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my friend bought himself a new pc athlon 1800 xp with 256 ddr ram and i installed win 98 the probs that have surfaced are as follows...

cd-rom occasionally continually searching (spinning fast) when trying to open files on cd.

on install of progs system hangs for ages, this started when i was installing drivers after win 98 install.

dvd wont play dvd's i downloaded and installed divx for latest codecs, and when i try to open divx i get an hour glass for 5 10 secs then hourglass stops but divx wont run? i have even re installed divx no joy, one time after attempting to do so for 4 try's i then tried to open a word doc, failing to even open that, i then hit ctrl, alt, del only to find 4 attempts for divx not responding.

and to eject dvd i have to go control panel dvd drive right click eject... the button on dvd drive dont alway's work.

i have setup pc as network server and left windows to set preferred ram settings.

so basically... how do i get dvd to play, and windows to keep up with user

 

Did you install the MB chipset drivers?

 

If you are referring to the original Win98 then it may well not have the proper support for that CPU.

Or the proper drivers may not be available.

BillyBob

 

CDrom/DVD hardware conflict? Could check the master/slave settings.

Check the manufacturers' websites for any firmware updates.

I take it that the CDrom is new, some older ones needed drivers installed.

No problems in Device Manager?

Matt