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Help! DVD-Drive problems!
A2597
Fanboy
in Zocalo v2.0
OK, as many of you know, I got a new PC awhile back, one of the components was a DVD drive.
when I first started the PC (Had yet to install drivers for most things) the drive worked PERFECTLY, I could watch DVDs, no problem. I proceeded to install drivers for thins such as the video card (GeForce 3 Ti 200) and the CD-RW, and sound card.
done with that. week or so went by, tried playing a DVD...black screen with garbled sound playing. weird...
updated the drivers for the vid card. no help.
uninstalled and re-installed the DVD drive.
same problem.
music and Data CDs work perfectly, its only DVDs that are not working.
Some specs:
Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612
Win XP Pro
GeForce 3 Ti 200
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Not certain what sound card, I think sound blaster. (Avance AC'97 driver, whatever that means)
and 512 megs of DDR ram
Any help would be greadtly appreciated!
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[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
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[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
when I first started the PC (Had yet to install drivers for most things) the drive worked PERFECTLY, I could watch DVDs, no problem. I proceeded to install drivers for thins such as the video card (GeForce 3 Ti 200) and the CD-RW, and sound card.
done with that. week or so went by, tried playing a DVD...black screen with garbled sound playing. weird...
updated the drivers for the vid card. no help.
uninstalled and re-installed the DVD drive.
same problem.
music and Data CDs work perfectly, its only DVDs that are not working.
Some specs:
Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1612
Win XP Pro
GeForce 3 Ti 200
AMD Athlon XP 1800+
Not certain what sound card, I think sound blaster. (Avance AC'97 driver, whatever that means)
and 512 megs of DDR ram
Any help would be greadtly appreciated!
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[b]whitestar90: [/b]"it would give the computer a heartattack just looking at it" -
[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
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[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
Comments
Remove all cards and add them one-by-one. See what causes the problem.
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AnlaShok, Captain of the Gray Hand of Fate Squadron
Sidhe-1
Wielder of the Big Heavy Hammer of Obvious Truth
"FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!"
both uninstalled and reinstalled, neither fixed the problem.
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[b]whitestar90: [/b]"it would give the computer a heartattack just looking at it" -
[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
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[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
However, my guess is that some driver you installed screwed up your DVD software somehow (probably replaced a driver file it relied on).
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
:P
most DVD players on board computers dont have dedicated hardware/firmware players ( more's the pity ), they rely on software players which can be dodgy to say the least.
even the one onboard the Mac's is software but atleast its pretty much bullet proof...
failing all this... buy a PS2 and stop moaning.. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
all have the exact same problem.
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[b]whitestar90: [/b]"it would give the computer a heartattack just looking at it" -
[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
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[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
(Hardware or software decoding)
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[b]whitestar90: [/b]"it would give the computer a heartattack just looking at it" -
[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
---
[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
As for the Avance AC `97 codec, that means you don't actually have a sound card; you're using onboard integrated sound. Get a real sound card, you cheap git!
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We are here to place President Grenewetzki under arrest!
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
any idea where this DVD configuration thingy is? can't locate one....
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[b]whitestar90: [/b]"it would give the computer a heartattack just looking at it" -
[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
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[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
But it's not a bad chip, either. the Integrated audio isn't bad. It's actually rather nice.
And no problems with the video on DVDs right?
And you already checked that DMA was enabled on the DVD drive (I had him do that on ICQ)...
Ok, what next...you're probably using software decoding. It could be memory related (ie the sound gets out of sync with the video becuase of not enough memory available) - but thats doubtful.
Got a couple things for you to try:
- See if on a completely fresh boot you can play the DVD without a problem. Its probably memory related if you can.
- Try other programs to decode with...could be a bad decoder. I use CinePlayer if you need it, but I don't know if it works with XP. I have WinDVD on a system at home, but we have never played DVDs on that system.
I also have a question: Does a DVD need a specific Audio Codec? If so, could it be that your Codec is bad?
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
once in awhile I get a menu of the DVD, but even that doesnt work right...
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[b]whitestar90: [/b]"it would give the computer a heartattack just looking at it" -
[b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
[b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
---
[b][i]ahhh, the good old days of HTML.[/i][/b]
DVD player software is nasty stuff... I have to reboot into an older system software to play DVD's on my Mac...
if you can find no other way around it partition your HD (or whack in a little extra one) and boot from it for DVD playback... I cant imagine you are that bigger power user that you'll want to watch DVD's and twirl polys in Max at the same time...
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We are here to place President Grenewetzki under arrest!
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[url="http://www.minbari.co.uk/log12.2263/"]Never eat anything bigger than your own head.[/url]
"Nonono...Is not [i]Great[/i] Machine. Is...[i]Not[/i]-so-Great Machine. It make good snow cone though." - Zathras
I'd guess either your MPEG decoding codecs are screwed or else your memory DMA access is screwed.
Also, MAKE SURE you have the Area code on your DVD drive set to your area! That could be your problem. Go into device settings and click properties on your DVD drive. I assume XP is the same as 2k in this. Make sure you are set for Region 1 (thats United States...and some others).
--RC