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    DVD-RW Drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by IKilledClippy, Mar 8, 2008.

  1. IKilledClippy

    IKilledClippy Notebook Guru

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    Hey,

    Yet another question from Clippy's assailant. Aren't you lucky? :)

    I was hoping someone would be able to answer this. I decided to lose the HP DV6775US and get a different machine. Probably a Sager with Win XP Pro on it. My problem with the HP was no matter what I did with the drivers, codecs or anything, my DVDs would still not play properly and I'm not convinced it was the drive. Or if it was, I wouldn't be sure what it was. Is it possible that DVD-RW drives have built in copy protection that would prevent people from properly playing a DVD if the operating system or whatever else thinks you don't have permission to play it? I ask because if I get said Sager with XP Pro on it since I've never have this DVD issue on XP at all, would I still run into it with the DVD drive on this notebook? I want to be able to watch DVDs unhindered.
     
    IKilledClippy, Mar 8, 2008
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  2. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Where are you buying the laptop from, and where did you purchase your dvds from? Chances are you are trying to play back DVDs purchased from another region, which your dvd player will not allow as it is locked to the region of purchase.
     
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    IKilledClippy Notebook Guru

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    It was set to region 1 which is where I bought the DVDs in question. All of my DVDs are region 1.
     
    IKilledClippy, Mar 8, 2008
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  4. John Ratsey

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    Check if one of the IDE channels has the Current Transfer Mode set to PIO. If so uninstall the channel and let Windows redetect and reinstall it. The opical drive should have a transfer mode of UDMA 2 but reading problems can cause Windows can change the mode. PIO is slow and CPU-intensive.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Mar 9, 2008
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