topic Re: DVD Drive problem in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/dvd-drive-problem/m-p/167678#M129830 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><SPAN style="font-size: 3; ">Interestingly enough i have a similar problem, my PCG-FR285 used to play dvd's etc fine, but recently it started freezing during playback, or not reading the disk at all etc... i've cleaned the drive, and there are no apparent problems, other than the fact that it still wont play dvds. Please help, it's driving me nuts!<BR />Richard</SPAN><BR /></PRE><BR /><SPAN style="color: orangered; font-size: 3; ">Start with the easy (obvious) stuff. Try cleaning the lens, if that doesn't help, uninstall the optical drive and restart Windows, which will detect it and re-install the drivers.<BR /><BR />Also, check for updates on <A href="http://www.vaio-link.com" target="_blank">vaio-link</A> </SPAN><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 May 2004 12:52:15 GMT tellingd 2004-05-19T12:52:15Z DVD Drive problem https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/dvd-drive-problem/m-p/167675#M129829 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><SPAN style="font-size: 3; ">Interestingly enough i have a similar problem, my PCG-FR285 used to play dvd's etc fine, but recently it started freezing during playback, or not reading the disk at all etc... i've cleaned the drive, and there are no apparent problems, other than the fact that it still wont play dvds. Please help, it's driving me nuts!<BR />Richard</SPAN><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 18 May 2004 20:05:52 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/dvd-drive-problem/m-p/167675#M129829 rwc101 2004-05-18T20:05:52Z Re: DVD Drive problem https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/dvd-drive-problem/m-p/167678#M129830 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><SPAN style="font-size: 3; ">Interestingly enough i have a similar problem, my PCG-FR285 used to play dvd's etc fine, but recently it started freezing during playback, or not reading the disk at all etc... i've cleaned the drive, and there are no apparent problems, other than the fact that it still wont play dvds. Please help, it's driving me nuts!<BR />Richard</SPAN><BR /></PRE><BR /><SPAN style="color: orangered; font-size: 3; ">Start with the easy (obvious) stuff. Try cleaning the lens, if that doesn't help, uninstall the optical drive and restart Windows, which will detect it and re-install the drivers.<BR /><BR />Also, check for updates on <A href="http://www.vaio-link.com" target="_blank">vaio-link</A> </SPAN><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 May 2004 12:52:15 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/dvd-drive-problem/m-p/167678#M129830 tellingd 2004-05-19T12:52:15Z Re: DVD Drive problem https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/dvd-drive-problem/m-p/167681#M129831 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote"><SPAN style="font-size: 3; ">Interestingly enough i have a similar problem, my PCG-FR285 used to play dvd's etc fine, but recently it started freezing during playback, or not reading the disk at all etc... i've cleaned the drive, and there are no apparent problems, other than the fact that it still wont play dvds. Please help, it's driving me nuts!<BR />Richard</SPAN><BR /></PRE><BR /><SPAN style="color: orangered; font-size: 3; ">Start with the easy (obvious) stuff. Try cleaning the lens, if that doesn't help, uninstall the optical drive and restart Windows, which will detect it and re-install the drivers.<BR /><BR />Also, check for updates on <A href="http://www.vaio-link.com" target="_blank">vaio-link</A> </SPAN><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 19 May 2004 12:52:15 GMT https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/pcs-accessories/dvd-drive-problem/m-p/167681#M129831 tellingd 2004-05-19T12:52:15Z