Sony DRU500a with 2.0e firmware burns Accu at 1x ?

[Felix T Cat]

Can anyone else verify this ?. My burner died (after about 100 burns) so I sent it in. When it went in I could burn Accu media at 2x with firmware 1.0f.
When it got back from the service center they had loaded 2.0e into it and now I can only burn the same media at 1x.

Has anyone gone back from 2.0e to a previous version ?. I still have the 1.0f firmware, is there a place to get other versions and if so can anyone suggest a "preferred" version ?.

[shinboy]

Yes, the new firmware burn accus and leaddata at 1x that why I went back to 1.0g firmware...

[Felix T Cat]

Where can I find 1.0g ?. I've only got 1.0f.

Nevermind, I found it here
http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=302

[shinboy]

http://sony.storagesupport.com/legalagreement.zulu?dlid=dvdrw/downloads/Firmware1.0G/fw500a10g.zip

try here

[ghoster]

well f should work to. if not i can send you the other if you want because i had the same problem.

[Bob W]

Do you have a link to where I could get a RMA to send my Sony DRU500A back for replacement? It died after about 300 burns.

[Felix T Cat]

I called Sony Support at 800-588-3847 to get the RMA and then they gave me an address in CA to send the drive in to.

The people at the service center are pretty nice and if you call them and be polite they helped get my drive back quicker.

[mastercut]

NO I've sony DRU500A updated to 2.0e and 50 dvd-r accu with id SONY and all burned to 2X just one pixellization in psx2

bye
mastercut

[franky111]

The various Sony DRU500A firmwares can also be found here
www.sonydru500a.com

good luck

[Felix T Cat]

Accu Media
With 2.0e it takes 1 hour to burn a 4.7gig dvd-r
with 1.0g it takes 30 min

I'm sticking with 1.0g