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DVD drive questions
SharpyVII
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Hi
Since i have reformatted my pc yesterday i have noticed a few problems with my dvd drive. It is a optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A drive. Firstly now and then when running games such as supreme commander it makes odd noises similiar to the sounds made when loading a disk but quieter and it stops and starts for a few seconds.
Next installation times seem to take much longer now, but once installed they play fine.
Time of this report: 3/12/2007, 17:38:44
Machine name: BOB
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 267MB used, 3673MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
they are my specs, could it be busted?. Some games just dont install, even when they installed just yesterday on another pc. This pc is 4 months old.
Any ideas as to why the installation times are much longer now? A game such as dawn of war the dark crusage takes 10mins to get under half way installed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Since i have reformatted my pc yesterday i have noticed a few problems with my dvd drive. It is a optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A drive. Firstly now and then when running games such as supreme commander it makes odd noises similiar to the sounds made when loading a disk but quieter and it stops and starts for a few seconds.
Next installation times seem to take much longer now, but once installed they play fine.
Time of this report: 3/12/2007, 17:38:44
Machine name: BOB
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 267MB used, 3673MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode
they are my specs, could it be busted?. Some games just dont install, even when they installed just yesterday on another pc. This pc is 4 months old.
Any ideas as to why the installation times are much longer now? A game such as dawn of war the dark crusage takes 10mins to get under half way installed.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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