Posted by Steve on 03/31/06 00:27

On 30 Mar 2006 12:06:19 -0800, joedoe_31@hotmail.com wrote:

>Hi!
>
>When I am watching movies (on DVDs of course :-) from my DVD-ROM drive
>(a Hitachi GD-8000 on Win98, PIII 1ghz), from time to time/at various
>intervals the audio goes blank for 5--7 secs, and then there is a
>"jerking" sound from the drive (movie stops for a very brief part of a
>sec) and the video/audio continues normally from that point on. This
>did not use to happen when I bought the PC new. I can rewind the video
>back that many secs and listen to the audio as if all was well. Anyone
>has seen these symptoms and knows what the reason and remedies for it
>are?! The system does not seem to have performance (speed) problems
>when playing the movie.
>
>Thanks a lot!
>
>Sid
>
>PS. DVD movie viewing software is Mediamatics

Is DMA enabled for the drive?

... Steve ..

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