Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 16:54, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> The problem I'm having from a couple of weeks is that the CD-RW/DVD-ROM
> combo isn't recognized at boot by the bios (it says I have no device
> on ide2). I need to shutdown, remove and insert the CD-RW/DVD from the
> bay and it works again like a charm.
>
> I've been told it could be an electric contact problem since it's a
> removable device, I could try to clean all pins...
>
> > BTW, IIRC (I'm not at home at the moment, but will check then), I have
> > the same Vaio model, never upgraded it, and had no problem with it...
>
> me too, until some days ago... Since I found this bios upgrade and
> CD-RW/DVD-ROM is mentioned in the third paragraph (the second dotted
> list) I really hoped this could solve my problems without having to
> struggle with sony support.
It seems to be about a Windows crash when you hot-plug the cdrom drive... can
a native japanese person confirm ? :)
Mike
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