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    Acer 5920G - Toshiba HD-DVD Driver?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by pbc, Dec 23, 2007.

  1. pbc

    pbc Notebook Evangelist

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    Where can I locate the newest driver for the Toshiba HD-DVD drive that came with the 5920G? I am having problems playing any disc other then the demo disc that came with the drive, e.g., Bourne Ultimatum simply won't load. I get "Region" errors when trying to play standard DVDs (driver is set to REgion 1 and tried to play War of the Worlds and a couple other standard DVD;s but get Region code errors)?

    I can only find XP drivers!

    Thanks,

    Steve
     
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    Okay, unbelievable, but it worked 10 minutes ago, I put the disc back in and am now getting an "incompatible graphics driver" error?? What the heck!?
     
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    Excuse me while I talk to myself for a bit! Okay, Bourne Ultimatum works fine, only if I do not have the laptop hooked up to my TV using the HDMI out cable. When I hook up that cable and try to play the DVD, I get the above error. I have the most recent drivers for the nVidia 8600GT taken off a Toshiba website for Toshiba laptops (but rumoured to work fine with Acer):

    http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/...hhegdecgfkceghdgngdgmn.0&ct=DL&all_docs=false

    I understand the laptop2go drivers are not wQHL signed and have issues with HD-DVD playback, not sure if this is the case or not.

    Geez, what happened to the good old days of buying a laptop and everything worked off the bat! Oh wait, that was never the case was it?!
     
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    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    hey buddy please search the forum.There are topics! taking about 5920G HD-DVD playback issues
     
    bigspin, Dec 23, 2007
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