Hi,
First, here are my related PC specs (it's a Dell Dimension 8250)
- Win XP Pro SP1
- P4 2.52
- 512 RAM
- GeoForce4 MX 420 Graphics
- Sount Blaster Live Series
- Sony DVD -RW DRU-820A
- NEC CD-RW 9300A
I have an odd problem playing DVD's and CD's. Basically, music and video's are playing in fast forward. Not so much so that you can't see or hear like a normal fast forward but at sort of hyper speed - maybe
1.5x so the sound is a bit garbled and video is jumpy.I have had the CD and DVD players working with no problem over 6 months. It all started happening after I rented a DVD that I didn't notice had a huge scratch in it. I was watching it on my TV's DVD player and it wouldn't go past a certain point so I tried it in my PC's DVD player. It played a little further but still had issues around the same time frame. On my PC it gave an error popup - something to the effect of not being able to read the DVD. I tried a couple of times and gave up. But, ever since then I've had the hyper speed problems.
I've done a bunch of troubleshooting already -
- Checked for DMA/IRQ conflicts and don't see any.
- Tried playing DVD's and CD's in different software - VLC, Windows Media Player, Real Player, Nero Showtime - all had the same issue.
- Thinking it might be my DVD player I contacted Sony, they ran me through a bunch of updates including updating my ASPI and the DVD firmware - same issue.
- Uninstalled and re-installed Nero (the suite was bundled with the DVD).
- Uninstalled and re-installed both CD and DVD players - same issue.
- Finally, I tried the DVD and CD players on a different PC that I have and they both worked fine.
I am at a loss now - not sure what it could be at this point. I wanted to check if anyone had any ideas on what the problem is before I go do a clean install of XP? I'm just hoping it isn't something with the system board IDE connections.
Thanks for your help in advance.