Updating firmware on Sony DVD burner?

I wasn't sure where to post this question, and I know this isn't a Sony forum. But since Sony's support of Mac implementations is lacking at best, I thought a throwing this out there to some experienced Mac users couldn't hurt.
I've got a Sony DRU-710A burner which works great with my G4 tower mac. Yesterday, I bought a shiny new stack of dvd-r media which the drive refuses to recognize as writable, presumably because it is 8x media (the drive is a 4x). Sony's "support" site has a Windows executable for updating the firmware and nothing else. Emails to Sony have been of the "we do not support that product under OSX" variety.
So, am I suddenly in the market for a new (non-sony) burner, or has anyone heard of a way to update the firmware short of swapping the drive out to a windows box and then back again (I don't have such a machine, but could probably access one as a last resort)?
Thanks.

So, am I suddenly in the market for a new (non-sony)
burner, or has anyone heard of a way to update the
firmware short of swapping the drive out to a windows
box and then back again (I don't have such a machine,
but could probably access one as a last resort)?
Use a friend's Windows PC to upgrade the firmware is what I would do.
iFelix

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