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Problems reading DVD discs on PCG-V505BP

gbdavidc — Tue, 24 May 2005 13:53:29 GMT

Hi,

I have a PCG-V505BP, and it's extremely 'picky' about which DVD discs it will read.

Some of them will read fine, but many (in fact MOST) won't read. When you look in Explorer at the CD/DVD drive, no files are displayed.

Does anybody else have the same problem? Any suggestions?

I have already updated the CD-R/W/DVD-R firmware to the most recent version (Matshita FW UJDA v.1.04 for VAIO), and this has made no difference.

Thanks.

David.

Re: Problems reading DVD discs on PCG-V505BP

Twisted-Rizla — Tue, 24 May 2005 15:29:58 GMT

You are right to suggest that some machines are "picky" about the type of disc they like to read. This seems to be a common problem with some users.

Apart from the obvious, such as making sure you are using the right discs in terms of + or - and dual layer etc try changing the brand of disc you use. This helped for me.

Make sure also that you have, not only the firmware updates, but any available patches from Vaio-link as well.

Re: Problems reading DVD discs on PCG-V505BP

gbdavidc — Thu, 26 May 2005 08:43:17 GMT

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me on this one so quickly.

I've taken on board what you were saying about changing the type of discs I use, but the problem is more to do with pre-recorded DVDs. In particular, when I rent DVD movies, only about 1 in 5 of them will read on my laptop.

These movies are all from the Blockbuster rental shop, so they must all be the correct Region (Region 2).

I've also had a look for patches for the PCG-V505BP, but Sony haven't posted anything.

Any further suggestions?

Thank you.

David.

Re: Problems reading DVD discs on PCG-V505BP

seb21__ — Thu, 26 May 2005 08:59:54 GMT

Any further suggestions?

Maybe to late but,

never buy a laptop with Matshita drive.

Re: Problems reading DVD discs on PCG-V505BP

kee-lo_ — Thu, 26 May 2005 14:37:43 GMT

Wonder if any other drive could sit in that bay nicely?

Re: Problems reading DVD discs on PCG-V505BP

gbdavidc — Thu, 26 May 2005 14:57:38 GMT

That's exactly what I was wondering, and ideally a drive that could burn DVDs as well, as my current drive is only DVD-ROM.

Cheers.

David.