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5720 dvd troubles

post #1 of 4
8/28/06 at 2:21am
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Very recently (just this week) I've been getting some strange problems with my dvd drive. Anytime I'm using it I get very high cpu useage and I can't get dvds to play properly without stuttering anymore. I messed around with tons of codecs, so that is definitely not the problem, especially since it happens even when I'm just copying a file over. Could the dvd drive be failing or possibly my bus? Any help would be much appreciated. This is the original dvd drive with lightscribe.
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post #2 of 4
9/6/06 at 11:20am
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I finally found what the problem was and fixed it. Windows XP slipped my drive into PIO mode while I wasn't looking (XP sometimes does this if you put a bad disc in the drive and let it try to read it...). To get it to go back to DMA I had to delete a few registry keys so that windows would properly redetect the drive the next time I booted. Worked like a charm!

Here's the site with the keys:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hard..._21970299.html
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post #3 of 4
9/8/06 at 3:58am
If you can, could you please also post this in the Tech Support area ? People who comes looking for help usually check there and this might help them a lot.


Or maybe a moderator could please move this thread there?
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post #4 of 4
9/8/06 at 5:16pm
Np
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