Hi, new member here, i have a problem, when i try to play audio cd's or dvd's, they stutter, this happened 18 months ago and i was told to make sure the DMA if available was selected in primary or secondary, this appeared to work, but it's happening again, so i checked that DMA if available is selected...and it is ...hmmm what next, any help would be gratefully received...ta.
ps don't get to technical i'm a pc dinosaur...

Hi and welcome to D-A-L

a simple question have you tried a CD lens cleaner ?

The laser after a while tend to pick up dust, this dust can seriously affect the capability of the player to read the CDs correctly.

yeah, tried that

Does it do it on all discs data as well as audio?

Originally Posted by brain_damage

Does it do it on all discs data as well as audio?

yep,i tried 3 audio cd's and 3 pre recorded dvd's, and i tried opening in a different player.

by data I mean a CD Rom.

do the discs audio and DVD work in another PC.

i tried opening in a different player

but still using the same CD Rom drive?

Originally Posted by brain_damage

by data I mean a CD Rom.

do the discs audio and DVD work in another PC.

i tried opening in a different player

but still using the same CD Rom drive?

YEP, i've only got the one cd drive on the computer

can you try another CD drive in the PC to see if that helps?

is your drive a writer as well?

Originally Posted by brain_damage

can you try another CD drive in the PC to see if that helps?

is your drive a writer as well?

i'll try to get another drive to try, i don't think thats the problem, it's a cd player/writer, but not a dvd writer.

does it write CDs ok?