Internal DVD problems

[Slack3r]

Ok, I have been having problems with this for some time now. I have 2 roms - 1 Burner, and my DVD player
I also have 2 Hard drives, the setup is like this.

IDE 1

-80 GB HD (Master)
-20 GB HD (Slave)

IDE 2

- Burner (Master)
- DVD Player (Slave)

Now my problem is this.

My DVD player will SOMETIMES play DVD's (I am running Windows 2000 proffesional). It seems that if I just put a DVD in it will not play it. I have to first put in a system disc, like windows 98, once it reads that then I can put in a DVD and it will read it. That only works sometimes. The other times it will not read anything, period. Another problem is that when it will read a DVD it will play the sound for a couple minutes, then suddenly stop playing sound all together.

I have a Soundblaster Audigy Gamer, and I have it plugged directly into my sound card.

Something I have tried was to have my IDE's like this:

IDE 1
-80 GB HD (Master)
-Burner (Slave)

IDE 2
-20 GB HD (Master)
-DVD Player (Slave)

that did nothing. It didnt fix anything.

I am stumped....

Any help is appreciated.

 

[jeremybarker]

What type of dvd player software are you running, maybe compatability issues with the sound card? Do you have problems playing off the shelf audio cds in the dvd drive?

 

[Slack3r]

When it will read the CD's there is no problem at all. I have a *cough* bootlegged *cough* version of Power DVD 2.5

I do know that it used to work with this DVD player cuzz when I first got it, it worked GREAT! I serously doubt that it would be having problems with my sound card, cuzz I think that soundblaster is one of the most widely used sound cards out there.