At this point, you may need to restart for the change to become active. Locate the checkbox labeled Auto-Insert Notification and click the checkbox to select or de-select it.Ĭlick OK to save the change. If the above options are already enabled, try disabling Write Combining and reducing Hardware Acceleration one notch.ĭouble click the System icon, then select the Device Manager tab.ĭouble-click the CD-ROM icon, and single-click the entry for the DVD drive.Ĭlick on the Properties button, and then the Settings tab. Make sure Hardware Acceleration is set to Full.Īlso make sure that Enable Write Combining is enabled. Move the slider bar, all the way to "Full."Ĭlick the Settings Tab, Advanced Button, Troubleshoot tab. To confirm that the Video Acceleration is set to "Full" select System in the Control Panel.Ĭlick on the Performance Tab, and then on the Graphics Button.
DVD skips/stutters/is out of sync/ or hangs during playback.ġ.Update your DVD decoding software such as PowerDVD or WindDVD with the latest patch or update.Ģ.Update to the latest video drivers available for your system.ģ.Stop all background applications using MSCONFIG in Windows 98,ME, and XP.ĥ.Make sure that hardware acceleration is set to full.
The Registry Editor window should appear.Ĭlick the plus (+) sign next to each of the following keys:Ĭlick Start, click Shutdown, click Restart, and then click OK.
If the problem does not occur, then reinstall the latest patch to see if the patch is causing the problem.Ģ.Uninstall your video driver, then download and install the latest version of the video driver.ģ.If you do not have access to the Internet, you can perform the following steps.Ĭlick Start, click Run, then type Regedit in the Open box. Then reboot the system and reinstall WinDVD to see if the same problem occurs. If you have WinDVD and have updated to the latest patch, then completely uninstall WinDVD. DVD drive is not recognized in My Computer or Device manager, but is shown as a CDROM drive. In the list of installed programs, click PCFriendly and click the Add/Remove button.įollow the on screen instructions to uninstall the software DVD does not display a picture or is blank.Ĭlick Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel.ĭouble-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Go into Display Properties, Screen Saver tab, clicked on Power, changed power scheme to 'Always On' WinDVD studders when playing movies on battery. Here are some basic troubleshooting steps you can try. In order to burn cd or play DVDs, you need software installed like Roxio Easy CD Creator or WinDVD or Power DVD. Latitude systems will not use the software DVD solution.Īt minimum the drive should be able to read store purchased CD's. The DVD solution for the Inspiron 3700 system is Software CineMaster, from Ravisent. There is not an available on-board hardware DVD decoder on the The Inspiron 3700, Latitude CPt V-series, or Latitude CPx H-series. You may also have to purchase a Margi DVD to GO decoder card to use with the drive.
So, the decoding of DVD movies may or may not work with a Software Decoder like WinDVD or PowerDVD. The problem is that the CPX-H does not have an onboard decoder card. It should work in your Latitude CPX-H as it also uses C-series drives. The following CDRW/DVD combo drive is a C-series drive.
The Margi DVD-to-GO PC Card will be available on the Latitude CPt V-series, and Latitude CPx H-series. Latitude systems will not use the software DVD solution. There is not an available on-board hardware DVD decoder on the Latitude CPt V-series, or Latitude CPx H-series.
"Margi DVD-to-Go PCMCIA DVD decoder card." When Dell first shipped this system, this is the card we sold for decoding DVD movies. You will also have to purchase and use a PCMCIA DVD Decorder card that will decode the DVD movies on the hardware level, instead of using the software. Unfortunately since your system only have 8MB of video memory, that will not be enough to do the DVD decoding with the DVD software alone. DVD playing/decoding is handled by software in todays newer systems. The problem your going to run into is that your system does not have enough video memory to decode
The drive is for C-series portable systems, so it should work with your system. Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.