I have done as you suggested and installed the new firmware. The device is there but I am still getting an error message about being incompatible. Tomorrow I will buy a Verbatim disk, and if that does not work buy a new burner...
I 02:26:35 ImgBurn Version 2.3.2.0 started!
I 02:26:35 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 1)
I 02:26:35 Total Physical Memory: 514 796 KB - Available: 243 572 KB
W 02:26:35 Drive C:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.
W 02:26:35 Drive D:\ (FAT32) does not support single files > 4 GB in size.
I 02:26:35 Initialising SPTI...
I 02:26:35 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 02:26:35 Found 1 DVD±RW!
I 02:39:51 Close Request Acknowledged
I 02:39:51 Closing Down...
I 02:39:51 Shutting down SPTI...
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