from my experiences with internal Plextor drives, the cache-size does not get set to 0, when redoing the cache-size test.
3.) I know, that this drive supports "read into lead in" but not "read into lead-out". What should I do: check or uncheck the checkbox in the option "read into lead-in or lead-out" - since the option says specifically "OR", I am a bit confused, since after a rip, I get this error-message about shutting the option off....
So, please, if anybody has proper advise how to set up this drive, please post your advise or the proper settings for this drive. Or if special firmware should be required, I would be happy to receive it. Thanks!
by pure luck, I was able the get hands on a new Teac DW-224SL-R (full type is DW-224SL -R93, Firmware 1.0B) from a german dealer.
I put it into a USB-drive enclosure and hooked it up to my laptop.
Setting up accuraterip was no problem with 3 keydiscs.
But setting up values for Cache, FUA and so on turned out to be problematic.
1.) The drive caches - but (as mentioned somewhere on this website referring to USB-drives) - trying to find the proper cache size is problematic. Under Options, it says "the drive buffers", but later on, the test produces "inconsistent results" and cannot determine cache size. Two times (out of about 15 retries), I was able to determine a cache, once it was 1600 kB, the other tim 1605kB.
Clicking on the Button "technical" under Options, there is a drive-info about "Buffer Size 1.65MB".
First I set cache to 1605, later on to 2048kB (I thought "bigger is better", since if set smaller than the actual cache size - 1.65MB is NOT 1605kB, it does not really clear the whole cache).
When I rip a non-accuraterip-"stored" CD to see, how the rips turn out and whether I really am able to clear the cache, I get different CRC-values with the cache set to 1605 and a few rerips later set to 2048. My interpretation: If I am getting consistent CRC-values withing ONE cache-setting, but different CRC-values from the OTHER cache-setting, then the drive is reading the CACHE rather than rereading the DISC (option is 1 rip + minimum 2 secure rips with different speeds). Please correct me, if I am wrong.
So, I am assuming, I cannot rely on the drive ripping properly when attached via USB?
2.) I also tried to detect FUA. The test said "FUA support", but differently from my experiences with internal Plextor drives, the cache-size does not get set to 0, when redoing the cache-size test.
3.) I know, that this drive supports "read into lead in" but not "read into lead-out". What should I do: check or uncheck the checkbox in the option "read into lead-in or lead-out" - since the option says specifically "OR", I am a bit confused, since after a rip, I get this error-message about shutting the option off....
So, please, if anybody has proper advise how to set up this drive, please post your advise or the proper settings for this drive. Or if special firmware should be required, I would be happy to receive it. Thanks!
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