topic Re: 1 dayold FS315B DVD-RW cannot see any discs, even though it could as first in PCs & Accessories

1 dayold FS315B DVD-RW cannot see any discs, even though it could as first

Lord_Chris — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:00:00 GMT

i only got my FS315B yesterday, and i was transfering some files from my old computer on CD-Rs, however the 4th disc wasnt being seen by the dvd drive, it was trying to read it, but nothing was coming up on my computer and i couldnt access the disc. I have checke dthe drivers there fine, device manager says the drive is fine, and i haven't knocked the laptop or anything - its been sitting in the same place since i got it out the box.

any suggestions or do i need to call sony to have it repaired?

Re: 1 dayold FS315B DVD-RW cannot see any discs, even though it could as first

rich912 — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:38:24 GMT

Is this the Matshita UJ840D, or the DW-D56A optical drive?

Either way it would appear to be a hardware fault but check on Vaio-Link for a firmware update brfore contacting support as they will suggest this anyway.

Re: 1 dayold FS315B DVD-RW cannot see any discs, even though it could as first

Lord_Chris — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 08:43:17 GMT

thank you, yea its the matshita one.

Re: 1 dayold FS315B DVD-RW cannot see any discs, even though it could as first

gnomo74 — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 07:22:09 GMT

A firmware update has been posted recently on www.vaio-link.com:
Firmware update for MATSHITA UJ840D optical drive
Version : 1.03

Ok, the description is rather vague:
This firmware update solves issues regarding reading certain DVD-Discs

But still worth a try, right?