My Qosmio F10 doesnt burn CD's or DVDs

Hi all..please i need help..my Notebook(Qosmio F10) is not budrning any cd's or dvd's!!!! i really dont know why..i already tryed to install a new DVD-Rom new soft ware but stilln ot working..it reads only but when i wanna brun is not working!!!!!HELP

Hi
In my opinion your drive is defective. Laser position for reading or writing is not the same. If you want to test it remove drive from device manager and restart the unit. Check the burning option also with Nero burning program. If there is no success I presume that drive is defective. Contact service partner and if the warranty is still valid the drive should be changed for free.
Bye

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I can't seem to be able to receive any form of TV signal on my Qosmio F10.
I have tried both automatic and manual setup of the TV signal within Windows Media Centre, whilst connected to different aerial points and my satellite receiver, but the software never manages to actually receive any form of signal.
I have checked that each of the cables works correctly by connecting it to a TV, and there is definitely a good signal.
All I can think is there is a problem with my Toshiba TV Tuner hardware (I uninstalled it and rebooted to reinstall the TV Tuner drivers), or possibly the little adapter cable.
Anyone else had this problem?
Any ideas??

It would appear that the TV tuner problem I am having is due to a weak signal. Toshiba are working on a fix to improve the TV tuner cards sensitivity, but a lot of the problem seems to be with Media Centre, which is very region specific and doesnt seem very flexible to me.
So I bought a FreeView digital terrestrial TV box (a nice, small Nokia one!) and a SCART-composite adapter. I also bought a WinTV USB2 TV tuner. I have since spent many happy hours testing different setups! Here are my findings (it's been quite a project!)
Analogue Aerial to the TV Card via RF Cable & Dongle:
Qosmio mode - Picks up three of five analogue channels with varying picture quality.
Media Centre - Doesn't find anything! Manual tuning results in no picture and intermittent sound. Unable to use Media Centre without infra-red receiver and remote (which is very annoying!)
Digital Satellite to the TV Card via RF Cable & Dongle:
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Media Centre - Doesn't detect anything, but able to manually enter the channel number and get reasonable results (as long as the infra-red receiver and remote are set up!)
Digital Satellite to Graphics Card via SCART-Composite Cable & Adapter:
Qosmio mode - Finds nothing (obviously only looking for an aerial connection)
Media Centre - Finds signal automatically. Best results so far for video, but doesn't work with the audio... The sound is sent straight to the sound-card, then processed via Media Centre and sent out again with a slight delay. This results in the sound being constantly repeated, which is rather annoying!!!
FreeView to TV Card via RF Cable & Dongle:
Qosmio mode - Finds FreeView signal fairly easily, plus three analogue channels!
Media Centre - Will only find FreeView channel by entering channel number during manual setup.
FreeView to Graphics Card via SCART-Composite Cable & Adapter:
Qosmio mode: Finds nothing.
Media Centre: Also nowt (surprisingly!)
Analogue Aerial to USB Port via WinTV:
Qosmio mode: Doesn't work!
Media Centre: Nope!
WinTV2000: Wow! Best picture so far. Also manages all five channels (our TV can't even get Channel 5!)
Digital Satellite to USB via WinTV:
Qosmio and Media Centre are no go.
WinTV2000: Good results.
Freeview to USB via WinTV:
Qosmio and Media Centre are still non-runners.
WinTV2000: Very good - FreeView works, plus all five analogue channels are available.
I hope this helps in some way. I'm sure you've already drawn your own conclusions...
;o)

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How do I connect my Qosmio F10 laptop to the TV?

Hi
Did you check your user manual?
There you could find a useful informations and details about your notebook features and how to connect it to the TV!
Check this!
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Problem with k3b and DVD Plextor PX-750A doesnt burn DVDs

hello.
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System
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KDE Version: 3.5.7
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I: -input-charset not specified, using utf-8 (detected in locale settings)
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ty from the start for your help.
Last edited by ironwiller (2007-07-12 09:04:39)

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ok and ty very much for help so far
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i like it more in a graphical enviroment.

Qosmio F10-103, Unmountable_ boot_ volume.......what can I do??

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Message was edited by: Ronaldat

Hi,
I don't have the PC in front of me ... it's my son's and presently several hundred miles away, so I'll have to do this by memory (which at my age isn't too reliable, so I apologise in advance if I mislead anyone.
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I used a decent rooftop aerial to plug into the Toshiba ... the pictures for ITV1, Channels4 and 5 are perfect, BBC1 and 2 are poor. Not sure why this should be so since they're OK on my regular TV - maybe someone wants us to watch the adverts!
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>>Still waiting for a phone call after 3 days.
You have my sympathies ...
FrankW

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