primo dvd with a sony dru-500a (help)

[mikegett]

I recently purchased the sony dru-500A. I am pretty pleased but can not get it to show up as a compatible drive in primo dvd software. i was wandering if anyone is familiar with this software or if there would be a reason why it would not see the drive. thank you for the help. PS. this is a cool forum.

[setarip]

If you had the software installed on your system before getting the burner, try uninstalling the software, rebooting (cold), reinstalling the software, and rebooting.

Let us know of your success ;>}

[mikegett]

thanks but no luck

I tried what suggested but it just won't see the drive. I am pretty unfamiliar with the primo. It refers to all my other drives as scsi. They are internal ide drives so why would they be showing up as a scsi interface? Is there a difference between the two? Thanks for the reply.

[setarip]

is your Sony an internal drive or an external firewire drive?

[mikegett]

It is a internal ide drive.

[ebina]

PrimoDVD will not recognize the Sony because the Sony is too new.

PrimoDVD was sold and is now called RecordNow Max. I got a demo version of it with my Sony. It also doesn't recognize the Sony. I e-mailed the company (storesales@stompinc.com) to ask how to get it to recognize my Sony, this is what they replied on 10/23/2002:

"We will be rolling out a new version of RecordNow Max version 4.5 that will offer support for that Sony drive. The new version will be available in about a month."

Checking their website (http://www.stompinc.com/recordnowmax/index.phtml?stp) I see that 4.5 is now out. They list the Sony as a supported drive. I suggest you try their free 30 day trial first. The web page claims you can upgrade from PrimoDVD 2.0 for $24 ($34 if you want them to mail you a CD).

Personally, I returned the Sony drive and bought a Pioneer. Good luck.

[mikegett]

thanks for the help!

I appreciate the help. I will try the software in a few days.