topic Re: DVD-RW doesn't work in PCs & Accessories

DVD-RW doesn't work

Giele — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:59:26 GMT

Hi Everyone ,

I recently bought a VGN-A317M vaio notebook (03-30-05) but since a few days the disc drive doesn't read anything , it also doesn't burn anything ! I did a firmwire update for the drive PFS3-2 but that didn't make any difrence. I also reinstalled the burnsoftware , installed new software like alcohol 120% en MakeIso, etc..)
But also nothing!
I was thinking to reinstall the wholesystem but the drive doesn't read the recorvery dvd-r which I burned with this drive...

Does anyone knows what the problem can be?
If I let it repair , will it take longer than 2 weeks? Because i'm goinging on vacation , and really need the notebook... Or is it possible to send them the dvd-rw (dw-d56a) only and not the whole notebook?

Thanks for the reply's

Greetzz

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

tonybeard — Fri, 15 Jul 2005 22:33:28 GMT

It doesn't sound good but there is a slim possability the CD reader lens is clouded. I bought a good quality CD reader cleaner recently. Use it rarely, say, once every two months but that might fix the problem. Don't physicaly touch or try to clean the reader lens. Good luck.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

rich912 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 09:17:37 GMT

If Tony¿s suggestion doesn¿t work and you still want to try a system restore you can do this from the recovery partition on the hard disk, assuming that you did not elect to remove this when creating your recovery disks.
You can either use the Vaio Recovery Utility, click here, or press F10 at boot.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

Twisted-Rizla — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:37:31 GMT

I'm not sure if you can use RW discs for the recovery.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

Giele — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 10:51:18 GMT

I'm not sure if you can use RW discs for the recovery.

I burned it on a DVD-R..A dvd lens cleaner doesn't made any diffrence
greetz

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

febs — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:51:20 GMT

Start>Control Panel>System Propeties>Hardware>Device Manager>DVD/CD-ROM drives and then double click on your drive and make sure that the driver is installed and ensure its status is ok.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

rich912 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 12:16:16 GMT

Someone here had a similar problem to you recently with a VGN A397XP. He had tried the firmware update PFS3-2 and it made no difference.
A search revealed that the CD drive, DW-D56A is in fact a re-branded LiteOn SOSW-852S. He discovered that the firmware is interchangable between all the rebrands so he downloaded and installed the PFS3 - stock firmware and the drive worked!
If your drive is a DW-D56A it may be worth a try.
He found the firmware update here.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

Giele — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 18:27:10 GMT

The url you gave didn't work 😞

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

rich912 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 19:11:07 GMT

It works at this end but this is the url:

http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html#DW-D56A

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

Giele — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:16:52 GMT

It works at this end  but this is the url:

http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html#DW-D56A

Isn't working either not in belgium and not in the nerthelands

greetz

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

Giele — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:17:15 GMT

It works at this end  but this is the url:

http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html#DW-D56A

Isn't working either not in belgium and not in the nerthelands

greetz

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

TygerTyger — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:18:56 GMT

Works for me?

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

rich912 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:25:48 GMT

I am sorry Geile, I am not sure what the problem is here. It is working for me and TT also.
Have you tried cutting and pasting the url into your browser?

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

rich912 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:28:11 GMT

If all else fails I could email the firmware update to you.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

TygerTyger — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:32:14 GMT

The site has stopped working for me now too, their server must have gone under.

Try again tomorrow.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

rich912 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 22:48:09 GMT

The site is still working at this end but I can't get the download link to open. I will try tomorrow.

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

Giele — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:06:36 GMT

If anyone could sent me the firmwire to : Gieleuh at gmail com ...

I hope this will work , otherwise this is an hardware problem..And if it is I'll hope its in warranty!

Greetzz

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

rich912 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:12:38 GMT

I will check the site tomorrow Giele and get back to you..

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

cleo2006 — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 23:44:06 GMT

or u can call <a href="http://www.vaio-link.></a>com/contacts/contacts.asp?l=en" target="_blank">Sony</a> they will give u step by step guide on what to do and if it still does not work they will arrange for a pick up and fix it for you!grin.gif|___jive_emoticon_name=grin|jivemacro=emoticon|class=jive_macro jive_emote|src=grin.gif! Sony helped me!grin.gif|___jive_emoticon_name=grin|jivemacro=emoticon|class=jive_macro jive_emote|src=grin.gif!

Re: DVD-RW doesn't work

Giele — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:14:46 GMT