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actually it was a firmware upgrade here
http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-5170A/

And I started having problems again with mine. Mine was external so i just took it apart and...

Thanks very much for your help and conversation. Take it heasy.

I actually have none now. I ended up updating my drivers for my chipset on my mainboard and voila. End of story.................

Yup, thanks though. I did read up on it first. because it's OEM it doesn't have firmware but the 5170 works. The drive is working much better and I have burned a few vid discs but still having...

new update if anyone is interested. Found out that I could use aw-5170 firmware to update the drive because there is no aw-q170. I'll try to burn tonight and let you know......God this is...

Here is what I just got from a Sony Erep..

Welcome 13leafs ...
Connecting to server. Please wait...
Connected to chat.caleris.com
Jerry has joined this session!
Jerry says, Hello, my name is...

they were no help......I've tried everything. i've tried half a dozen different software so it's not that either. it has to be the hardware. if I could find the firmware for it i'd flash it but...

yeah, i sent them an email and just awaiting the response. Thanks again for the help.....

I noticed that I couldn't find that make on their website. Any idea why that is? I was trying to get the latest firmware flash and I can't find anything for that model...

11:08:07 PM #27 Text 0 File DVDPlusDualLayer.cpp, Line 635
L0 Data Zone Capacity set to 1893664 (1CE520h, 3698MB) -> OK, confirmed setting

11:08:07 PM #28 CDR -1205 File DVDPlusDualLayer.cpp,...

and now this is the error I get from nero...


Windows XP 5.1
IA32
WinAspi: File 'Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=4.60 (1021), size=45056 bytes, created 9/10/1999 12:06:00 PM
ahead WinASPI: File...

Hey again. Here is what he sent me...

Dear valued Sony Customer,

Standard controller/disable DMA/disable CD Recording
Please ensure the system is in the correct configuration:

1. Change...

The seller I got the burner from has sent me the proper configuartions for the sony so I will post them here after I check them out tonight after work......

Thanks I'll take a look and let you know if it worked...

Hey there, I am having the exact same problem and from my looks on the net, it is the aspi. I have downloaded and installed the latest but they are still coming up as the wrong version. The proper...