MSI 8404A Burn problems

Hello happy people of the MSI forum,
I bought a Dual DVDRW/R (the 8404A) recently for my PC. It is able to read and burn CDs, and read DVDs. HOWEVER, everytime i try to burn a DVD (using DVDRW discs, on the slowest speed availible, 1 speed i believe) it appears to work.
If i then try to open or play the files on the burnt DVD all i get is the folder not responding and my PC sits there not responding.
If any further details are required please say, this is confusing me somewhat.
(I have taken it back to the shop i bought it from, and when they checked it, it worked. I have the feeling i'm missing a driver or piece of firmware)

I've been able to figure out that i need to upgrade my firmware from 2.17 which seems to have DVD burning issues.
I have downloaded the 260.bin version of the firmware, however when i boot into real dos and try to launch the upgrade, it tells me it cannot open the 260.bin (this is inside the MSI upgrade firmware process)
Anyhelp on fixing the .bin or getting a different one?

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