My computer is a Piece of Crap

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I just got a DVD rom for christmas, and i have video out...so i went WHOO HOO, installed, and it will hardly play...it takes about 5 min to load, and games freeze up anyway....i think it is my mobo-a cheap POS, the K7SEM by ECS...newest firmware and everything. WHOEVER SOLD THIS THING TO ME SHOULD TAKE ONE OF THESE THINGS AND SHOVE IT UP HIS.......Sry, i feel a bit better now. Had to vent that....anyway, if i can get it to work......


BTW...if anyone has had one of these experiences with this mobo, please tell me how you fixed it...(if you did)


ilikenwf
 
HAHA this is easy you have not turned off / or on ( cant remeber the opposite of what the status is now. ) dma seetings for your drive. right click my computer and go to properties. then to dvd-rom drive then go to properties and see the dma settings. choose the opposite to what it is now.

xm me win 98 95 you shuold do this it will get rid of the choppy ness trust me. if yuo cant figure it out please let me know ill post a screen shot for yuo..

pleas email me ifg you have troubles

jleaman@kaien.net

thanks man.. MERRRY XMAS people......
 
A warning about XP: XP will force your IDE controllers to run in PIO mode only if it thinks there are problems (i.e. your computer locks up too many times). The only way to restore DMA is to uninstall your IDE controller drivers in device manager and reboot.
 
Re: WOW

I'm using Power DVD on XP pro it seems to work great on my rad8500's Svideo, I dont have anything in the house that accepts Svideo so I have to convert it with an adapter to composite. It's a cheapy Radio Shack cable sold for 3 times it's actual value ~L~ the sales guy looked at me like I had 3 heads when I suggested that maybe they should have it in a molded plug (...no 3ft. gawky cable).

What vid card are you using?

zardoz




ilikenwf said:
XP IS DA BOMB!
Got Xp pro the other day...I LOVE IT!....all i need now is a dvd player program that will let me use the s video out on my vid card...
 
ahh copyright issues....

Don't pet the sweaty stuff......it is do able I'm sure. Do some "spookin around on the net" and you WILL find what you need I'm quite sure. I wouldn't advise anyone to help in open post though...that's not what we are here for, as some of the tools would be construed "DVD piracy utilities" you might call them "DVD hacking tools".

When you go looking, do so knowing that your searchs WILL show you lot's of results with the words "lawsuit" in the description 😉

I'm not sugesting in any way that this is your intent, just that you gotta play safe. Know what you are getting and where from...and HOW you get it...and just as important WHO you are getting it from...


2 cents from a junky since the net was the net...

zardoz
 
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