DVD drive not responding.
 

I use either PowerDVD or WMP10 to play DVDs and for some reason after about 10 seconds in to any DVD I put on, the player freezes for about 5 seconds then carries on - this continuously happens throughout whatever I'm watching. Task manager tells me it's "not responding" - does anyone know what's up?

Re: DVD drive not responding.
 

Could be hardware failure, dirty lens issues, memory constraints etc. Does it happen wether you use WMP or PowerDVD?

Re: DVD drive not responding.
 

Yes, either programme causes it.

I don't have the same problem when I play CDs or load games though, which makes me think it's a software problem somewhere.

Re: DVD drive not responding.
 

Have you tried stripping out your drivers, software and Codecs and then rebooting, flush your temp files and then reload? I take it you have plenty of HD space available for temporary buffering just in case?

Re: DVD drive not responding.
 

Processes? high page file usage? on powerdvd somewhere theres a hardware acceleration setting? control panel, power options check to see if theres any power saving options set to go after 10 mins

Re: DVD drive not responding.
 

Looks like that might be the way to do it although I'd like to avoid it if possible.

About 140Gb available.

All checked, nothing obvious stands out :(

Re: DVD drive not responding.
 

Clean it, AFAIK DVDs and CDs use different lasers.

Re: DVD drive not responding.
 

Try reinstalling PowerDVD, I say this because WMP will be using PowerDVD's Codec too