First, since you installed the Sony as a second drive, you need to change the jumper to Cable Select, the Dell factory drive will be Cable Select unless you have changed it to Master. Also you may need to enter the BIOS and make sure that the IDE controller is set to auto and/or that both drives are turned on. As for the DVD, if this is a blank DVD, then you should not see the system lock up (if the jmper setting and such as correct), if this is a commerical DVD, like Lord ofThe Rings, etc.. you will need some type of decoding software in order to play the DVD, example PowerDVD.
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Thanks for your message. I switched the jumper to CS on the SONY drive. Looked at the BIOS and set the Secondary drive to "AUTO" -- it subsequently changed itself to "CD-ROM" The IDE was set to ON.
Everything went well. "My Computer" shows the drive as E: No conflicts. No errors.
Then I started NERO - it ran fine.
Then ran the NERO DVD Showtime - it came up OK
I told SHOWTIME to use drive E: - it responded "Drive Not Ready"
I put in a commercial DVD - the drive span up and crashed the system to the blue screen.
I did a quick but due to Company IT a very limited search on Nero`s Showtime, can you check their web site for a possible update/patch to their decoding software? The issue from my point of view looks related to the software, the hardware install looks good. I wonder if you might try uninstallling Showtime, then try the trail version of WinDVD or PowerDVD, see if either of these locks the system up.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference. CD/RW Link
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May 30th, 2006 14:00
Hi Andy,
First, since you installed the Sony as a second drive, you need to change the jumper to Cable Select, the Dell factory drive will be Cable Select unless you have changed it to Master.
Also you may need to enter the BIOS and make sure that the IDE controller is set to auto and/or that both drives are turned on.
As for the DVD, if this is a blank DVD, then you should not see the system lock up (if the jmper setting and such as correct), if this is a commerical DVD, like Lord ofThe Rings, etc.. you will need some type of decoding software in order to play the DVD, example PowerDVD.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link
Message Edited by Predator on 05-31-200609:34 AM
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May 31st, 2006 02:00
Thanks for your message. I switched the jumper to CS on the SONY drive. Looked at the BIOS and set the Secondary drive to "AUTO" -- it subsequently changed itself to "CD-ROM" The IDE was set to ON.
Everything went well. "My Computer" shows the drive as E: No conflicts. No errors.
Then I started NERO - it ran fine.
Then ran the NERO DVD Showtime - it came up OK
I told SHOWTIME to use drive E: - it responded "Drive Not Ready"
I put in a commercial DVD - the drive span up and crashed the system to the blue screen.
Where to now?
Andy
Predator
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May 31st, 2006 12:00
Hi Andy,
I did a quick but due to Company IT a very limited search on Nero`s Showtime, can you check their web site for a possible update/patch to their decoding software?
The issue from my point of view looks related to the software, the hardware install looks good.
I wonder if you might try uninstallling Showtime, then try the trail version of WinDVD or PowerDVD, see if either of these locks the system up.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.
CD/RW Link