Burning speed only 4x max.

Hi Everybody,
Ever since upgrading to 5.0.1.4. my burning speed has dropped to only 4x maximum! That takes almost 20 minutes to burn a cd. I took b noir's advice and updated the firmware of the CD drive, but no difference.
Here are my CD diagnostics:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
iTunes 5.0.1.4
CD Driver 2.0.4.3
CD Driver DLL 2.0.3.2
LowerFilters: PxHelp20 (2.0.0.0), AFS2K (3.1.14.0),
UpperFilters: GEARAspiWDM (2.0.4.3),
Video Driver: MOBILITY RADEON \MOBILITY RADEON
IDE\DiskIC25N080ATMR04-0______________________MO4OAD1A, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
USBSTOR\DiskSony___MSC-U04________3.00, Bus Type USB
IDE\CdRomMATSHITAUJ-812_________________________K103___, Bus Type ATA, Bus Address [0,0]
If you have multiple drives on the same IDE or SCSI bus, these drives may interfere with each other.
Some computers need an update to the ATA or IDE bus driver, or Intel chipset. If iTunes has problems recognizing CDs or hanging or crashing while importing or burning CDs, check the support site for the manufacturer of your computer or motherboard.
Current user is administrator.
E: MATSHITA UJ-812, Rev K103
Media in drive is blank.
Get drive speed succeeded.
The drive CDR speeds are: 4.
The drive CDRW speeds are: 4.
The drive DVDR speeds are: 4 0.
The drive DVDRW speeds are: 4 0.
Any help would deeply be appreciated.
Best regards
Roman

Roman,
Have you been to the Sony support site to look for a new ATA driver? If you go to that main page, click the "detect my model" link. Look for a driver update, probably labeled something like "Intel Chipset Driver".
http://esupport.sony.com/perl/select-system.pl?PRODTYPE=24&NAVDISP=pc
I can't find the model number you gave me manually, so I can't look for you.
But you know, the drive speed listed in the CD diagnostics clearly say that the drive is reporting that it can only burn at 4x with the media you have in there. This is media dependent. Have you tried other brands / kinds of media?

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