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    CD/DVD player not reading??

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by almac01, Jun 1, 2008.

  1. almac01

    almac01 Newbie

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    I have a Sony Vaio VGN N21M with Windows vista and my dvd/cd player has stopped reading the discs. It stiil seems to go through a register process when you enter a disc but ultimately doesnt recognise it. Its been working fine up till now! Anyone got thoughts as to a fix?

    thanks
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    1. Is the optical drive still showing up in Device Manager?

    2. Have you changed region too many times?

    3. See this Microsoft article.

    John
     
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    almac01 Newbie

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    1. yes, the optical drive is showing ok
    2. Ive never changed regions!
    3. Im not sure if this is the answer as I am not getting any error messages. the only message I get is when I tried to start the DVD direct by double clicking on the drive in My Computer..I got the message to enter a disc( ie it wasnt seeing the disc that was in the drive)

    thanks anyway!
     
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    OK. Maybe the autostart option has got disabled.

    Does the player software play the disc OK if you start it?

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jun 1, 2008
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