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    M1530 - Vista x64 w/ Slot Load Blu Drive - hangs watching large files such as .mkv

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gedaliah_atl, Jan 16, 2010.

  1. gedaliah_atl

    gedaliah_atl Newbie

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    Hi,

    I have a Dell XPS M1530 with a T9300 processor, 6 gigs RAM, Vista 64-bit Home Premium and a Slot Load Blu-Ray drive. Have used the drive to burn very large amounts of data onto BD discs without a problem. However I notice say I burn a .mkv file onto DVD media and watch it in VLC player; after about 13 minutes the video freezes, the drive and Windows hangs and I am forced to do a hard shutdown of Windows. Watching the same files either locally or from a thumb drive, no problem at all. Other than this issue, Vista is very stable on this machine. Could this be a) a hardware problem with the Blu-Ray drive b) a driver problem with the Blu-Ray drive c) a Windows Vista x64 issue d) a problem with the DVD media I burned the files to e) none of the above; something else.

    Thanks in advance for your feedback!
     
    gedaliah_atl, Jan 16, 2010
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  2. bikerboy94

    bikerboy94 Notebook Evangelist

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    just a thought. have you checked for a firmware update from maker of your BR drive.
     
    bikerboy94, Jan 16, 2010
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  3. gedaliah_atl

    gedaliah_atl Newbie

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    I will do that.
     
    gedaliah_atl, Mar 3, 2010
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