Sony DRU-510A broke

[JP5]

My one month old Sony DRU-510A has broken.

While I was writing an ISO file, I got a write error and the read light started flashing orange repeatedly. I rebooted, still its blinking. Control panel now thinks it is SONY BOOT. The tray will not open manually or with software commands.

I have tried turning off DMA. I have tried flashing the firmware (doesn't work).

I did a google search and it seems that a LOT of people are having this problem. You have to send your drive back to Sony and they send you a new one.

Therefore, <b>I do not recommend buying a DRU-510A at this time.</b> There are several other dual format drives that don't seem to be having problems like this.

 

[songoku]

I've had drives do that before and i just replaced the ide cable with a high quality brand new one (major name of course).

Supporting AMD with your breakable stuff.

 

[songoku]

I forgot to add ejec the dvd manually with a niddle.

Supporting AMD with your breakable stuff.

 

[JP5]

I tried swapping IDE cables to no avail :frown: . The Sony rep said it has become a common problem, but after this repair it should not occur again. Annoying.


One of numerous internet posts I found:
<A HREF="http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:uXw_4ohOQsoJ:www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/archive/t163356.html+dru+510a+flashing&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8" target="_new">http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:uXw_4ohOQsoJ:www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/archive/t163356.html+dru+510a+flashing&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8</A>

 

[JP5]

I sent my drive in to Sony. No word yet. I imagine it will be a month or so.