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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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On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 19:39:18 -0400, "RMS" <savoie@kingston.net> wrote:

>Hi:
>
>I've seen an AST Bravo with this problem. It would read data CD's but not
>music CD's. After trying a new CD player among other things, it turned out
>to be the drivers for the sound card. The motherboard had a built in sound
>blaster compatible chipset, and it required a patch from AST.
>
>Also, I have a Panasonic 24x (CR586) and have had no problems with audio
>CD's.
>
>bye, Rick
>
  Hey Rick...the CR586 is a 32x not a 24x.




>Alex wrote in message <6r6462$bi5$1@krakatua.lavalink.com.au>...
>>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.
>>
>>
>

  Lee
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You were wrong to return your CD-ROM... there is no way that your problems
are due to bad hardware... it would seem more like you have a set up problem
with Win 98 (who doesn't). When CD-ROMs go bad they genrally just do not
work, and do not actually kill your system. It probably due to the driver
you are using.... the bane of Win 98.
Boz.
Alex wrote in message <6r6462$bi5$1@krakatua.lavalink.com.au>...
>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.
>
>

Hi there,

Alex wrote:
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> 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.

I remember reading that u had to get some scsi??.vxd driver from
the sony site (dont ask me why scsi) but when I did this it worked for me.
This info might be buried in the audio grabber docs somewhere.
(cant remember where I saw it).

Chai
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