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    All movies are "skippy"

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by xnothingpoetic, Jul 5, 2007.

  1. xnothingpoetic

    xnothingpoetic Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've tried DVD and AVI's in mediaplayer and videolan and all of them seem skippy, like its running at 20fps or something.

    Anyone know how to fix this?

    Also this is on my 15.4" T61, 2.2 GHZ CPU and 2GB RAM. And this is my own version of vista on a new HD, so no extra crap is on here slowing it down.
     
    xnothingpoetic, Jul 5, 2007
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    elscottomagnifico Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'd suggest first checking to see if you have all the latest drivers and codecs on your comp.
     
    elscottomagnifico, Jul 5, 2007
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    Is your optical drive operating under PIO mode or DMA mode, can you check the CPU% during a video playback?
     
    uw748, Jul 5, 2007
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    xnothingpoetic Notebook Enthusiast

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    Alright I diasbled the side bar and that seemed to help a good ammount.

    I just cant believe this notebook cant handel a few apps and a movie when my old desktop w/ 2GHZ
     
    xnothingpoetic, Jul 5, 2007
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    lol forgot about those. But I don't know where to get all of the drivers from. Would Lenovo have them?
     
    xnothingpoetic, Jul 5, 2007
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    If all the above suggestions don't work, I suggest replacing your optical drive. ;)
     
    David, Jul 5, 2007
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    redmaxx Notebook Guru

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    Try applying this fix:

    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932649

    And putting your computer into the High Performance power profile. Video seems to be very sensitive to CPU and graphics card throttling.
     
    redmaxx, Jul 5, 2007
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    OK thanks. I've installed the drivers and now following redmaxx's link too.
     
    xnothingpoetic, Jul 5, 2007
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