motherboard issues or what cant play dvd?

[amzscam]

hi there i cannot play dvds properly on my comp i changed the firmare and it got worse now can rip and write dvd but cannot play them and the main use of watching dvd movies on my comp is not there,help me out here what can be the cause i have tried everything from formating and installing win xp again here are my comp specks.
what shud i do man cause to watch a dvd it takes me 12 hrs to rip into divx and then can i watch it if the encoding is gud.its like i am on a pentium 286 hahaha,help me out here plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz



OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name AMZ
System Manufacturer VIA Technologies, Inc.
System Model VT82C692BX
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 7 Stepping 3 GenuineIntel ~551 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 4.51 PG, 23.08.1999
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\System32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.1152 (xpsp2.021217-1051)"
User Name AMZ\kaps
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 256,00 MB
Available Physical Memory 37,36 MB
Total Virtual Memory 874,35 MB
Available Virtual Memory 437,10 MB
Page File Space 618,86 MB

[John Prophet]

Can you play those dvd's on anyone else's computer??

Or can you play store bought dvd's on your computer??

JP

[dr_roberts49]

Since you don't list a DVD encoder device, I assume you're using a software decoder program like WinDVD or PowerDVD. If that's the case, it looks like it's just a little too much for your computer to handle. Your low on processing power, and your memory is at a minimum.

I had a Pentium II running at 500mhz with 256MB and my video card was a NVIDIA TNT. DVDs would not run using a software encoder. I picked up a Creative DVD encoder card which connected to my TNT with a cable. DVDs ran great after that. It wasn't until I upgraded to a P3 running at 800mhz with 512MB, and a NVIDIA MX400 card, that I could run DVDs with a software encoder.

Robert

[amzscam]

it plays all dvds but with lot of hiccups the audio is still distorted and the screeen stops and plays ,also my friend;s got pentium 2 and it runs fine dunno whats is the problem with mine maybe have to uptade the bios or somethign,need sombodys expert help on this A.S.A.P

[dr_roberts49]

Lets back up some. What is your video card and your soundcard? What OS are you running? Are all your drivers up-to-date? Do you have the latest version of DirectX installed? How many programs are running in the background?

Robert

[amzscam]

video card in nvidia riva tnt model 64 32 mb and operating system is xp professional with sp1 ,sound card is creative sb live abt the latest driver i dunno ,cause i just installed the nvidia latest driver from windows update but of no avail.i tried with direct X 9 also but nothing no change.also i close all the programmes and then i run the powerDVD still it sucks big time

[Peter M]

TNT2-M64, aside from being a SLOW card to begin with, does not have DVD decoding hardware.
Move on ... any simple Radeon, even the 7000 series, will cure it.

[dr_roberts49]

I'm sorry, but as I stated in my earlier posting, your system is underpowered. Peter's suggestion looks like your best option without spending too much money. Good luck.

Robert

[sm8000]

Also, do you have your DVD drive running in DMA or Ultra DMA mode?

[amzscam]

its on ultra DMAmode 1 ,