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    Is my DVD drive going bad?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by rmccurdy8, Nov 15, 2006.

  1. rmccurdy8

    rmccurdy8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey guys, everything is working fine with one exception, when I play movies it kind of jitters. That is to say it just doesn't play smooth. it is not intermitten, it does it aboutevery 5 seconds.

    So you think the drive is bad?

    it is a 4501WLMI that is still running great after 2 years!

    Thanks guys!!!
     
    rmccurdy8, Nov 15, 2006
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  2. deviance

    deviance Notebook Enthusiast

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    try to boot up from safe mode. and try playin the dvd there. it could be a third party software issue, but that's just an assumption ;)
     
    deviance, Nov 17, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Also check in your deivice manager(one of the IDE channels) if the drive interface has locked itself to PIO mode instead of DMA.
     
    miner, Nov 17, 2006
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    rmccurdy8 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks guys, I will try these and let you know.
     
    rmccurdy8, Nov 17, 2006
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