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    XPS16 DVD drive accessed too frequently

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by raj280577, Nov 26, 2009.

  1. raj280577

    raj280577 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I got my XPS 16 in Jul 09 and just last month upgraded from Vista premium to Win 7 premium (Dell free upgrade disk).
    Specs: Intel Core2 Duo T9550 2.66 GHz, 4 GB RAM, ATI 4750, 500 GB HDD, Blu-Ray read only drive.

    All the drivers are up to date. After upgrading to Win 7, I faced a strange problem, my movies have started stuttering. It will just freeze for 1-2 seconds then play fine, then after 3-4 minutes freeze again and so on.
    This happens with all the DVD's, Blu-ray disks and with all Software (I tried VLC, PowerDVD).
    Also whenever there is a disk in the drive, it is accessed too frequently (I can hear the sound of it being accessed), even though I am not using the drive but still it is being accessed.
    Tried searching on net for any reasons but found none.
    So at last I am again here and hopefully you ppl can help me.
    Thanks.
     
    raj280577, Nov 26, 2009
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