Sony DVD Burners DW-Q28A 16X Sony DVD Writer 4X Dual Layer DVD ...
Hmmm I would go for the LG burner, For 1 it is rs500 cheaper... and second the LG burns disks a whole lot better than the Sony ($47.00)/Liteon ($45.00). And if anything my next choice would be the BenqQ 1640 ($44.00) or Pioneer A109 ($50.99). (+R for benq and -R for Pioneer) depending on which type of disks you can get easier. LG ($49.99) is a DVD-RAM company but it seems to be the only one which can do both well. NEC ($45.00) is good too.
DW-Q28A Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer (16x/8x/16x DVD+RW, 16x/6x/16x DVD-RW, 4x DVD±R DL, 48x/24x/48x CD-RW)
Current Lowest Price: US$47.00
http://www.burnworld.com/dvd-burner/sony-dw-q28a.htm
Not familiar with the vaio... But it could be a bad disk. IE a disk with data on it that is confusing the machine. Happens often. But havent seen that error message.
And you can assign an IRQ to USB devices in the Bios. Press the DEL key during startup/reboot and it should take you into it. Some things wont work without an IRQ assigned to the VGA and/or USB.
And you cant get better than the pinnacle...
