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    Sony Dvd+-rw Dw-d56a

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by Thibault, Dec 14, 2006.

  1. Thibault

    Thibault Banned

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    My friend has an Dell Inspiron 6000 with a SONY DVD+-RW DW-D56A (for the CD/DVD burner).

    It can burn CDs perfectly fine but gives me an error when I try to burn a DVD. I have no idea what the problem would be, so any help would be appreciated.
     
    Thibault, Dec 14, 2006
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  2. maomanmaman

    maomanmaman Notebook Consultant

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    lol. That's EXACTLY what happened on my dell E1505. Just ask the tech support for a replacement and specify that u want a NEC or philips.

    sony drives don't last longer than 2 months...horrible.
     
    maomanmaman, Dec 14, 2006
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  3. khanhfat

    khanhfat Notebook Deity

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    I burn about 30 cds or dvds now, I haven't have a problem with SOny burner yet. Even though the Sony slim i bought from Newegg can't burn Dvds after 5 months of using, it. I'll pay more attention to the burner. Thanks for posting this issue.
     
    khanhfat, Dec 14, 2006
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  4. Reezin14

    Reezin14 Crimson Mantle Commander

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    That's funny just read maomanmaman's post the other day and BAM it happened to me today. So you called tech support and sent in your notebook or did they just sent you the part(maoman)???
     
    Reezin14, Dec 14, 2006
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  5. Thibault

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    I figured this was the answer I was going to get. =(
    From the reasearch I've been doing on google a lot of people seem to have the same problem with this DVD burner. **** you sony!
     
    Thibault, Dec 14, 2006
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  6. Reezin14

    Reezin14 Crimson Mantle Commander

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    Yes Sir, SONY :( :(
     
    Reezin14, Dec 14, 2006
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    booger Notebook Consultant

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    I have one of the sony drives and have not had any problems yet. NEC drive users seem to have less complaints. Sony has really hurt their name with the battery recall and bad dvd drives.
     
    booger, Dec 17, 2006
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  8. ChangFest

    ChangFest Notebook Consultant

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    Ummm...sorry to burst your anti-Sony bubble, but the drive is a rebranded LiteOn SOSW-852S. This means...it's not a Sony. Try some of the LiteOn firmwares at the bottom of this page.

    NEC and Sony recently merged their optical drive divisions. :p
     
    ChangFest, Dec 18, 2006
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  9. jim6172

    jim6172 Notebook Evangelist

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    now the sony/nec are called optiarc i have 1 seems really quiet and not particular on dvd manufacturer
    jim
     
    jim6172, Dec 18, 2006
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    Reezin14 Crimson Mantle Commander

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    Ummm...sorry to burst your anti-Sony bubble, but the drive is a rebranded LiteOn SOSW-852S. This means...it's not a Sony.

    ChangFest I'm not ANTI-SONY if it dosen't work it dosen't work no matter brand name, but thanks for the link anyway.
     
    Reezin14, Dec 18, 2006
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