New DVD Drive Problems! [Archive] - ForumsHQ

[Necrosaro420]

I just bought a new 16x dvd drive from compusa. Well I have it installed. The intro/warning screen starts to play on the dvd. Itll play for about 10 seconds or so then lag for about 2 or 3 seconds, and just keeps doing that over and over. And also, I usualy cant even get to the menu of the dvd to play the movie. Ive tryed WMP, WinDVD 4.0, PowerDVD, ect ect all 3 do the same thing. Im running a P4 1.8ghz, 512 ddr pc2100 ram, GeForce4 Ti4200 card. And it still lags. I remember the last dvd drive I had, which was in a different computer, it did the exact same thing for some reason. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks Alot =)

[zan]

My dad had the same problem, it was a problem with the buffers for his.

[Necrosaro420]

Thats kinda what I thought that the problem would be, but I don tsee ANYWHERE to change them, I looked for about 20 minutes and couldnt find how to adjust them anywhere, you happen to know where?

[syntax53]

what kinda drive is it?

[Hanover Fist]

Might alos wanna check to see if you got the latest drivers for it. Also, did you install the SW that came with the DVD drive? Might alos want to check to see if the IDE bus is EIDE or EIDE2 it may require a MB bios upgrade, or simply purchase a separate EIDE/2 controller for it. Might also open up Performance monitor and see what resources are in use when playing the movie to see if memory or processor is thrashing. is alot of things to check, and my experience has generally pointed to problems like this being HW incompatibility, or drivers, followed by SW config or incompatibility.



Hanover Fist

NEVER trust the tech on the phone, cuz theres no way to hit him, if he screws up.

[Necrosaro420]

Its a mad dog 16x entertainer. The software that came with it is just some shitty software. It doesnt have any drivers for the drive itself on the cd, or that were made according to mad dogs website. Its on the 2nd ide with my other cd drive.

[The Ghost]

Ok, wut program are you useing to view the dvd's with.. I have noticed that sometimes the software you use will do it as well

[Speed]

Ive tryed WMP, WinDVD 4.0, PowerDVD, ect ect all 3 do the same thing.

[Necrosaro420]

nod, ,what speed said =) hehehe



Ive tryed WMP, WinDVD 4.0, PowerDVD, ect ect all 3 do the same thing.