topic DW-D56A DVD Drive Problems in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/dw-d56a-dvd-drive-problems/m-p/50410#M103482 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey everyone! <BR /><BR />I have an FS115Z and have been having some DVD drive problems. having browsed the forum for a while I realised that this is not uncommon... as someone said:<BR /><BR /><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">and if you have a DW-D56A that's working, then by definition it IS broken <BR /></PRE> <BR /><BR />my drive is the DW-D56A and it usually works but sometimes it seems to be unable to read dvds. it keeps making the sound it usually does when you first put something in. so i reckon it tries to read the dvd but just cant.<BR /><BR />when it is trying to read nothing else works and everything goes back to normal when i eject the disc. <BR /><BR />i know it is not the discs cause i treid several different ones (and some them brand new) <BR /><BR />i havent been able to understand what causes it to malfunction casue it still works sometimes, just not all the time.<BR /><BR />My question is about the firmware update. should i try it? does it make any difference at all or could it make things worse??<BR /><BR />It is really annoying that Sony dont seem to care enough about widely-recognized problems such as DW-D56A to release a working update... <BR /><BR />thanx for any feedback<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:11:55 GMT JonnyBoy 2005-10-12T16:11:55Z DW-D56A DVD Drive Problems https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/dw-d56a-dvd-drive-problems/m-p/50410#M103482 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hey everyone! <BR /><BR />I have an FS115Z and have been having some DVD drive problems. having browsed the forum for a while I realised that this is not uncommon... as someone said:<BR /><BR /><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote">and if you have a DW-D56A that's working, then by definition it IS broken <BR /></PRE> <BR /><BR />my drive is the DW-D56A and it usually works but sometimes it seems to be unable to read dvds. it keeps making the sound it usually does when you first put something in. so i reckon it tries to read the dvd but just cant.<BR /><BR />when it is trying to read nothing else works and everything goes back to normal when i eject the disc. <BR /><BR />i know it is not the discs cause i treid several different ones (and some them brand new) <BR /><BR />i havent been able to understand what causes it to malfunction casue it still works sometimes, just not all the time.<BR /><BR />My question is about the firmware update. should i try it? does it make any difference at all or could it make things worse??<BR /><BR />It is really annoying that Sony dont seem to care enough about widely-recognized problems such as DW-D56A to release a working update... <BR /><BR />thanx for any feedback<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 12 Oct 2005 16:11:55 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/dw-d56a-dvd-drive-problems/m-p/50410#M103482 JonnyBoy 2005-10-12T16:11:55Z