Does your HD light blink when viewing DVDs?

asabase · 07-25-02, 04:52 PM

Whenever I watch a DVD on my computer, the hard drive light blinks whenever the DVD light blinks. Is this normal?

System:
ABIT BP6 Dual celeron MB, win2k, that cheap staples DVD drive that was posted a whle back. There's no hard drive on the ATA33 channels (both of my hard drives are on the built-in ATA66 controller). I think my Plextor burner is primary master and the DVD is secondary master, but I can't remember how I installed it when I put it in.

I'm using PowerDVD. On another note, I haven't been able to watch an entire DVD recently. About halfway through, playback slows down and then about 15 seconds later I get a memory allocation error.

Ranger · 07-25-02, 06:22 PM

I have a 533 celeron, 448m bram, ati rage 128 pro, aopen dvd player, powerdvd xp, and use win98se.

I've never seen the hd blink at all while watching a dvd, so I'd say its not normal to see it while watching a dvd.

Make sure DMA is on for both the dvd drive and hd and kill all other unneeded running programs.

zuffy · 07-25-02, 06:37 PM

Check your pagefile. I think it's too small.

asabase · 07-25-02, 08:17 PM

DMA is enabled and the pagefile is 768MB

zuffy · 07-25-02, 08:25 PM

When you get the memory allocation error, open Task Manager, goto the process tab and find out which process is taking all the memory. You might have a memory leak from PowerDVD.

07-25-02, 04:52 PM	#1
asabase DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,649	Does your HD light blink when viewing DVDs? Whenever I watch a DVD on my computer, the hard drive light blinks whenever the DVD light blinks. Is this normal? System: ABIT BP6 Dual celeron MB, win2k, that cheap staples DVD drive that was posted a whle back. There's no hard drive on the ATA33 channels (both of my hard drives are on the built-in ATA66 controller). I think my Plextor burner is primary master and the DVD is secondary master, but I can't remember how I installed it when I put it in. I'm using PowerDVD. On another note, I haven't been able to watch an entire DVD recently. About halfway through, playback slows down and then about 15 seconds later I get a memory allocation error.

07-25-02, 06:22 PM	#2
Ranger DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 18,159	I have a 533 celeron, 448m bram, ati rage 128 pro, aopen dvd player, powerdvd xp, and use win98se. I've never seen the hd blink at all while watching a dvd, so I'd say its not normal to see it while watching a dvd. Make sure DMA is on for both the dvd drive and hd and kill all other unneeded running programs.

07-25-02, 06:37 PM	#3
zuffy DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Region 1 Posts: 16,126	Check your pagefile. I think it's too small.

07-25-02, 08:17 PM	#4
asabase DVD Talk Limited Edition Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 5,649	DMA is enabled and the pagefile is 768MB

07-25-02, 08:25 PM	#5
zuffy DVD Talk Legend Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Region 1 Posts: 16,126	When you get the memory allocation error, open Task Manager, goto the process tab and find out which process is taking all the memory. You might have a memory leak from PowerDVD.