CRC-Tests on Kama Connect 2

[Bantai]

Yes, I am in the Netherlands. Do I send it to this address?

Billbrookdeich 102
22113 Hamburg
Germany

Some more info for those who might be interested.

Original power brick:
Contact Data

Replaced power brick:
Starmen

Tested with the following IDE devices:

- Quantum Fireball LCT 15 [20 GB]
- Maxtor [40 GB]
- Seagate ST380012A [80 GB]
- Western Digital WD1200 [120 GB]
- BENQ DW 1655
- LITE-ON DH30A4P

CRC read errors occur with all IDE HDDs. I made one HDD unreadable by having an application repair broken sectors that only looked broken through KC2. Now I know I should avoid writing to IDE HDDs through this particular KC2.

I just tested KC2 SATA HDD -> IDE burner with a new LITE-ON on a new PC and a 3 GB ISO. "DMA-driver error, CRC error" after:

4X: 2:35 minutes
6X: 1:50 minutes
8X: 17 seconds

Also tested local SATA -> KC2 IDE burner + a SATA HDD connected but unused. "DMA-driver error, CRC error" after:

4X: 55 seconds

Finally, KC2 IDE Burner only, 2x 700 MB file:

4X: burn complete. However, ScanDisc reveals 0.1% damaged sectors, resulting in a quality score of 47% per file.

The following media:

- DVD+R Verbatim / Taiyo Yuden T03
- DVD+R Verbatim / Moser Baer MCC04
- DVD+RW Ricoh / Ricoh RICOHJPNW21
- DVD+RW Verbatim / Mitsubishi Chemical MKMA02

On Asus and Gigabyte motherboard, Intel and AMD cpu.

(I like testing )

[hiroshige]

Allright, please send the device to the address you mentioned. To be sure, that this will arriving directly at my desk, please send it to:

Scythe EU GmbH
RMA z.Hd. Stefan Watzinger
Billbrookdeich 102
22113 Hamburg
Germany

[Bantai]

Stefan, I just received the replacement revision 200805110711.

It came in a ridiculously large box and enough bubble wrap to cover my room - I guess I had that coming since my package wasn't really conventional either

In the past half hour I tested the new Kama Connect 2.

- the new power brick is silent, unlike the Starmen and Contact Data ones

- no more weird characters in filenames (side effect of corrupt data transfer)

- CRC checks on at least the 2 different WD IDE harddisks I tested have been succesful

So far, looking good!