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I'm having an odd problem that I've not experienced with my laptop before, (on XP)
Whenever I try to play any dvd either in media player or intervideo win the blue screen of death flashes up and then my computer restarts itself.
I bought the laptop in the Uk then used it in Canada for a while then brought it back to the uk, on being back in the uk I put a uk region dvd in and it claimed that my computer was the wrong region then brought me a menu to change the region so i picked the uk and ever since my computer has restarted when trying to play any uk dvd...
any ideas would be gratefully recieved!
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Looked at the MS Doc thing, which some of the symptoms fit but the resolution doesn't fit at all but here is the HJT log anyway:
Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1
Scan saved at 21:39:23, on 05/01/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180)
I don't see a likely reason for the blue screen reboots.
There is some cleanup that could be done but not related to this problem.
And no obvious sign of a RootKit. They are not always so obvious anyway but I don't think that is the culprit here.
This seems to be hardware related, usually the case in blue screens.
Let me confirm this!
Only when accessing a DVD?
No problem say playing a music cd or installing software etc?
Or burning a CD or DVD?
If this is true then try the below.
Boot to safe mode.
Clean temps.
In device manager rt click the DVD drive and select uninstall. Don't worry it will reinstall on reboot and if it don't, it is because it really does have an issue.
go to control panel admin tools event viewer
in the left panel rt click ea entry and Clear all events (save if you want)
close all windows
reboot to normal mode
immediately check the event logs, only incidents that have happened from the moment you cleared them will be there
rt click on Applications and select save as Apps1 and in the type choose the one thas has *.txt.
do the same for System name it Sys1
Don't post them yet!
Then close all back to desktop.
Try a DVD if it works ok now, we fixed it when we removed it and it reinstalled on reboot.
IF it still blue screens and reboots, go stright to the event viewer again do the same log file procedure except make these apps2 and sys2.
Ok that was a lot of info there, if I reboot in safe mode etc. and do the events log do I still need to do the dump thing - if I do which do I do first? and how do I get to the events log?
09/01/2007 08:40:04 iPod Service Information None 0 N/A JD The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( iPod Service ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Service started.
09/01/2007 08:39:08 SecurityCenter Information None 1800 N/A JD The Windows Security Center Service has started.
and sys1:
09/01/2007 08:41:03 System Error Error (102) 1003 N/A JD Error code 000000ea, parameter1 fd2d6da8, parameter2 81a872c0, parameter3 ff97f1a8, parameter4 00000001.
09/01/2007 08:40:19 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Application Layer Gateway Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:40:19 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Application Layer Gateway Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:40:11 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Remote Access Connection Manager service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:40:04 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The iPod Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:40:03 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The iPod Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:59 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The SSDP Discovery Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 JD\Test JD The SSDP Discovery Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Remote Access Connection Manager service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Telephony service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Fast User Switching Compatibility service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:55 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Fast User Switching Compatibility service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:55 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Terminal Services service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:38:05 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:37:53 EventLog Information None 6005 N/A JD The Event log service was started.
09/01/2007 08:37:53 EventLog Information None 6009 N/A JD Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 5.01. 2600 Service Pack 2 Uniprocessor Free.
09/01/2007 08:37:02 EventLog Information None 6006 N/A JD The Event log service was stopped.
09/01/2007 08:36:58 DCOM Error None 10005 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD "DCOM got error ""This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments """" in order to run the server:
{1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}"
and apps2:
09/01/2007 08:50:06 iPod Service Information None 0 N/A JD The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( iPod Service ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Service started.
09/01/2007 08:49:13 SecurityCenter Information None 1800 N/A JD The Windows Security Center Service has started.
09/01/2007 08:40:04 iPod Service Information None 0 N/A JD The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( iPod Service ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: Service started.
09/01/2007 08:39:08 SecurityCenter Information None 1800 N/A JD The Windows Security Center Service has started.
and sys2:
09/01/2007 08:50:44 Service Control Manager Error None 7000 N/A JD The Application Layer Gateway Service service failed to start due to the following error:
The service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion.
09/01/2007 08:50:43 Service Control Manager Error None 7009 N/A JD Timeout (30000 milliseconds) waiting for the Application Layer Gateway Service service to connect.
09/01/2007 08:50:34 System Error Error (102) 1003 N/A JD Error code 1000008e, parameter1 e0000001, parameter2 f9bf1925, parameter3 f04dc474, parameter4 00000000.
