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    Help my DVD drive is stuttering!

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by midkhan, Nov 4, 2007.

  1. midkhan

    midkhan Notebook Consultant

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    I starting backing up some (three) dvds in two days, using dvdfab, dvdsrink, imgburner etc. I noticed that the last copy I did was a bad one, with stuttering frames and buzz in the audio (sounding like a bad tv reception). I thought it was a bad copy that I did. So I burned another copy. Same result. Then I realized that even when I play the original dvd I have this problem! Did I over work the burner?! Please help me pinpoint the issue. Many thanks.

    P.S.: The first two copies were fine and the dvd drive worked fine before too. Also, when I stream movies online I have no frames or audio issue.

    Midkhan
     
    midkhan, Nov 4, 2007
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    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    I'm not sure, but maybe you could try updating the driver.
     
    Padmé, Nov 4, 2007
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    Make sure the drive is running in UDMA mode and not PIO mode. Use device manager for this.
     
    bubba_000, Nov 5, 2007
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    midkhan Notebook Consultant

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    I checked and it's not in PIO. I think I was burning for too long. Any solution for the cleaning the drive?
     
    midkhan, Nov 5, 2007
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  5. ZaZ

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    Perhaps the disc was bad.
     
    ZaZ, Nov 6, 2007
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  6. scooberdoober

    scooberdoober Penguins FTW!

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    Sounds like a drive hardware issue to me.
     
    scooberdoober, Nov 6, 2007
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  7. midkhan

    midkhan Notebook Consultant

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    Tried different disks. Same result.
     
    midkhan, Nov 7, 2007
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    I may have missed this, but have you tried the discs in another system yet?
     
    scooberdoober, Nov 7, 2007
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