DVD Player Locking Up?

Discussion in 'General Hardware' started by buildcustompc, Jan 31, 2006.

  1. buildcustompc

    buildcustompc Newbie

    Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place for this but I'm having a problem with my pc. I just built it maybe 2 weeks ago and it's been working great. But today when I try to play a dvd it locks up and restarts. I can play call of duty multiplayer or the game with no problems why won't it play dvds? Is there a diagnostic program out there I could use? Thanks.

    My comp: AMD 3500+ Winchester
    Gigabyte K8NF-9 PCI-E Nforce 4
    6600GT 128mb Vid.
    1GB Corsair Valueselect in Dual Channel
    80GB SATA HD
    Windows XP Home

    Powerdvd 6 PLayer
     
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  2. aKho

    aKho beat around the bush

    what DVD brand is it? Sony, Pioneer, etc..?
    the DVD you were trying to play, is it original? :shifty:
    have you tried other dvd's?

    :think:
     
  3. buildcustompc

    buildcustompc Newbie

    DVD Lockup?

    The DVD is 20th FOX and I tried playing call of duty and the game won't work now either. The pc locks up and reboots. It makes no sense to me. Thanks!
     
  4. kayFX

    kayFX Newbie

    the appropriate question is what dvd rom brand is it?.. anyway, why don't u try another dvd player program eg. win dvd?..
     
  5. 1031982

    1031982 Just Started

    Well, if the PC is doing it on other things as well, I would look at the DVD drive being faulty, or miss-configured with jumpers. It's also possible that it requires an 80-wire IDE cable, not a 40-wire.
     
  6. buildcustompc

    buildcustompc Newbie

    DVD Player Lockup

    Thanks for all the advice! The drive was the problem.

    Will
     
  7. RangerRed

    RangerRed Newbie

    Copy protection of the drive maybe... they can hang ur pc if the dvd u put in has copy protection.
     

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