AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitis

insertedintoaCDdrive

Symptom:AnaudiodiscorAutoPlay-enableddiscdoesnotautomaticallyplaywhenitisinsertedinto
aCDdrive.
Actions:
•IfyouhavemultipleCDorDVDdrivesinstalled(oracombinationofCDandDVDdrives),tryinsertingthe
discintotheotherdrive.Insomecases,onlyoneofthedrivesisconnectedt otheaudiosubsystem.
•IfyouareusingtheWindowsVistaortheWindows7operatingsystem,followtheactionfor“ACD
orDVDdoesnotwork”onpage95.
Ifthisdoesnotcorrecttheproblem,followtheactionfor“ACDorDVDdoesnotwork”onpage95.

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:MakesurethattheCDorDVDdriveisinthestartupsequencebefor etheharddiskdrive.Refer
toyour“Selectingorchangingthestartupdevicesequence”onpage78forinformationonviewingand
changingthestartupsequence.Notethatonsomemodelsthestartupsequenceispermanentlysetand
cannotbechanged.
Iftheseactionsdonotcorrecttheproblem,runthediagnosticprograms(see“Diagnosticprograms”on
page108forinstructions).Ifyouneedtechnicalassistance,seeChapter11“Gettinginformation,help,and
service”onpage111.
DVDproblems
Selectyoursymptomfromthefollowinglist:
•“BlackscreeninsteadofDVDvideo”onpage95
•“DVDmoviewillnotplay”onpage96
•“Noaudioorint ermittentaudiowhileplayingDVDmovie”onpage96
•“Playbackisverysloworchoppy”onpage96
•“Invaliddiscornodiscfoundmessage”onpage96

BlackscreeninsteadofDVDvideo

Symptom:BlackscreeninsteadofDVDvideo
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