How can I determine my driver's actual C2 and cache ability (for the EAC settings) if it is NOT in the db chart? (I don't have a disk with major scratches so I don't think the CD test would work.) Apparently (according to coasterfactory.com), some drivers claim they have the ability (from the EAC driver check) when they actually don't. I have a Dell B130 laptop (not at my home PC right now so I don't have the specific driver info handy. It's a Sony.).

Apologize if this has been covered repeatedly on here (I tried searching but it's tough to search for C2 info since the search engine doesn't allow words <4 letters). If so please tell me where to look.

If you want to be on the safe side, check "Drive caches audio" and uncheck "use C2 information" in the EAC options - this will work safely for all drives. Most drives cache audio these days, so yours will probably too. As regards C2, most drives support it, but some are unreliable in reporting, so it is usually best to not use C2 info unless you have a drive where you can be sure it is well implemented (e.g. Plextor drives). You will find that with the suggested options, ripping will be very slow. Your best bet is probably to use test&copy in burst mode - it is much faster than secure mode(you also don't have to worry about cache/C2 in this mode), but it's as secure because it reads everything twice very fast and you can compare if CRCs match. If they match, you can be sure that the rip was perfect. As you haven't any scratched CDs, I guess 99,9% of the time they will match, for the rest you can still use secure mode to recover the errors.

Install Feurio and run the drive diagnotics.