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    New R61 (T9300) Video Stuttering problem

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by stryfe, Feb 29, 2008.

  1. stryfe

    stryfe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just bought a new R61 Penryn and when I try to play any video (divx, wmv, avi, flv, youtube) I get this video stuttering problem. I have the integrated video card and more than enough horse power with the processor. I just installed 4gb or RAM also.

    I checked to see if the video driver was up-to-date and it is and I installed the whole Klite codec package just to make sure it wasn't a codec problem. I thought it was windows media player so I download the Video Lan player and I still get the stuttering problem. I'm trying to prevent from reinstalling my OS, but that's my next and last option.

    Anbody out there have any ideas on how I can fix this? Thanks.
     
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  2. Arki

    Arki Super Moderator

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    I'm pretty sure it's the ThinkVantage Active Protection System. It's a software that stops your HDD if your motherboard senses too much movement on your laptop. The purpose of it is to disable the HDD in case you drop your laptop so it can save the data; but the default settings of it are IMO sensative. So open that program up and lower the sensativity. That should fix your problem.
     
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  3. SonDa5

    SonDa5 Notebook Deity

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    I've had a simimiliar problem once on my desktop with RAM. Might be your new RAM. Not 100% compatible.

    What kind of RAM did you get?
     
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    stryfe Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thank you. That was the problem. I don't know why they have the settings so high.
     
    stryfe, Feb 29, 2008
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