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coldspyder_13
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August 26th, 2004 03:00
DVD ROM acting up...skipping...please help...
Dimension 8400 P4 3ghz w/ 1gig of ram. Regardless of what drive I choose, new or old DVD's, I get occasional "skipping" every 10-20 seconds. Not a huge skip, but enough to know something is wrong. I've followed the Predator's instructions on enabling DMA. I've tried both PowerDVD, WinDVD, and Windows Media Player...all with the same result. Other than installing updated DirectX and video card drivers (which didn't seem to help at all), my system is as it was when it left the factory. My rig handles large graphically demanding games with ease, but it can't play a dvd with flawless frames? I'm willing to try anything to get this to work. Thank you.
coldspyder_13
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Posted August 26th, 2004 10:00
Doesn't matter what drive I use. I took the Dvd drive from my older 4400 and put it in my new machine. Still the same results.- coldspyder_13,
Check to see if your DVD drive is being indexed. To do this you need to right-click My Computer, Click manage. Click the plus signs next to Services and Applications, then Indexing Service and System. Click the Directories folder. In the right pane, check for D:\ (or whatever the letter of your DVD drive is). If the entry exists, delete it. Close the Computer Management window and reboot the system then try playing a movie again to see if the skipping still occurs or not. Post back with results.
Grumper
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Posted August 26th, 2004 09:00