Which firmware for my Sony DW-Q53A

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  • Stilgar
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    Junior Member
    • Apr 2008
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    Which firmware for my Sony DW-Q53A

    I have a Dell Inspiron E`1705 which came with a Sony DVD +- RW DW-Q53A burner. I'm running Vista Ultimate with 1.5 GB of Ram and use Easy Media Creator 10 and also have AnyDVD. Burn speeds are slow but more importantly, I have poor results with burns to DL media. I often copy discs (either directly or by first making a disc image and then burning it). SOmetimes, the system won't start a burn (typically Memorex media) or it may burn the disc but say there were errors on verification. Sometimes they will play and sometimes they will stop in the middle of playback.

    The most "recent" DEll firmware is from 2006 UDS2 and I have seen posts encouraging a move to UYS3 or UYS4. I tried to go to UYS4 but it failed with a message like this:

    No Matched drive detected
    This utility is only for SONY DVD RW DW-Q58A drive.
    Detected drives:
    1-0-0-0 E:SONY DVD+-RW DW-Q58A UDS1

    I've seen similar posts on the problem but no way to fix it. I've also seen warnings about voiding my Dell warranty (I'd hate to do that given the fantastic level of support offered from India). So, I have a couple of questions.

    1) What's the difference between UDS and UYS? Where can I find release notes on the UYS3 or 4 packages?

    2) How can I get UYS4 to install with my drive? If there are issues, can I just run the UDS2WIN program and get back to the Dell supported environment?

    3) Are there any resources that provide some basic information on DVD burning resources and practices? I've worked with computers and networks for over 20 years and am technical in those arenas. But, all the nuance regarding drives, firmware and troubleshooting relating to optical burners eludes me.

    TIA.
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