DVD drive not responding.
09-04-2006, 09:30
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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?
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09-04-2006, 10:05
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Re: DVD drive not responding.
Could be hardware failure, dirty lens issues, memory constraints etc. Does it happen wether you use WMP or PowerDVD?
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09-04-2006, 10:48
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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.
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09-04-2006, 10:52
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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?
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09-04-2006, 10:57
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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
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09-04-2006, 11:06
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Re: DVD drive not responding.
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Have you tried stripping out your drivers, software and Codecs and then rebooting, flush your temp files and then reload?
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Looks like that might be the way to do it although I'd like to avoid it if possible.
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Originally Posted by Paul
I take it you have plenty of HD space available for temporary buffering just in case?
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About 140Gb available.
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Originally Posted by zinglebarb
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
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All checked, nothing obvious stands out 
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09-04-2006, 18:13
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Re: DVD drive not responding.
Clean it, AFAIK DVDs and CDs use different lasers.
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09-04-2006, 19:03
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Re: DVD drive not responding.
Try reinstalling PowerDVD, I say this because WMP will be using PowerDVD's Codec too
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