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Posted by Wes Newell on 08/23/06 19:14
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:16:30 -0400, Freewheeling wrote:
> Hi folks. I've got some problems watching video and DVDs on my system
> and I'm wondering what I need to do to get watchable performance? I
> Motherboard: ASUS A7M266
> Processor: AMD Athlon 1400 MHz
> RAM: 2GB
> Video Card: ASUS AGP-V7100 DVI SDRAM v44.03 (GeForce2 MX Chipset - no
> memory)
> Sound Device: CM18738/C3DX PCI Audio Device (this is the onboard audio)
> DVD Player: Toshiba DVD-ROM SD-M1502
> Monitor: Samsung Syncmaster 205BW (Digital 1024 x 768)
>
> Question: Short of buying a completely new system, which changes would
> tend to produce adequate video/DVD performance? New sound and/or video
> card? Video memory? New DVD Player? Some adjustment to things
> assigned to IRQ9? Is there some way I can use that 2GB RAM to
> substitute for the hard drive access? Any other ideas?
>
> BTW, is it possible to upgrade the processor in this system, and would
> that help?
Yes, It's possible to upgrade the CPu, but I don't think that's your
porblem unless it's the lack of SSE instructions on the Thunderbird 1400
CPU. A newer video card (non MX) may help. Also, splitting those irq's up.
But first, get a copy of one of those Linux distros that run from cd (like
Knoppmyth) and boot it and play the DVD with it and see if it plays ok.
That will verify it's not a hardware problem and I really don't suspect it
is. It doesn't take much in the way of cpu power to play a dvd. I imagine
you probably have some rouge software running, but it could be the irq
sharing. those are the 2 spots I'd check first.
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