Windows Media Player 11 CD Playback

[Phil Newman]

Hi there,

I've got a 2-year old Dell Dimenson 1100, which does everything I
want. I recently went to play a CD on the dvd drive, and the playback
is awful, with some kind of "popping" sound. I've uploaded an example
here:

http://cid-320da9eb83fa4634.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/CD Drive Example?uc=1

I've checked inside, the CD drive isn't on the same IDE slot as the
harddrive. The CPU and VM size are normal during playback. Only
during ripping does the CPU go crazy.

mp3 playback is fine. no unwanted sounds there.

So I guess it must be the dvd player, which is annoying, as I've
rarely used it.

DVD drives are relatively cheap these days, will I have to upgrade to
ensure good playback?

Regards,

Phil

 

[FrankV]

I would first go to Dell http://www.dell.com/, login to my account, and see
what updates are available.

Frank

 

[Phil Newman]

Hi there,

checked up on dell.com and got some updates, but none seemed to have
helped, despite updating audio drivers and the like.

Thanks anyway,

Phil