Date: 12/14/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: no keywords

Every DVD that I play on my computer DVD-ROM drive seems to only be able to play 5 to 20 minutes before freezing. I have used NVDVD, Ulead DVD 1.0, and PowerDVD to play the DVDs, and each time the dvd hangs.

I checked the event log, and the errors only say that the application has hung.

At this point, I am thinking that I have a bad DVD-ROM drive, but I wanted to run this by you all to get your opinions before buying a new one.

I tried to update the firmware for the dvd player, but even that would not take.

Computer Manager says that I have a HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8162B drive, which translates into a Hitachi brand (http://www.cdrom-drivers.com/drivers/166/166763.htm).

Should I just buy a new dvd-rom drive?

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