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swpkigy
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 08:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Ok, lat week I've only installed a few things, but ever since StarCraft has been running way too slow. I can run Counter-Strike: Source very well, but when I try to run Starcraft, it takes about 3-4 minutes for autoplay to kick in and if i double-click on the icon in My Computer, it just freezes.

I installed Nero 6 Ultra and also a USB DVD burner. Everything is set to DMA Ultra in both Primary and Secondary IDE. Thx
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ddp
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 08:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what is your computer & game specs & what is your system performance at??
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swpkigy
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 09:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Oh.

2.4 Ghz Pentium 4
1024 MB Ram
ATI Radeon 9250 256MB

Game specs are VERY low the game came out at least 5 years ago.
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ddp
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 09:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
what windows for game & computer & have you tried game on a similar system to see if problem follows or not. what was added to computer that caused this problem
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swpkigy
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 09:41 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
It's Windows XP, and it the problem occured out of nowhere. I just installed Nero and an external usb dvd burner.
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ddp
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 10:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
check to see in the properties of the cd/dvd rom drives if the dma is enabled or not
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swpkigy
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 15:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes DMA is enabled on everything.
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ddp
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 18:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is the external drive always hooked up or not??
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swpkigy
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_ 		19. March 2005 @ 20:07 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
No, I ran out of USB ports on the back of my tower and I have 2 USB ports on the front. It's not aesthetically pleasing and frankly annoys me to have a cable there. I plug it in when I need it.
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teknow
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_ 		27. March 2005 @ 20:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
having same exact problem. I'm burning DVDs fine, but playing that burned media or any other disc takes forever. All can be well on the first loaded disc, but after that is where problems occur. A restart is usually alleviating the problems that occur on needing to load a second disc. Try disconnecting trough remove hardware in the system tray, unplug usb, remove disc, load new, then plug usb back in.
I'll likely fix this in the next few hours so stay tuned
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teknow
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_ 		27. March 2005 @ 22:12 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My issue seems to stem come from backed up dvd movies. Putting in the original movie everything functions fine, but a any dvd-r backup I have seems to "stump" the system. This is occuring only in the External drive and not in the internal of the laptop.

So my question for you would be... Is the media you are "playing" original. What other discs have you tried?
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teknow
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_ 		27. March 2005 @ 22:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
update
appears my problem has been a media issue. For whatever reason my "aewsome plextor" 708a doesn't like Matrix Media. It seems to cough, choke, and if I'm extremely luck eventually spit out "play" the disc.

I'm betting your issue is with writeable media. If I'm wrong excuse me but... my symptoms were identical.

That's it for me... I'm out
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