HI I RECENTLY BECOME THE PROUD OWNER OF A SONY VAIO PCG FR415B + VERY HAPPY WITH IT ,EXCEPT FOR 1 PROBLEM,THE CDRW/DVD NO LONGER PLAYS DVDS,ITS A QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U,IT WORKED FINE TILL BOUGHT A WEEK AGO,IT STILL READS CD'S BUT JUST SEEMS TO LOCK UP AFTER A DVD IS INSERTED WITH THE LED ON THE DRIVE STAYIN ON+MAKES A LOT OF CLICKING FROM THE DRIVE ALSO,UPDATED THE FIRMWARE ECT 2 NO AVAIL.I THINK THIS IS A HARDWARE PROBLEM+NEED SOME HELP AS TO WHERE I CAN PURCHASE A REPLACEMET + COST. I HAVE SCOURED THE NET AND HAVE JUST CONFUSED MY SELF ABOUT WHICH DRIVES ARE COMPATIBLE. I ALSO WANT TO KNOW HOW DIFFICULT OR EASY THESE ARE 2 REPLACE YOURSELF???? PLEASE HELP 
Hi Loonytoon,
Sorry, I don't know the answer to your problem. I had problems with the CDRom dirve on my last Sony laptop, but it's OK on my new one.
Very cheeckily tho, I was hoping you might be able to help me with a problem on mine (also a FR415B)... basically, I have only just started using this model (although I bought it two years ago), and have noticed the text/font appears blurry in bold in certain applications, e.g. Word and I Explorer... I am trying to find out if this is true on all models, and thus as good as it gets, or if there is something wrong with mine...
Is this the case on yours, can you help with this at all? You can email me at: [email protected] or reply here if you have any ideas.
Muchly appreciated, and hope you sort your drive out
Sarah 
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