firmware update

[Duane]

I AM TRYING TO UPDATE MY SONY DVD BURNER UPDATE AND I AM
CONFUSED WITH DIRECTIONS:

1. IT ASK ME TO UNINSTALL ANY PACKET WRITING SOFTWARE,
SUCH AS (DLA, DIRECTCD, B'S CLIP, ETC) FROM PC, WHAT ARE
THEY AND HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT TO DELETE?

2. I AM ASLSO ASKED TO DISABLE DMA SETTING IN WINDOWS
BEFORE EXECUTING FIRMWARE UPDATE.

CAN SOMEONE HELP ME LOCATE THE ABOVE, SO I CAN UPDATE MY
DRIVERS.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

 

[Rich Barry]

Duane, rt click on MyComputer>select Properties>Hardware>Device Manager.
click on Ide ata /atapi Controllers
and on both primary and secondary rt click select properties>advanced
settings. In the current transfer mode box
select Pio mode. If you have Roxio or Nero Software they come with
packet writing( using your Cd like a Floppy )
software. Uninstall just that part of it if you can.
http://pages.prodigy.net/jdjd/cdr/packet.htm

 

[Bob S]

Honest , I would take it out and have someone do it that
knows what they are doing, you'll end up with a brick