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DVD Drive Not Working?
Name: Pete2008 (by Steven2008) Date: May 16, 2004 at 07:17:09 Pacific OS: Windows 98 SE CPU/Ram: Pentium III; Pulsar 500,2
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I have a samsung dvd-rom sd-606f i tried playing my dvd's on this and its not working? Normal CD-Rom or Music CD's work but when i put a DVD in it just makes a funny noise as if its struggling. Then nothing happens no DVD pays its just freezes my computer until i eject the disk?
You have to have DVD playing software installed...if it's not installed, DVDs will not play. If it's a new DVD-ROM drive, you should have gotten a CD...probably Cyberlink PowerDVD or Intervideo WinDVD. You can't view a DVD without a program
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Response Number 3
Name: Pete2008 (by Steven2008) Date: May 16, 2004 at 10:08:08 Pacific
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I have Power DVD but its still not working. I reformated my computer around 6 months ago have not really tested the DVD until now. It just seems to be jumpy making alot of noise then it freezes my computer until i eject it.
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Response Number 4
Name: thespawned Date: May 16, 2004 at 13:06:28 Pacific
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are you using a hardware decoder (internal PCI card), if so are the drivers installed for it and is it showing up in the device manager.
If you are using a software decoder it could account for your slow performance. DVDs require a lot of system resources and processor time due to the high quality of the video and audio.
If you are using software decoding i recomend buying a hardware decoder. They are pretty cheap, can probably buy one for about £30.00.
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Response Number 5
Name: Pete2008 (by Steven2008) Date: May 16, 2004 at 13:35:52 Pacific
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Where can i check for the PCI card? I have not got the manual for my computer.
I think i have one but i may need to reinstall the drivers. Any idea where i can these from?
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