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    Problems with my M570U in Afghanistan

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by nhkayaker17, Nov 17, 2007.

  1. nhkayaker17

    nhkayaker17 Newbie

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    I've been having problems with my DVD player on my Clevo M570U. My DVD's have been skipping badly and in most cases, freeze altogether. I haven't had any problems with installing programs though it seems just the DVD'sare causing problems. I will admit that I have been playing pirated movies(its all I can get here) and I didn't care when they skipped or didn't play alltogether, but now I'm having problems with region 1 disks my family sends me from the states. I checked and the IDE controler and it is still in DMA (pirated DVD's were causing XP to change from DMA to 'PIO only'). Could it be a hardware issue or maybe dust? I've kept it pretty safe in a 1550 Pelican case (waterproof, dustproof, shockproof). Any ideas?

    Clevo M570U
    17" WUXGA
    Intel Core2Duo 2.2Ghz.
    3MB DDR RAM
    Nvidia Quadro FX 2500M/512Mb
    120GB HD
    Windows XP Professional
     
    nhkayaker17, Nov 17, 2007
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  2. kl5167

    kl5167 Notebook Evangelist

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    Well I have been to the lands of stan and it could very well be the sand and the dust. Any chance you could get one of those dvd/cdrom cleaning disk and try it? (probably not). I have had some issue using power dvd to play movies it cause them to pause and jump. I started using vlc and haven't had any issues with it. Most likely though it needs to be cleaned if you can get to the led with q-tip and some alcohol it would help a lot. Any way thats all I got from Iraq...
     
    kl5167, Nov 17, 2007
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  3. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

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    try getting a program called anydvd, it eliminates dvd regiond codes while it runs in the backround. some dvd drives can only change region codes so many times before they are done.. some are 5 times others ive seen are even 10.. cant be sure this is your problem but i have seen it before and this solved it for the people i suggested it to.. its from slysoft try it out.. start it up and let it run then play whatever region dvd's you want to..
     
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  4. kl5167

    kl5167 Notebook Evangelist

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    Good suggestion zfactor if they can't find anydvd they can try dvd43 as well. Unless they are running vista64 it is not supported. I forgot about that.
     
    kl5167, Nov 17, 2007
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  5. Exatrive

    Exatrive Notebook Consultant

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    try running the dvd off the actual HD.. if that fixes your shutter it could be DVD Drive issue. AnyDVD is SWEET! and runs on Vista 64 here..

    anyway if you get AnyDVD, rightclick the fox on the Tray next to the clock and it will give you a option to "Rip Video DVD to Harddisk..."
     
    Exatrive, Nov 18, 2007
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  6. nhkayaker17

    nhkayaker17 Newbie

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    I'll try using a different DVD player but I don't think that will help. I also don't think it has to do with the region my DVD player is set to. Its already on region 1 but my DVD's from the states skip also. How do I fix it if its my driver thats messing up things? When my DVD got stuck in PIO only format I deleted the driver and let windows find it again but is there a factory driver that might work better?
     
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    kl5167, Nov 18, 2007
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    Santrago Notebook Consultant

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    Nvidia Quadro FX 2500M/512Mb---

    where the hell did you get a 5790 with a Quadro GPU?
     
    Santrago, Nov 18, 2007
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  9. bobeer86

    bobeer86 Notebook Geek

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    it's not 5790, but 5760 (Clevo m570U)
    ..those were available with Quadro FX's 1500 and 2500

    ;)
     
    bobeer86, Nov 18, 2007
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    why the fk does 1500 link to a dell computer....
     
    Derq, Nov 19, 2007
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  11. zfactor

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    did you try anydvd? just curious to see how it worked for you.
     
    zfactor, Nov 19, 2007
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