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    cant play blu ray on my new dell m1530

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by davidvzx, Oct 26, 2008.

  1. davidvzx

    davidvzx Newbie

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    I just picked up a dell m1530 laptop with blu ray,when the screen comes up to the home page to play the movie- it wont play after pushing the play button.Ive tried all the updates and i think its installed correctly in media direct.Is there something someone can tell me to get the movie to play?
    I bought it at bestbuy and when i call up dell they wont help saying that they have a contract with the geek squad- so i called up the geek squad and they wanted $80 to answer a question!
     
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    fonduekid JSUTAONHTERBIRCKINTEHWLAL

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    What driver version do you have? and is the nVidia driver carrying the WHQL certification? I think you need this WHQL for blu-ray playback!! Check for this.
     
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    davidvzx Newbie

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    I just looked and im new to vista so bear with me- all i saw was its a max****a bd-reuj-225s visat x64 (service pack 1) direct version 10.0
    componants ge force 8600m gt video bios ver. 60.84.5e.00.op
    i didnt see anything about it being certifite. does this help?just seems funny that this thing didnt come right out of the box ready to play!!! I got a dell thinking there were better than most other brands- my last laptop was a HP-the powercord on the mother board blew up- so i thought a change would be better and this is the second unit i got because the 1st one from dell lasted 4 days and it wouldnt eject the disc!so they gave me a new one- thanks for the continuing help.
     
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  4. Rodster

    Rodster Merica

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    You should ask your question in the Dell XPS forum. You'll likely get more help there. In the future avoid buying a computer or laptop from Best Buy or any other middleman. It's always best to buy direct to avoid these issues. ;)

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1049
     
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    davidvzx Newbie

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    i went back to bestbuy and all the geek squad personal were trying to figure
    out why one of the computers they sold(at bestbuy) cant play bluray disc's!!
    Windows doesnt let bluray to play yet on there os! some day in the future there will be a free update to allow a bluray disc to be played on this laptop. or as i was told i can buy the software now for $50 to play bluray disc's on my brand new dell!! nice eh? i wish i knew that when i bought it- but even the salesman were not aware of the this.......... anybody know of a free download to get me by for now???? thanks for the help
     
    davidvzx, Oct 27, 2008
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