So, I've spent the last hour or so browsing this site and google, and figured out that to keep my Hi-Val from burning DVD+Rs that not even *it* can read (Though my standalone magnavox player has no problems with them, every other drive on earth does) I had to download the firmware updates from Optorite.

I tried the Optorite DD0203 v2.5 firmware update from www.rpc1.org, and when I run it in the cmd window, it ends up telling me the device was not found.

Figured, "Hmm, must have the DD0201". Tried the v2.6 upgrade for that model, and the exe tells me that my model drive is not supported.

... So just what is this drive actually, and how can I fix it?