I own a Compaq computer which came with a Compaq DVD-ROM drive. After upgrading from Windows 98SE to XP, the Compaq DVD-ROM drive stopped working. I looked on the Internet for another driver but found out that Compaq was too lazy to make one for 2000 or XP. So just recently I bought a Pacific Digital DVD 8X Burner Drive, but it has problems playing some DVDs. I made a list below.
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WinDVD (v4)
Fight Club no* Fox nothing
28 Days Later no** Fox nothing
Edward Scissorhands no Fox Windows XP
Matrix yes WB nothing
Space Balls yes MGM Windows XP
Mr. Deeds yes Columbia interActual
Pirates of the Caribbean no Disney interActual
Hot Chick no Touchstone interActual
Monsters, Inc. no Disney-Pixar interActual
RealPlayer (v10 free)
Fight Club error* Fox nothing
28 Days Later error** Fox Windows XP
Edward Scissorhands error Fox Windows XP
Matrix yes WB nothing
Space Balls yes MGM nothing
Mr. Deeds yes Columbia interActual
Pirates of the Caribbean error Disney nothing
Hot Chick error Touchstone nothing
Monsters, Inc. error Disney-Pixar nothing
no: No video plays at all, just audio
no*: Same as "no" but only after selecting play from the menu screen.
no**: Same as "no*" but shows a short scene after you select play.
error: DVD Error. The DVD cannot be played Macrovision distribution failed.
error*: Same as "error" but only after selecting play from the menu screen.
error**: Same as "error*" but shows a short scene after you select play.
nothing: Nothing happens, but all DVDs automatically start up in WinDVD
windows: Windows XP opens up a menu to choose what to do with the disc
interactual: interActual player 2.0 attemps to install
Im not sure what this means exactly, but my DVD drive seems to have a problem with Fox, Disney, Pixar, and Touchstone. I was told that Compaq computers sometimes have problems with non-Compaq stuff, could this be one of those cases?
*MY COMPUTER
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
AMD Athlon(tm) Processor
998 MHz
384 MB of RAM
Linear Mode
