topic Re: Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70636#M105517 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I didn’t think that it would do the trick, but worth a try.<BR />Assuming that you bought your notebook in the UK you have a 1 year warranty, two years in German and some other European countries. If it is in the warranty period then yes this is covered.<BR />The only other thing that I can suggest is that you try cleaning the laser lens with a proprietary cleaner, but I doubt that this will have any effect either:smileysad:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:22:38 GMT rich912 2005-10-05T16:22:38Z Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70620#M105511 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi there,<BR /><BR />My Vaio PCG-GRT786M with a dvd-rw seems unable to read audio cds and some data cds! This is very annoying as i have to rip cds onto another computer then transfer them across using a portable media! <BR /><BR />Is it the dvd drive or the software that is causing this probem!<BR /><BR />Any ideas or help would be appreciated<BR /><BR />Cheers<BR /><BR />mcfaddockman<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:28:50 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70620#M105511 mcfaddockman 2005-10-05T15:28:50Z Re: Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70623#M105512 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi<BR /><BR />Welcome to the forum.<BR /><BR />It's probably a hardware problem given the number of other complaints in the forum.<BR /><BR />Apart from reinstalling drivers etc, which I don't think will do the trick, I would contact Sony.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:31:01 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70623#M105512 Twisted-Rizla 2005-10-05T15:31:01Z Re: Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70626#M105513 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It is more likely to be a hardware problem but there is a firmware update for your model’s optical drive (assuming that it is a DW-U50A) on Vaio-Link which may be worth a try.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:34:54 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70626#M105513 rich912 2005-10-05T15:34:54Z Re: Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70629#M105514 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Could you maybe give me a link to where that update may be! I dont really know where i am going on this site and it is a 'DW-U50A' model PCGA-DDWGT1<BR /><BR />Many thanks<BR /><BR />mcfaddockman<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:38:49 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70629#M105514 mcfaddockman 2005-10-05T15:38:49Z Re: Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70632#M105515 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Have a look <A href="http://www.vaio-link.com/downloads/select/select.asp?l=en&amp;category=-1&amp;serie=-1&amp;m=1301" target="_blank">here.</A><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:43:12 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70632#M105515 rich912 2005-10-05T15:43:12Z Re: Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70634#M105516 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Unfortunatley that hasnt done the trick! im still unable to read audio cd's! What can sony themsleves do about it? - Does the drive need replacing? And if so is it done under warenty? Also i have has this notebook from new but i dont know how many years warenty it has...?<BR /><BR />Cheers<BR /><BR />mcfaddockman<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:14:19 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70634#M105516 mcfaddockman 2005-10-05T16:14:19Z Re: Unable to read Audio CD's and some Data CD's. https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70636#M105517 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I didn’t think that it would do the trick, but worth a try.<BR />Assuming that you bought your notebook in the UK you have a 1 year warranty, two years in German and some other European countries. If it is in the warranty period then yes this is covered.<BR />The only other thing that I can suggest is that you try cleaning the laser lens with a proprietary cleaner, but I doubt that this will have any effect either:smileysad:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 05 Oct 2005 16:22:38 GMT https://community.sony.se/t5/pcs-accessories/unable-to-read-audio-cd-s-and-some-data-cd-s/m-p/70636#M105517 rich912 2005-10-05T16:22:38Z