| Daniel Lawrence 2003-05-25, 10:23 pm |
| did you install the latest chipset drivers for the motherboard? Did you
install any software like PC Friendly when playing your DVD? What resolution
and color depth is your screen at? DO you get the same issue if you play
other types of video files?
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Daniel Lawrence
A+, Network+, MCP
"Sundog1966" <sundog1966@sympatico.com> wrote in message
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> I have a ATI7200 video card and a TOSHiba DVD drive install on a
> computer with a AMD duron processor on it. The hardware was working
> fine together on Windwos 2000.
>
> Due to a IP problem caused by a packet sniffing software not
> completely uninstalling I wiped the machine and installed XP from
> scratch.
>
> Initially when I played a DVD it worked fine. The first time! The
> next and all subsequent times the machine totally freeses.
>
> I then downloaded the latest drivers for the ATI card from the website
> and installed them. Again the first time I played a DVD it played
> fine (All the way though for 2 hours). When I removed he DVD and
> tried to paly another one the machine froze. It also freeses with the
> original DVD.
>
> Any suggestions on this flaky issue? This is a new one on me.
>
> I am tempted to reinstall 2000 and kiss XP good bye till I get new
> hardware.
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