Inspiron 6400 / 1505 DVDRW Very Fussy?

Question

Hi All   First post so be gentle, I have recently bought an Inspiron 6400 fitted with a SONY DVD+RW DW-Q58A my problem is that it's very fussy about the media it will burn too? I have checked and it's using firmware UDS2, I'm wondering if anyone knows if there's a better firmware update than this available that may help?   Thanks for any help in advance...   Lee

davejohn · Answer

I haven't done a lot of burning with my DW-Q58A (I mainly use my desktop drives) but I've had no problem burning Sony and Maxell 8x DVD+R, Verbatim 16x (at 8x) DVD-R and Verbatim DVD+R dual layer media.  I'd stay away from Memorex media.   I'm using firmware UYS3.  For some reason I can't post the link.  Google 'DW-Q58 firmware' and you'll find it.   Note that this drive is a rebadged Lite-On drive and can be crossflashed.  I tried it and didn't notice any improvement so I went back to the Sony firmware.   Dave

salucchi · Answer

I have the same drive with the same firmware UDS2 and have had no issues at all with burning to Sony DVD media + or -, and TDK or Imation cd-r's. I use Verbatim DVD's for dual layer burning and have had no issues also. So far, I really like this drive.

seaco · Answer

Ok just thought I'd give an update from my thread above my laptop came with firmware UDS2 so I tried UYS3 and I must say my drive is less fussy now I'm now able to use Datawrite DVD-R and Datawrite DVD+R DL and I couldn't before so it's seems that it's a worthy upgrade...   Hope this helps someone...   Lee

davejohn · Answer

Thanks for the update.   Dave

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