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  1. My pc recognizes the DVD drive fine.

    The problem is that when I play a DVD there are artifacts running across the screen. It's pretty bad. In addition, the software installation cd that came with the drive which contains PowerDVD, myDVD, etc... will not install. It crashes giving a Windows error that Macromedia splash.exe encountered a problem and needs to shut down, etc...

    I'm running Windows XP Professional.

    I installed the latest firmware for the DVD, and I have the latest video driver.

    Does anyone know if there is some kind of patch, XP or otherwise that could fix this or do I just have a bad DVD drive?
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  2. Just a guess but it could be an ASPI layer problem so I would download and run ForceASPI then re-boot the computer and see that helps.
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  3. This should be in DVD Writers and not DVD Recordes forum
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  4. Thanks, I tried ForceASPI 1.7 and rebooting but unfortunately I'm having the same problems. Running the ASPI Check utility showed that the ASPI is installed properly.

    I wonder what else it could be...

    -D
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  5. Oops. Sorry! I'll post there instead.

    -D.
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  6. Originally Posted by dvdrmonkey
    Thanks, I tried ForceASPI 1.7 and rebooting but unfortunately I'm having the same problems. Running the ASPI Check utility showed that the ASPI is installed properly.

    I wonder what else it could be...

    -D
    Maybe check in windows device manager to confirm the drive has DMA enabled. Also you could try moving the drive to IDE2 as a master drive if you have it on IDE1 as a slave now.
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  7. yea i had that same issue with my dru-500ax crap installation cd.. as far as drive preformace make sure the drive is in dma mode it defaults to pio for some odd reason.. as far as firmware blah i heard the new firmware is crap. lol u wanted the old firmware that allowed u to burn 1x disc at 2x lol
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  8. Nero Infotool gives you all the possible info about your drive and what it's doing, what mode your computer is, what aspi you have, etc its free & small at:
    http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=download.html
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  9. One thing Sony drive's are not good. Also the software that come's with the sony drive suck's. I know I had two DRU500AX
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  10. I have 500A and it is great
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    Couple of things. Sony DVD drives are very good and whether or not you like the included software should not prevent the origional poster from being able to read the disc.


    Is it a new drive? If so, I would exchange it for another 510A.


    Howard
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  12. Actually the only software worth keeping that comes with the Sony is RecordNow.
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  13. Originally Posted by Bob W
    Actually the only software worth keeping that comes with the Sony is RecordNow.
    Agree... ANyway I use Nero
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  14. Sounds like his windows is going bad, unable to install? Not a good sign.

    YMMV
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    Another one who blames the Sony drive when he can't get it to work on a crappy platform. If you are having problems installing a piece of software, it can usually be traced to a corrupt windows/System 32 installer. Sounds like it's time to start all over and wipe it clean with a freash install.
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  16. i had the same problem with my sony drive i solved it by disabling dma support i set it to pio n it worked perfectly but when it came to burn it was to slow so i had to enable dma on and it burned with no problems i tried every bloody thing n nuthing worked i even tried a fresh install and it did the same guys does anyone know how i could make my sony drive rip faster at d moment its only rippin movies at 2X can anyone help
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