topic Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148571#M124458 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Make sure you get some Ritek media, PCLine are not very good.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:05:02 GMT kee-lo_ 2004-09-22T21:05:02Z Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148565#M124452 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i have a PCG-GRT815E. Supposedly it has DVD +-RW. It has a sticker on the darn thing to prove it. On 'My computer 'it only ever comes up as DVD-R and when i put in a blank dvd rw disc to burn, it just tells me to insert a recordable disc. Nero doesn't recognise that I have DVD RW either. I just don't get it.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 01:36:40 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148565#M124452 gabs 2004-09-21T01:36:40Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148566#M124453 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I think it's only a "-" drive.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:23:32 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148566#M124453 kee-lo_ 2004-09-21T14:23:32Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148567#M124454 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I allso have the grt815e yes it is a + and - drive i have the sony dw-u50a drive in mine with firmware 1.5g<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 19:05:41 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148567#M124454 paul100 2004-09-22T19:05:41Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148568#M124455 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi! Does it record onto blank DVD RW disks. But when i put one in it just tells me to insert a recordable disc. I downloaded firmware 1.g the other day.Does it need some other software to recognise them?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:29:33 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148568#M124455 gabs 2004-09-22T20:29:33Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148569#M124456 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Is it + or - rw and what is the make of discs you are using<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:54:03 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148569#M124456 paul100 2004-09-22T20:54:03Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148570#M124457 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>it's a +RW and it's a PCline disc<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 20:58:26 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148570#M124457 gabs 2004-09-22T20:58:26Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148571#M124458 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Make sure you get some Ritek media, PCLine are not very good.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:05:02 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148571#M124458 kee-lo_ 2004-09-22T21:05:02Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148573#M124459 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>i'm not sure that the discs are the problem though because Nero doesn't recognise that i have dvd burning facility and i can only burn cd's with it and in 'My computer' it's always DVD-R. The computer doesn't seem to understand that it has a dvd-rw drive. Any advice Kee-lo?:smileyconfused:<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:10:05 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148573#M124459 gabs 2004-09-22T21:10:05Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148574#M124460 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Ah I see.<BR />This is definately not good... I would try the "-" type, otherwise I think it'll have to go back to Sony for a repair.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:13:00 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148574#M124460 kee-lo_ 2004-09-22T21:13:00Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148576#M124461 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanx. You've confirmed my suspicions. it was a display model so that might have something to do with it. Nero should have recognised the dvd burning facility whether it had a disc in or not, right?<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:24:39 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148576#M124461 gabs 2004-09-22T21:24:39Z Re: Is my vaio lying about its DVDRW?!! https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148577#M124462 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes, it should.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 22 Sep 2004 21:49:16 GMT https://community.sony.pt/t5/pcs-accessories/is-my-vaio-lying-about-its-dvdrw/m-p/148577#M124462 kee-lo_ 2004-09-22T21:49:16Z