by paranoia » Sun Jul 06, 2003 8:44 pm
Well you got me stumped, but since I like challenges, and hate to not be able to figure something out, I don't want to give up. I hope you don't mind working on your puter.
Okay, for the DVD player. By what type I mean, is what brand is the drive. It will normally say right on the front. (Teac, Sony...).
Will the DVD drive play CD's and everything else normally, just won't play DVD's?
If that's the case, then it is just the software, and we should be able to get you some nice free DVD software easily. (But I recommend PowerDVD. Haven't tried NVDVD yet, but hear it's good too. WinDVD is the other big name, but I don't like it that much (just my preferance though))
As for the CD player. What IDE channel is it on (if you don't know, or know how to tell, let me know)
When the computer crashed before, what was the crash, and how did you fix it? And have you tried Lots of CD's? The times I have been able to find that error message, it only popped up part of the time, and not all of the time. (though as of yet I haven't found a reason, or solution)
I don't need these yet, but the following specs I think we will need before this is out. As as always, answer what you can, and let me know what you need help with.
Computer type and model
Processor type and speed (IE AMD Athlon XP 1800 or Intel P3...)
Motherboard Model
I need to know every device in an IDE slot, and where it is located (IE 20 gig hard drive in primary master...)
Ram (type and speed if applicable)
and another thing, if you know how, get into BIOS and see if your drives show up fine there.
That's all I can think of for now, so lets see what you can find out on that, and we will solve this.