DVD drive doesn't play DVD's

[Stephen]

Hi

My PC is just over a year old (XP Home).

The DVD player plays most DVD's but on some
it just whirls and does nothing.

My system grinds to a halt until I eject it.

From the Device Manager I have uninstalled the
Secondary IDE Channel and rebooted so that
Ultra DMA Mode 2 is active (it turns off after 6 failed attempts).

I have downloaded Media Player 9

I have got WinFast LeadTek DVD and
also InterVideo WinFAst DVD 4.

The same problem occurs on all players.

My PC DVD player is set to Region 2 (UK).

The DVD's that will not play are a set of 5 'not pirates'
with Region code '0' (all areas).

The DVD's play great through my stand alone DVD player.

I have spent 2 days trying to figure this one out.

Can anyone help?

Thank you in advance - Stephen

 

[Willie]

You didn't mention if any of the DVDs that won't play are *burned* from
another Burner. If so, some of the "+" & "-" may not be compatable with your
DVD Rom Drive. To be honest, i'm not sure if this applies to DVD-Rom drives
in computers, but have seen the issue of not being *read* in stand alone
drives.

Willie

 

[Guest]

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