hi i need some help

[daniel brooks]

ok i want this dvd player to work with my computer but when i put the dvd in the computer turns on the player to play it and then it locks up my computer my computer is old though it is like 5 7 years old

[blubomber]

How does your computer's BIOS see the DVD ROM drive? does it see it as a DVD rom or just a CD-ROM? Also, what OS are you using and does it see it correctly? What software are you using to play the DVDs?

[daniel brooks]

ok when the computer comes on it saids dvd i didnt and i am using windows 98 and i am using for the player cineplayer 1.0

[daniel brooks]

ok when the computer comes on it saids dvd and i am using windows 98 and i am using for the player cineplayer 1.0

[Brainchild]

What speed is the CPU? Being that old, is it possible that it is just too slow

[daniel brooks]

cpu 166mhz pr 200

[daniel brooks]

ok it saids found cdrom and then it saids it the player is a dvd player but when i go to my computer when the computer turns on i go to my computer and then click on drive e it saids cdrom so where can i go and change it thanks and one more thing all my stuff is auto detection

[Xaotic]

brainchild is correct. I've had problems on DVD players on older systems, mostly K6-2/PIIs and earlier. With these boards, you have issues with PCI/ISA bandwidth, in addition to processor speed. Video bandwidth is another issue with the older boards, since it is usually shared with the remainder of the bus.

[daniel brooks]

ok i got it going but it is kind of slow is there a way to make it fatser i am using a diffrent player intervieo 5 thanks

[tony_j15]

Not really. The computer is too old to play it properly.