CDROM drive won't read anything

[JungleMan1]

Sony VAIO PCG-F610 550mhz Laptop...

CDROM drive was just working 10 minutes ago, I removed a CD, now it won't read a thing. Tried it in DOS too.

Should I just take it in for service? This is like the 3rd time I've had to service this thing..

[Social Enemy]

Not uncommon for Sony models. I support Sony desktop and laptops here at work. I see customers that have their CD-ROMs serviced 3 or 4 times within 6 months..

[JungleMan1]

[quote]Originally posted by Social Enemy:
<strong>Not uncommon for Sony models. I support Sony desktop and laptops here at work. I see customers that have their CD-ROMs serviced 3 or 4 times within 6 months..</strong><hr></blockquote>

Hmm, have you ever seen the fans crap out on you on the laptops? At least that's what happened to mine...

Thanks, since this is common, I'll take it in, glad I got the extended warranty!

[Social Enemy]

[quote]Originally posted by Jungleman:
<strong>

Hmm, have you ever seen the fans crap out on you on the laptops? At least that's what happened to mine...

Thanks, since this is common, I'll take it in, glad I got the extended warranty! </strong><hr></blockquote>

Not so much fans. 2 most pieces I see fail on the Sony units would be the CD-ROM and the MLB. Every time I see a Sony I can guarantee it's either a MLB issue or CD-ROM issue.

[JungleMan1]

What's MLB? Do you mean MB?

[Social Enemy]

[quote]Originally posted by Jungleman:
<strong>What's MLB? Do you mean MB?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yeah, MB and MLB same thing, just for notes here I use MLB so I'm just used to typing it that a way.

[cc_penguin]

Geese, you are having a time with that Sony, eh? You'll need that Extended warranty...

[JungleMan1]

[quote]Originally posted by cc_penguin:
<strong>Geese, you are having a time with that Sony, eh? You'll need that Extended warranty...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yes, it's giving me pure hell. You probably haven't heard about the problems with the Hitachi hard drive in there.

Never buying another Sony again-- Toshiba, Apple, or Dell will be considerations for my next laptop (whenever that is)

[atlas735]

sorry about jumping in how the heck can a post a problem with my pcg-f610 and a toshiba sd-c2202 that I installed. I am running winme and using powerdvd 4, i get an error msg that says it has an unk problem and needs to shut down, powerdvd that is. I have 6mb of vidram when i play a reg dvd it play good just a tad slow but still viewable. any hepl would ne great. 550 amd k6 192 of ram. help anyone

[NooNoo]

Go to the forum index, http://forums.windrivers.com and choose either the forum for your operating system or the laptop forum or the CD forum - then click the new thread button and describe your problem briefly in the title - eg powerdvd unknown problem and then list what operating system, machine, updates, exact errors and what you have tried so far... oh and welcome to windrivers.

[confus-ed]

He-he-he I see that Jungleman is still 'admin' !

(btw would it not have been simpler to split this out & put it in the cd forum ? I would've when I first saw it, but I lack the admin powers .. maybe I should rename myself as JM, & then I would ? )

[NooNoo]

I found that people got lost if I moved their threads around... despite redirects. Let atlas read his replies and then post in an appropriate forum.

[confus-ed]

I found that people got lost if I moved their threads around... despite redirects..

Fair comment then , I was just confus-ed about the 'why' of matters - but I think you (as ever) are right about it creating as much confus-ed-ness as it fixes .