SONY DRU500A 1.0f anyone had problems?

[andre78]

I reaaaaallllyyy want to do the upgrade to 1.0f...but in 1.0d i had some problems...my computer hang up at the end of the upgrade but he has done it anyway....does this happen in 1.0f?? thanks...

[donpedro]

Try to start "Safe Mode" and log in as Administrator. NO problem here.

[andre78]

And that's it?? no other options...?

[sterankin]

I have had no problems.

When upgrading to 1.0d, like you, my pc hung (the installation still worked).

This time, I turned off DMA, and it never hung (but whose to know it would have hung if I didn't turn it off?)

Now my Sony recognises CHOICE DVD-R which it didn't before. So far so good.

[ghoster]

the catch when updating is to close out as many programs as possible and you won't have a problem updating.....

[epic47]

Yeah I notice the 1.0d hanged on 2000 but not in XP, 1.0f seems to work fine.

[donpedro]

I believe that in "Safe Mode" you have minimum programs that are running and DMA should be disabled (I didn't check that).

[edthesped]

No problems for me. I am a minimalist so I always eliminate as many applications that run in the background as possible. I feel I can start them when and if I choose to use them.

[redcattima]

i didn't do anything, just run that upgrade app.

[andre78]

yesssss!! i've run it in winXP safe mode (1.0f)...now all my cd's work at 2X...the recording of 4.3 gb takes about 30 minutes!! Even with very very cheap media!! Sony rulezzzzz

[sammie]

All I did was turn off my virus protection and close any programs. Ran the upgrade without a hitch. But then I've not had any of the problems others have reported. Using XP Pro.