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sdkid · 07-18-2007, 02:36 PM

1.5 Mobile Celeron
80 Gig drive
Intel graphics (915GM/GMS)

DVD playback is Totally choppy---unviewably so. I get perhaps 3 or 4 frames per second maybe. Sound is equally jacked up of course. When new, it played DVDs very well--though we haven't tried to play one in quite a while now.

I recently upgraded this machine to 2 Gigs of ram, thinking it was perhaps a shared video memory problem. Also, this machine has 46 processes running right after boot. Many of these are proprietary ACER software apps for the hardware. From what I can tell--all are legitimate programs and scans show it clean of spyware with Spybot and Windows Defender.

Could my DVD drive (rarely used) be bad? Should it be cleaned somehow? My impression was also that it is having a hard time retrieving data from the disks. All DVDs used were store-purchased movies (not home-burned) and in excellent condition.

Ideas?

07-18-2007, 02:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
sdkid Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3 OS: xp Pro	Acer Travelmate 2420 - DVD's don't play! 1.5 Mobile Celeron 80 Gig drive Intel graphics (915GM/GMS) DVD playback is Totally choppy---unviewably so. I get perhaps 3 or 4 frames per second maybe. Sound is equally jacked up of course. When new, it played DVDs very well--though we haven't tried to play one in quite a while now. I recently upgraded this machine to 2 Gigs of ram, thinking it was perhaps a shared video memory problem. Also, this machine has 46 processes running right after boot. Many of these are proprietary ACER software apps for the hardware. From what I can tell--all are legitimate programs and scans show it clean of spyware with Spybot and Windows Defender. Could my DVD drive (rarely used) be bad? Should it be cleaned somehow? My impression was also that it is having a hard time retrieving data from the disks. All DVDs used were store-purchased movies (not home-burned) and in excellent condition. Ideas? __________________ The Dude Abides...