09/01/2007 08:50:16 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Remote Access Connection Manager service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:50:07 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The iPod Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:50:06 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:50:05 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:50:05 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The iPod Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:50:02 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The SSDP Discovery Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:50:00 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 JD\Test JD The SSDP Discovery Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:50:00 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Remote Access Connection Manager service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:50:00 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Telephony service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:49:59 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Fast User Switching Compatibility service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:49:59 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Fast User Switching Compatibility service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:49:59 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Terminal Services service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:48:11 Dhcp Warning None 1003 N/A JD Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 001217EFFDE7. The following error occurred:
The operation was canceled by the user. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
09/01/2007 08:48:07 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:47:56 Save Dump Information None 1001 N/A JD The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x1000008e (0xe0000001, 0xf9bf1925, 0xf04dc474, 0x00000000). A dump was saved in: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini010907-02.dmp.
09/01/2007 08:47:54 EventLog Information None 6005 N/A JD The Event log service was started.
09/01/2007 08:47:54 EventLog Information None 6009 N/A JD Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 5.01. 2600 Service Pack 2 Uniprocessor Free.
09/01/2007 08:46:20 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:46:15 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:46:10 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:46:05 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:46:00 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:45:48 ialm Error None 108 N/A JD The driver ialmrnt5 for the display device \Device\Video0 got stuck in an infinite loop. This usually indicates a problem with the device itself or with the device driver programming the hardware incorrectly. Please check with your hardware device vendor for any driver updates.
09/01/2007 08:44:31 Cdrom Warning None 51 N/A JD An error was detected on device \Device\CdRom0 during a paging operation.
09/01/2007 08:41:03 System Error Error (102) 1003 N/A JD Error code 000000ea, parameter1 fd2d6da8, parameter2 81a872c0, parameter3 ff97f1a8, parameter4 00000001.
09/01/2007 08:40:19 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Application Layer Gateway Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:40:19 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Application Layer Gateway Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:40:11 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Remote Access Connection Manager service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:40:04 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The iPod Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:40:03 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The iPod Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:59 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The SSDP Discovery Service service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Network Location Awareness (NLA) service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 JD\Test JD The SSDP Discovery Service service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Remote Access Connection Manager service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Telephony service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:58 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Fast User Switching Compatibility service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:39:55 Service Control Manager Information None 7035 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD The Fast User Switching Compatibility service was successfully sent a start control.
09/01/2007 08:39:55 Service Control Manager Information None 7036 N/A JD The Terminal Services service entered the running state.
09/01/2007 08:38:05 Tcpip Information None 4201 N/A JD The system detected that network adapter \DEVICE\TCPIP_{5640D43B-DA88-4069-AB28-5D624C2D9B01} was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.
09/01/2007 08:37:53 EventLog Information None 6005 N/A JD The Event log service was started.
09/01/2007 08:37:53 EventLog Information None 6009 N/A JD Microsoft (R) Windows (R) 5.01. 2600 Service Pack 2 Uniprocessor Free.
09/01/2007 08:37:02 EventLog Information None 6006 N/A JD The Event log service was stopped.
09/01/2007 08:36:58 DCOM Error None 10005 NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM JD "DCOM got error ""This service cannot be started in Safe Mode "" attempting to start the service EventSystem with arguments """" in order to run the server:
{1BE1F766-5536-11D1-B726-00C04FB926AF}"
I think now it may be time to burn (update) new firmware to your drive.
To do that you need to go to the DVD mfg website, find your exact model, find the website, download the Software utility and a firmware binary. This is usually free.
The instructions and steps to do it should be there.
One of the things the burning utility will do is give you the existing firmware revision which you can compare to the newest that they offer. The revison will have info about updated and other issues it addresses.
This "may" default (reset) the issue of only so many changes as mentioned above.
Have changed the region codes a few times, but it is definitly on uk region now, as I tried to put an American dvd in to see if it would play and it said I would have to change the region and I still had 2 changes left (and I didn;t change it then)
You said to go to the DVD mfg website, as I'm using a laptop (toshiba sat pro a10, is that where I get the dvd firmware from or do I need to go elsewhere?
Thanks for your help in this!
Jd
Oh and I did reinstall the dvd drive twice but to no avail!