now trying firmware upgrade

[red lion]

sony dru500ax firmware 2.0c
trying to upgrade to 2.0e
re problems on here today


how do i disable dma or do i need to before i do a firmware upgrade
this is my settings

primary ide channel
device 0
device type=auto detection (greyed out)
transfer mode=dma if availible
current transfer mode=pio mode

device1
device type=auto detection
transfer mode=dma if availible
current transfer mode=not applicable


secondry ide channel
device 0
device type=auto (grey out)
transfer mode=dma if availible
corrent transfer mode=ultra dma mode 2


device 1
device type=auto
transfer mode=dma if availible
corrent transfer mode=ultra dma mode 2

my drives are as follows primary is my hdd only secondry is liteon master and sony slave

[red lion]

cmon some of you guys must have done a firmware update

[jnk76]

When I got my sony and it told me to disable the dma mode I just switched it to PIO mode and did the upgrade and it all went smoothly.

[TIVOROCKS]

red...

In DEVICE MANAGER select your DVD-Drive and under the "General" tab note whether it is 1 or 0

Go back to the IDE controllers in DEVICE MANAGER (the portion you pasted above) And pay attention only to Secondary IDE Channel (providing that it is hooked up to the secondary). Note the 1 or 0 you found listed on the "General" tab for your drive.

Under Secondary IDE Channel change the "transfer mode" to "PIO mode" for whichever is relevant (looks to me like you found the DVD drive to be a 1)

Run the firmware update. After the new firmware has loaded, change "transfer mode" back to "dma if available"

Then reboot the pc to finish the firmware update.

I don't have the Sony, but I just did this recently on my Panasonic and assume (oh sh*t..."assume") the proceedure to be the same.

Hope this helps...

[red lion]

thanks it worked perfect (well i dont know if the burner works but the update did anyway lol