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24th Nov 2007, 09:42
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My CD/DVD RW drive has worked perfectly for 14 months. Now tracks from audio CD's sound slow and laboured like a 33rpm vinyl disc at around 25rpm. There is also a popping and crackling in the background. The PC maker 'Gateway' suggested uninstalling the drive and restarting my machine. This made no difference. Is it a software problem or a mechanical (motor) problem?
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24th Nov 2007, 09:53
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What about music playing off the hard drive?
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24th Nov 2007, 10:17
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Good question Dave
Just played music saved in Windows Media Player - also sounds slow - although it's a little harder to tell because it's instrumental stuff - but it does seem slower than the other day. Tom |
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#4
24th Nov 2007, 10:21
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Try updating your sound card drivers, I highly doubt it's the actual drive.
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24th Nov 2007, 10:27
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Will try that later Dave - time is pressing right now (off out soon) - but will certainly try updating sound card drivers tomorrow morning. Will report back on results.
Tom |
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24th Nov 2007, 10:30
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Also try installing a codec pack; http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...oDecS_Pack.htm
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25th Nov 2007, 07:02
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Installed latest driver update from Realtek site (makers of my sound card). No success - problem remains. Looked at the free-codecs site, but a bit put off by the poor reviews posted, seems to have a lot of bugs! Streaming audio from websites via Windows Media Player sounds fine.
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29th Nov 2007, 03:29
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Further info re CD/DVD player problems. Audio tracks do play ok from tracks saved on hard drive. Also perfect reproduction from tracks saved to a flash card. I have rooted out my older Freecom external CD/DVD unit which I used with my previous PC and plugged in via USB. This also plays audio perfectly, which perhaps suggests that sound card is ok. I downloaded latest driver from Realtek for my computer's player, but problem remains. Slow playback and crackling.
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