Sony VAIO - Recent Questions, Troubleshooting & Support - Page 2

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There are a number of possibllities for this problem:

1. Your drive may be dirty. Try to get a drive cleaner, run it then try again

2. The disc itself is faulty. Try using it on another computer's drive and see if you can read it

3. It is a region-specific DVD. Some movies can only be played on DVD's made for that region. Although you can change your DVD's region to be able to read that DVD, you will then not be able to read DVD's for your current region. The recommendation here is to buy a multi-region DVD player. You do not need to get the top of the line model as these players can be quite cheap.

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This is due to windows problems. Please try repairing your windows by doing which your windows will restore its system files for DVD driver and hence you will be able to access DVD.

Try reloading the DVD drivers...If you don't have them on cd, you can download drivers from sony website. once you download drivers, reboot comp. see if that works...let me know.

good luck

DVD REGION FREE & BLUE-RAY REGION FREETo changethe Region code on your DVD player, open Control Panel - System - Hardware -Device manager, and click on DVD/CD ROM drives, then right click on the DVDdrive and click Properties then click on DVD Region.You can enter a new region and it also shows you how many changes have beenmade.NOTE you can make only 4 changes and the player will lock permanently on the4th change.If you want to play DVDs from any region you maybe able to upgrade the firmwareto make it region free BUT if you make a mistake or installed the wrongfirmware the player will be a piece of junk.The best solution to make the player region free is to install a piece ofsoftware (Passkey for DVD) that allows you to play DVDs from any region andPasskey for Blu-ray that allows you to play Blu-rays from any region. There areseveral available on the Internet but my favourite is DVD-Region Free From: -www.dvdfab.com/products,free.htm

make sure its the latest avi player, or why dont u chek out the windows media player, or vlc player, or cyberlink power dvd, or windows media centre, there are loads of softwares u can use to play your dvds

The software playing the bluray disc (PowerDVD) will only play it on the primary display. You will have to set your tv to be your primary display in order to watch the movie.

This only happens with bluray and HD-DVD discs.

If your laptop appears to boot up and the hard disk LEDflashes, then the problem is probably a back light fault. This can be a faultyinverter or a faulty CCFL lamp. Please click on this link and follow myinstructions to identify the fault and possible fix :- http://www.fixya.com/support/r3598095-faulty_laptop_lcd_screen

It looks like the current driver for your particular model is still the original version, which is dated 20-Oct-2004. In my experience, audio drivers almost always need to be obtained from the manufacturer -- Sony, in this case.

Click the link at the end of this text to go directly to the driver download page for your model -- this is Sony's eSupport, a user-friendly and sophisticated site. The drivers are grouped into categories and "Audio" is the first one. Click the + and you should see 1 driver available -- download it with the green arrow (when prompted by windows, click RUN... unless you want to save it). Assuming the installation completes successfully, Vaio audio drivers usually enable sound output without requiring you to reboot. But just follow the prompts.

Drivers are here: http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=VGNT170P

Here is the home page that is specific for your model of Vaio; this is the page you want to bookmark or add to Favorites:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=VGNT170P

I think when you burn to cd with NERO 3gp files you have to burn in 8x or 16x!!!

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Try to start the system in safe mode and see if that works if so it is not the screen. To enter safe mode press F8 during boot up after the bios screen.

- This can be OS problem- or by just updating the graphics card driver may resolved the issue.I accept donations for my free service Thankshttp://www.paypal.comsend it to paypal email: [email protected]

See link: https://www.sony.co.uk/electronics/support/downloads/Z0000606

Did you upgrade to win10? Then you might need to download the older win7 drivers and load them, remove the win10 trackpad driver first then reinstall the win7 ones.. You can find them here https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/swu-download.pl?mdl=VGNFZ240E&upd_id=3049&os_group_id=10 Sony eSupport VGN FZ240E Drivers Software

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Hi,Looks like the OS is corrupted, but you can restore it by restoring to the previous date, for that you need the OS installation cd. Just insert the cd and wait for few munites to load files, then you will see the restoring option.Hope this helps, thanks for using fixya!

Hi dadisrad65,

I advise you to Check in the scanner file. It maybe recognized as a scanner. Since they both do the same function and are loaded in the same files sometimes.
I hope you turn it on.


Hope it helps.

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Hi,Thanks for asking Fixya !!!!Remove the battery and connect AC adapter directly then press power button if it didnt turned on then the AC adapter or the DC jack is faulty ..RegardsSibu