Comments | sdocat: weekend of too much expenditure

sdocat

weekend of too much expenditure

May 14, 2005 23:09

And it ain't even over yet.. but, alas, I went to Austin to pick up 4 case fans to facilitate the operation of my new Hardcano 12 Cooling controller, and lo and behold I wound up with a Sony DRU-720a DVD +/-RW Burner as well. I blame Kaanah ( Read more... )

Comments 7

kaanah May 15 2005, 09:34:15 UTC

Hehe, why blame me? Remember, I tried to talk you out of it, hehe.

As for the codec, that's the easy part. Your video card comes with a DVD playback suite. You just have to install all of the ATI programs, and one of those is the DVD playback codecs.

The problem with that is, you have to uninstall the nifty drivers you were using. *shrugs* Maybe you can install the suite and codecs by themselves?

Also...hmm, that's funky about not wanting to read DVD's. I have -no- clue about why that would be happening. Maybe a defective drive?

sdocat May 15 2005, 13:30:36 UTC

You tried to talk me out of it? when? No you din't. :p If you did, it was futile. Besides, Haven't you ever heard the old axom, if you do something stupid, blame a coyote? :p

The Omega drivers should have a codec somewhere, I might have opted out of it. Defective?! Nooooooo

kt_kat May 15 2005, 14:11:08 UTC

*snugs*

You just don't get to buy anything next month. >.>

sdocat May 16 2005, 00:09:56 UTC

:: wimper ::

Well, I'm buying a home for kitties.. Thats plenty. Can I have a.. soda?

More like 50 sodas, Mr.Drinkin' problem... kt_kat May 16 2005, 01:49:43 UTC

Okay. If I get to have one too!

baktre May 16 2005, 12:34:56 UTC

Tsk tsk.

I'd get it replaced quick if it's not working well. That's a plus of buying local, you can make them exchange it.

sdocat May 16 2005, 22:00:45 UTC

I dun speaked to sony.. After changing all sorts of DMA settings and a few drivers it reads everything like a charm, that and it was being picky about it's place on the IDE chain, it HAD to be first if it was going to be master.. good thing you accidentally ordered that extra long cable so long ago!

It still won't play DVDs.. it reads them okay, just no play. Thats probably not a drive problem, though. So, yay! I din't want to replace it, as those things were going like hotcakes at Frys, (they are probably out of stock) which is why I got it.. 89 with a 30 rebate.. so, yea, sony's newest Dual Layer burner for 50 bucks and change. I nabbed one and before I could decide the whole stack was GONE. It was like feeding time! anyway.. :p