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Red_SXi

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17th May 04 at 10:49

It wont recognise 800MB CD-R's are 800mb, but only 700Mb.

I've looked for Firmware updates but mine is a sony DW-U14A (which i think is a retail version)

So does anyone have any more idea's?

Demo

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17th May 04 at 10:51

my pioneer wont write to anything above a 700mb cdr either. also wont overburn. think its a characteristic of dvd-r lasers

Red_SXi

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17th May 04 at 10:51

_Allan_

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17th May 04 at 15:13

No there are only 4 makes roughly of CD-RW drives that read 700 and above discs. This applies to DVD-RW as well. I have some 99min 870mb discs here and they are useless for anything over 700mb as my drive does not support this feature.

Andrew

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17th May 04 at 15:47

Never tried on my new NEC DVD writter but my old SCSI Yamaha drive world never do 800MB CDs

Sinth

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17th May 04 at 16:33

i have a pioneer and i put in 800mb CD's
set it to overburn , works a treat

IntaCepta

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17th May 04 at 16:58

surely its more to do with the software or firmware rather,

Red_SXi

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17th May 04 at 17:23

Yeah Tim was helping me, but i can't find firmware for my drive

Ben

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17th May 04 at 17:51

dont want to hijack but just a quick q , my dvd rw wont let me copy dvds ? and cant copy them onto my pc. what program do i need?

Sinth

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17th May 04 at 18:47

use nero burning ROM its ownage, red sxi theres a website ( i forgot) contains patches for dvd rw so u can enable ur drive to read 800mb

Reedy

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17th May 04 at 18:56

Hey, the sony drive is actually a lite-on drive just rebadged! If the firmware on the Sony site dont work u could risk it and use the lite-on firmware update. That should work

Red_SXi

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17th May 04 at 19:13

I can't find my actual drive on the Sony or Lite-On site, its a DW-U14A

Red_SXi

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17th May 04 at 20:26

TTT

Red_SXi

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17th May 04 at 23:50

TTT

Red_SXi

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18th May 04 at 09:22

TTT again

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18th May 04 at 11:24

Red_SXi

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18th May 04 at 11:25

I'm worried if i install the wrong firmware it wont work at all

Red_SXi

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18th May 04 at 14:52

_Allan_

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18th May 04 at 15:00

Did no-one read my post, it's nothing to do with firmware it's the manufactures drives. There is again about 4 makes and models that will accept CD's over 700mb. I am not talking about overburn.

[Edited on 18-05-2004 by _Allan_]

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18th May 04 at 15:35

Hope this helps shed some light, copied form a website I buy my PC goodies from (17" TFT Monitor just arrived!!:thumbs

quote:

It appears (from my extensive browsing) to be mechanically identical to the Sony DRU 510a with a different bezel and some performance features crippled in the firmware. It appears that these can mostly be fixed however.

Check out the drive reviews and forums at www.dvdrhelp.com for instructions on the possible fixes and where to find them. At the very least they will help you get the drive running with a much broader selection of DVD media but I found a patch which worked for me and had some magical side-effects which made the drive a real bargain. (I'll say no more!)

quote:

Firmware upgrade from DW-U14A to DRU 510A available @
http://isweb44.infoseek.co.jp/computer/type-ive/files/14A_to_510A%20[1.0c].zip

[Edited on 18-05-2004 by StuartGee]

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