Sony DRU-510a on WinXP problems

[falter]

Hey guys,

I bought a sony dru-510a and am running it on winxp and and having some problems. I'm using smartripper and when I try and rip something I don't get more than a 0.4x speed. Also, my nero burning rom doesn't recognize the burner as a recorder. It had no problems recognizing the cd-rw that used to be in the same bay that the dvd burner is in now.

I read through all the forums and tried to troubleshoot it as much as i could. I installed force aspi and have aspi 4.60 on my xp. Before I ran force I was getting a max rip rate of .01x, so it seems to have gone up a little bit, but not quite sure why it's only at .04x and why my nero isn't recognizing it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

r.

[bjam769]

First of all...what version of Nero are you running?? Have you updated the firmware to 1.0c? I know early versions of 5.5.x.x don't recognize certain dvd burners. If you are before 5.5.10.20, go to Nero's website and d/l an upgrade....hope this helps.

[falter]

I believe it's 5.5.9.x

As far as the firmware goes, I don't know what that is or how to upgrade it. I read that it's necessary for certain burners but I didn't think I needed to upgrade the firmware since my burner was a 4x speed burner.

Please let me know where/how I can upgrade the firmware and if I really do need to. Thanks!

r.

[falter]

never mind i found a thread that had my answer.

i'll install the firmware and see if it helps.

thanks!

[bjam769]

You still probably need to upgrade your Nero to 5.5.10.20 or higher. That would probably explain why nero won't recognize your recorder. Esp if you have a 5.5.9.x. The firmware will probably not help that problem. Let me know how it turns out and good luck!

[PimpInDaHouse]

I have the same DVD writter and I use Nero 5.5.10.35 and it works fine.