20 Most Recent Sony VAIO PCV-RS530G PC Desktop Questions & Answers

You may need a better sound card. While you're at it, if you update your display card, you'll be offloading actual memory while video card's own memory picks up the slacker.

Replace the fan

replace the fan.

If you take the side of the pc, (opposite side to all the plugs on the back) and look for a name and serial number on the motherboard. put that into google and you should be able to find the support site and download your drivers.i just put your pc name into google and got the answer in the first response http://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=PCVRS530G&template_id=1&region_id=1&tab=download#/downloadTab

You an Delete some stuff.

I presume you know how to get into the BIOS, but you don't say if this is a new drive being replaced or a second drive being added etc., but I'm guessing that you don't have the drive configured correctly. There are three jumper positions on most drive to set the drive as a Master (M), Slave (S) or Cable Select (CS). Some systems are set to just use the Cable Select setting and the drives are configured based on their position on the ribbon cable, others must have one drive configured as the Master and the other as the Slave. Often a single HD is installed with the jumpers removed or turned sideways to disable the settings which is OK for a single drive, so if you adding a second drive, remove the first drive and if it is on CS, set the new drive to CS as well, but if the original first has the jumper set sideways or has no jumper at all, then you need to either set it to CS if your system supports it or set your boot drive as the Master and the new drive as Slave. CD Roms count as drives and if on the same ribbon must be configured the same way.

Most drive manufacturers have web sites that will help you configure the drives correctly, so check their sites for instructions on setting the jumpers.

Good Luck

Go to google and in the search type Sony Support. Look for drivers and downloads. Enter your model number and operating system. Download and install any driver you need.

Your pc has a special graphics expansion port - AGP x8

You can insert any graphics cards which will fit the port. Check carefully, there are quite a few different types of graphics port.

Once inserted, boot up the PC, and insert the disk you should get with the card, it will have all the relevant drivers.

There should be no need to alter the bios settings, the new card will be identified by the boot process.

If power supply does become an issue, you will need to upgrade the PSU (Power Supply Unit).

Hi,
You can get your drivers from here:

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/swu-list.pl?mdl=PCVRS530G

Cheers!!

First of all I have to tell you that the problem with your cd/dvd rom is not due to the device driver. The most common cause for these kind of problems is the cd/dvd rom's laser itself. Also the link that you mentioned is for FIRMWARE UPDATE (only for use with the products identified and sold in United States, Latin America, or Canada. Not all models are sold in all countries) and not drivers update for your device. As far as the free space on your cd rom, since it's a recording media you will always see the free space as 0 with the windows explorer. Take a look at this print screen from my laptop's cd/dvd rom:

Try to remove your cd/dvd device drivers, as you did before, reboot your system and let it install by it's own the drivers that it will ask for; don't force it to use drivers from a specific place. The generic cd/dvd rom drivers are already included in the windows XP. In case that after that the cd/dvd is not working properly, eject the tray and use a Q-tip with isopropyl alcohol to clean up the cd lens manually (you will locate a small glass lens near the center of the tray). Leave the cd tray to dry and try again. If this doesn't help, sorry but you have to check the cd/dvd rom harware for errors at a proper computer store.

In case of a problem or clarification, don't hesitate to post me a reply.
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Hi. Check the transport mechanism of the laser head. The transport can get stuck with dust, hair or vibration. If the transport is stuck, the drive still appear but can't read the CD because the lens is not moving properly.

Clean the area around the lens with cotton buds (be careful not to scratch the lens). Move the lens mechanism away from the center (use a plastic paper clip, slide gently). Place a DVD/CD disc and reboot your laptop. The DVD will auto align the drive during boot-up.

Good luck.

Those beeping sounds are the computer post codes. They point you in the direction of any hardware problem its encountered while trying to boot up.

Here's a url which should help you with a bit more info:-

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

That beep code should point you in the right direction of any component failure you may have.

use the recovery disk or the recovery option upon boot up.

This computer was released for sale on January 18th, 2004. Exactly how old the one you have is hard to tell. I would suspect it was sold sometime in 2004. How long the motherboard last is hard to tell. Keep the inside to the computer clean of dust and you will extend the life of the components. Neglect this and it will fail prematurely. Heat is the enemy of electronics and dusty components creates more heat.

I'm assuming you are running Windows XP? If so, follow this link to Microsoft's website to install and run the Autoplay Repair wizard.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C680A7B6-E8FA-45C4-A171-1B389CFACDAD&displaylang=en