Sony Vaio Blu-ray problems

[dadkins]

Notebook Hardware Control(Free!)

http://www.pbus-167.com/

You can use it to control all kinds of items on notebooks.
No overclock, I just used it to override the throttling back of the processor.

It seems that the processor was staying throttled and not ramping up and the BDs wouldn't play. Incompatable Driver - BS!

While the processor was running at max(1995 - 1999.5MHz) no more warning and the BDs would play.

Uninstall PowerDVD and see if the discs will play in WinDVD BD for VAIO.

EDIT: Even with Power Options set to Performance, the processor throttles back.
Apparently, for some odd reason, when trying to play a BD, the processor was not ramping up.

Even right now processor *should* be running at 1995+MHz. See pic.



NHC doesn't care.
NHC will run the processor at max if you tell it to.



Thing is, you shouldn't have to run NHC just to watch a BD.

Something has happened since yesterday(?) that is (most likely) not allowing the processor to ramp up - giving you that error and not playing BDs.
No telling what could have done it.

Restore to yesterday. Uninstall PowerDVD - for now.
Try playing a BD with WinDVD BD.