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I don't know of any problems similar to the ones you are describing.
The company for whom I work shift hundreds of PC's every week, all of which are
fitted with either CR-587 or CR-588 drives and Win98 preloaded.

No problems at all, apart from the occaisional faulty drive......

Alex wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a Panasonic CR588 32x IDE CD-ROM after returning the CR586 model. I
> have exactly the same problem with the newer one.
> I am using Windows 98.
>
> 1. When I insert an audio CD the whole computer stalls, I cannot move the
> mouse.
> 2. When I play the CD the system stalls as above.
> 3. When I skip tracks the CD-Player (any I am using) loses the information
> and it says "data or disc not loaded" and then it flicks back again.
> 4. I can't fast forward in audio tracks like I can on a stereo or like I
> could on my old 6x Panasonic.
> 5. On some CDR media the drive whirrs up and down and takes ages to read the
> disc.
> 6. I can't use Audiograbber ASPI or Easy CD-DA Extractor 2.75 to rip audio,
> it says cannot find ASPI driver. I have the latest Adaptec ones installed
> because I have a CDR as well.
>
> Can these problems be fixed or are they just characteristics of the
> Panasonic 32x CD-ROMs? Does the same problem exist with the 24x? I was under
> the impression that Panasonics were the best.
>
> Thanks, please email suggestions.



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