I have a Compaq desktop computer w/ a cd/dvd combo drive that will RW both. For a long while now it has been acting odd, w/ either cd or dvd it would play really slow and distorted, like it wasn’t reading fast enough. Also when i would try to write a CD-R it would only go 2x – 3x speed. Yesterday i found a thread on here that suggested uninstalling the primary and secondary IDE (I have no idea what that is i just followed the instructions given) After that i tried to burn a CD, SUCCESS ! it was burning at +20X. BUT then i put in a commercial DVD and it wouldn’t even recognize it. The player wouldn’t play it, and explorer wouldn’t open it either. I also tried writting to a blank DVD, but it wouldn’t recognize the DVD.
I can only assume this is a software/settings issue since the CD works fine now. and previously the DVD did work even if it was very choppy and distorted.
Does anyone know what else i possibly need to do ? What are encoders and decoders ? Is that something i need to update or something? Sorry i’m not real PC literate.
