Sony DVD RW AW-G170A HELP!!!

[Shamanskunk]

Please can someone help me I have a Sony DVD RW AW-G170A and can't seem to change the booktype. I tried changing it with the NEC settings but no go. It keeps saying - Failed! Reason: Parameter Value Invalid

 

What am I doing wrong please help!!!

 

I have other burners but would like to be able to change the booktype on this drive! Thanks alot!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Does it list things like 'Changes Available' ok?

 

Which option are you trying to set? A temporary one?

 

Quite often you can only configure the 'DVD+R DL' ones.

[spinningwheel]

To sum it all up, this is what we would say:

 

The Sony AW-G170A is an interesting drive and has a good feature set. The AW-G170A also performs extremely well, with good write quality and performance and excellent reading performance.

 

The only slight negative is the Sony AW-G170A has limited Bitsetting capabilities. Only DVD+R DL having its Booktype set as DVD-ROM. We would also like to see Bitsetting support for DVD+R/RW.

 

So....If you're not doing DL discs, you're S.O.L. for now. #39;(

[mmalves]

What's the current firmware version on your burner?

[LOCOENG]

NEC's typically need modified firmware to allow for bitsetting anyway, you may need to crossflash your drive to a 7170A.

 

http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?printe...7f40274bb970487

 

...and then apply modified firmware from L&G.

 

 

http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-7170A/

[dontasciime]

and then flash to 7173a

 

read up first as your drive needs to be in PIO mode first and you will need to use btflash the link provided above has that program linked (without it being clickable)

 

This is at your own risk

[LOCOENG]

This is at your own risk

 

As always.

[dontasciime]