Posts by TheSonofDarwin

I had used just the cleaning disk before and it hadn't worked. The alcohol and Q-tip method did. Thanks a bunch, I was getting worried after searching through other forums with people that had similar problems that I'd have to invest...

Not really much (read: any) help, but I'm semi-relieved to hear I'm not the only one who is having this problem on their 5680. DvD-R's that I KNOW have files on them get read as empty, no DVDs play period. This seems to be just a...

Ok, small update. Tried restoring computer to before the problem arose and that didn't help. What did help was going into Windows Media Player and turning on "Use High Quality Mode" for Media Acceleration. So now all...

I've tried them and have had nothing but trouble ever since. Video freezes the computer even after uninstalling/cleaning and reinstalling old drivers, and trying to restore me computer to before I installed them. I'm still trying to...

Nope I went into safe mode and uninstalled the drivers and then used Driver Cleaner Pro to remove the files that uninstall didn't get. However, when I tried to install the drivers again while in safe mode, I got an INF error and an...

Ok, so here's the situation. The past 3 days whenever I open any video (wmv, mpg, etc.) in any video player (WMP, Real, etc.) it 1) doesn't play the video, but DOES play the sound, 2) won't shut down, slows down the computer, and when...

And if anyone is still listening to me... I decided to break down and pay the $7 for Arctic Silver 5 and got around to putting it on today (following the guide in the sticky). Here's the results - everything the same as the previous...

And here we are, same location ingame (so strain would be the same), same external processes running, same everything except I "modded" the lapcool2 to give an extra 1/4" lift. You'd have thought something this small...

Since I posted previously and said I thought I had my problem fixed I thought I'd post back and say my problem started up again. Same thing as you guys - it's without a doubt a heat issue and I only get it, like you guys, playing MMORPG...

I was recently having a problem like this playing another graphics intensive game. I tried everything - original drivers, catalysts, and omegas, that didn't help at all. Bios was up to date, no ad/spyware or viruses, much more computer...