Support Information:
Device Type: CD / DVD
Manufacturer: Panasonic (Matsushita Matshita)
Model: MATSHITA CD/DVD-RAM UJ-850S
Interface: Other
Operating System: Windows XP Home
Age of Device: Not specified
FCCID:

Type of drive: dvd-r/cd-rw (dvd burner, dvd reader, & cd burner combo)
Location: internal
What recording software are you using?: Other (Other: Cyberlink Power Producer)

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DVD drives do not have "Other" interfaces. If it's a laptop drive, it must have an IDE or SATA interface.

Blank requests are very difficult to help. "Blank" is where you provide zero details of the problem. And btw, optical drives never require a driver when used in any Windows os from Windows 95 up.

sorry but info incorrect. Some dvd-r/rw do require firmware updates. I have the same problem getting the firmware my matshita 850s required by software to be able to reconize and burn.

Sorry too, but your info is incorrect. This thread was about DRIVERS, not firmware. Firmware and drivers are not the same thing. Firmware is code that implants itself in an eprom chip that makes improvements in the drives actions. Drivers are software that makes a piece of hardware work.

Get your facts right before attempting to correct someone who has twenty five years in the business Mr Poster #1. Get some hardware experience before you come on a site and try to correct a moderator with 16 thousand plus threads. I didn't just start yesterday or come in on the turnip truck last night.