Personal Computer User Manual

AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitis
insertedintoaCDdrive
Symptom:AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitisinsertedinto
aCDdrive.
Actions:
•IfyouhavemultipleCDorDVDdrivesinstalled(oracombinationofCDandDVDdrives),tryinsertingthe
discintotheotherdrive.Insomecases,onlyoneofthedrivesisconnectedtotheaudiosubsystem.
•IfyouareusingtheWindowsVistaortheWindows7operatingsystem,followtheactionfor“ACD
orDVDdoesnotwork”onpage91
.
Ifthisdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,followtheactionfor“ACDorDVDdoesnotwork”onpage91.
ACDorDVDdoesnotwork
Symptom:ACDorDVDdoesnotwork.
Actions:
•Verifythatthediscisinsertedcorrectly,withitslabelup.
•Makesurethatthediscyouareusingisclean.Toremovedustorngerprints,wipethedisccleanwitha
softclothfromthecentertotheoutside.Wipingadiscinacircularmotionmightcauselossofdata.
•Verifythatthediscyouareusingisnotscratchedordamaged.Tryinsertinganotherdiscthatyouknow
isgood.Ifyoucannotreadfromaknown-gooddisc,youmighthaveaproblemwithyourCDorDVD
driveorthecablingtoyourCDorDVDdrive.Makesurethatthepowercableandsignalcableare
securelyconnectedtothedrive.
Unabletouseastartable(bootable)recoverymedium,suchastheProductRecovery
CD,tostartyourcomputer
Symptom:Unabletouseastartable(bootable)recoverymedium,suchastheProductRecoveryCD,
tostartyourcomputer.
Action:MakesurethattheCDorDVDdriveisinthestartupsequencebeforetheharddiskdrive.Refer
toyour“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage74forinformationonviewingand
changingthestartupsequence.Notethatonsomemodelsthestartupsequenceispermanentlysetand
cannotbechanged.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“Diagnosticprograms”on
page104
forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage107.
DVDproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“BlackscreeninsteadofDVDvideo”onpage91
•“DVDmoviewillnotplay”onpage92
•“NoaudioorintermittentaudiowhileplayingDVDmovie”onpage92
•“Playbackisverysloworchoppy”onpage92
•“Invaliddiscornodiscfoundmessage”onpage92
BlackscreeninsteadofDVDvideo
Symptom:BlackscreeninsteadofDVDvideo
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