Problems with my cdrw/dvd combi!

[rwc101]

I have a PCG FR285 with a QSI SBW-241, and all of a sudden its started freezing playback and skipping when i watch dvds .
Can you help please!
Thanks

[beambeam]

Also having this similar problem but with all types of media files recently! Keen to see replies that could help us out here!

[leven]

Hello both of you

Need some system specifications here please. Hope you both have at least 256 RAM, and if you are playing DVD or working with any sort of media files they are very memory intensive and need to have 512MB RAM. If you are short on RAM for these tasks you could get freezing.
Post back the specs first.
Elaine

[beambeam]

CPU is 2.80GHz Pentium 4
RAM is 512MB
HDD 60GB

Is that what you need? Or anything more?

[leven]

Yes, that`s fine.

First thing I would suspect is the video driver

1.Right click My Computer/Properties/Hardware/Device Manager.
Have a look for "Yellow" errors especially at video drivers.

2. Control Panel/Performance & Maint/Admin Tools/Event Viewer/System
Look for "Red" errors. If you find any (and I`m sure you will ) take a note of the Error Number and Source. Post them back.

Elaine

[beambeam]

Opened up like you said but how do I find "yellow" and "red" - is there something specific I am looking for. Apologies for seeming so clueless but I really appreciate your help. Thanks! :smileygrin:

[beambeam]

OMG - Just gone through the instructions you gave me for Event Viewer! There's 1 o's of red cross icons - I presume these are the "reds" and the triangular ones "yellow"?

[rwc101]

I got a couple of errors -
event 7; source cdrom
event 51; source cdrom
oh, and event 1003; System error
cant find any probs with video drivers though...
thanks

[beambeam]

I havn't a notion on what I am doing or what to do... I seriously have no idea! Help! What am I looking for!

If all else fails Leven then - presuming Leven, Scotland is where you are from - I'm gonna pop by on my way to Crail and get you to fix it!!!

[leven]

OK beambeam.....just calm down. There`s lots of people here to try to help you.

First of all
1. Device Manager. When you opened that you would see a list of devices. Now if there was a "Yellow" error here it would have jumped out at you. It would be very obvious. Was there none there?

This is for you too rwc101


2. We are just interested in the "Red" crosses here.( Never mind the yellow ones.)
Many of them will just be repeats of the same error, so pick one example of each and double click it. Take note of the Error Number and Source and post them back.

rwc101
I`m having a problem tracking these errors down. Here`s a couple of things to try first and see if they help at all, and I will keep looking. I am finding a lot of different explanations of your errors

Easy CD Creator is known to cause this. Do you use it?

Right click My Computer>Properties>Advanced>Performance>Settings>Advanced>Virtual Memory>Change
Select "No Paging File" and OK your way out.
Reboot and go back to the same place. Reset the Paging File to 1.5 times the amount of your RAM. Both Initial and Maximum sizes the same.

Give that a go and see what happens.
What burning software do you both use?

Elaine