Sony Vaio Woes :(

[KevinGPO]

My girlfriend's got a laptop with these specifications:

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SONY PCG-Z600TEK

Windows XP Professional.
P3 700MHz

Video Card:
ATI RAGE MOBILITY-M1 AGP
CD-ROM Drive:
TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-7002Bc SCSI
Modem:
Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax PCI Modem
Network Card:
Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
Sound Card:
YAMAHA DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC (WDM)

Current BIOS Version:
R0203Z3 / RK203Z3

autoexec.bat
MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD /M:12 /V /L:G

config.sys
DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
DEVICE=VA16365.sys /ne
DEVICE=VA16CD.SYS /D:MSCD

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However when she plays MP3s through Windows Media Player the songs jump/skip
a lot. This is a

very serious problem.

Recently we bought a ARTEC DVD & REWRITABLE CD DRIVE, Model - ARTEC 52X
EXTERNAL. When we

play DVD movies it's fine but frequently the movie slows down and goes
jerky. Very annoying.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=981109



Does anyone know what the problem is?

 

[David H. Lipman]

You do have something wrong !

WinXP does NOT use CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT !

So what did you or her do to the platform ?

BTW: I support numerous Sony Vaio notebooks. They are CRAP !

Dave



| My girlfriend's got a laptop with these specifications:
|
| -------------------------------------------------
| SONY PCG-Z600TEK
|
| Windows XP Professional.
| P3 700MHz
|
| Video Card:
| ATI RAGE MOBILITY-M1 AGP
| CD-ROM Drive:
| TOSHIBA CD-ROM XM-7002Bc SCSI
| Modem:
| Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax PCI Modem
| Network Card:
| Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet Adapter (10/100)
| Sound Card:
| YAMAHA DS-XG PCI Audio CODEC (WDM)
|
| Current BIOS Version:
| R0203Z3 / RK203Z3
|
| autoexec.bat
| MSCDEX.EXE /D:MSCD /M:12 /V /L:G
|
| config.sys
| DEVICE=ANSI.SYS
| DEVICE=VA16365.sys /ne
| DEVICE=VA16CD.SYS /D:MSCD
|
| -------------------------------------------------
|
| However when she plays MP3s through Windows Media Player the songs jump/skip
| a lot. This is a
|
| very serious problem.
|
| Recently we bought a ARTEC DVD & REWRITABLE CD DRIVE, Model - ARTEC 52X
| EXTERNAL. When we
|
| play DVD movies it's fine but frequently the movie slows down and goes
| jerky. Very annoying.
|
| http://www.pcworld.co.uk/product.php?sku=981109
|
|
|
| Does anyone know what the problem is?
|
|

 

[CS]

You do have something wrong !

WinXP does NOT use CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT !

So what did you or her do to the platform ?

BTW: I support numerous Sony Vaio notebooks. They are CRAP !

Dave

Hey Dave, tell us what you really think of Sony notebooks.....<g>

Have to agree with you. Actually even the Sony desktops have gone to
the dogs. (Please excuse the expression - all you animal lovers)

 

[wojo]

Hey Dave, tell us what you really think of Sony notebooks.....<g>

Have to agree with you. Actually even the Sony desktops have gone to
the dogs. (Please excuse the expression - all you animal lovers)

Better to say they've gone to the cats
I like dogs but cars...they make good dog FOOD.

 

[wojo]

oops "cars"??? I meant caTs of course.

Better to say they've gone to the cats
I like dogs but cars...they make good dog FOOD.

 

[Guest]

How did you install the dvd and cd-rw? What drivers got installed. Today, must DVD and CD devices are plug-n-play, their really isn't a reason to be using MSCDEX for XP to recognize the devices.

 

[Tedd Riggs]

"BTW: I support numerous Sony Vaio notebooks. They are CRAP !"

Wish someone had told me that 3 years ago after spending $2800 for a Vaio
XG-9....Lets see, screen died twice, Screen Driver board died once, Keyboard
died one time and lucky if I can get 200 charge/recharge cycles out of the
battery.
However one good point..Almost got all my program data off this bomb and on
to a new laptop (not Sony...) after that I think a small dose of C-4 will
help the Vaio out greatly