From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Wed Dec 25 2002 - 14:06:18 EST
The other issue I have had on a T20 with DVD Express (UGH) is the same
repeating hesitation, which turned out:
MUTE the ZV port in the audio controls, the heistation stops
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ryan" <mike94109_at_yahoo.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] DVD/CDRW STOPPED skipping...
>
> --- Guru <ambient_at_boxeswithknobs.com> wrote:
> >
> > Do you have a network card or network indicator in
> > your task tray? My
> > Xircom network card had an option for polling which
> > was enabled by
> > default and caused glitches and skipping in Win2k
> > when playing any media
> > types.
> >
>
> Ok. This may be the culprit and I thank you for
> emailing me personnaly with the info. Since disabling
> the polling option on network card music plays as it
> should. I've been listening for the last couple of
> hours and not a burp or hiccup. I figured it had to
> be something polling the system because it was
> consistent every 60 and 65 seconds. That polling
> ruins your viewing and listening pleasure. I also
> noticed my Aquarium Screen Saver (came with Plus! for
> WinXP) even displays consistently now where before,
> the fish would jerk for a split second. Now they
> don't.
>
> I'll try playing a DVD later on for the final
> assessment.
>
> > 94109? Lower Nob Hill?
>
> I'm on Russian Hill (94133) but it was taken so I went
> with our business zip just four blocks away and 'down
> the hill'.
> >
> > Check in system > device manager to see if any
> > devices have a polling
> > option.
>
> LOL! WinXP Pro doesn't have a single device manager
> program per se. Apparently earlier versions of WinX
> products do. I've never used a Microsoft product
> before this WinXP system. I had problems expressing
> this to IBM Help Desk when the tech person told me to
> open the device manager in the control panel and check
> the version level of my sound driver. I read off all
> of the icons in that directory and he suggested the
> "sound and audio devices" folder.
>
> Rather then go the conrol panel route with your advice
> above I knew Hhidden in the task bar sit my network
> connections so I checked their property listings and
> found the box enabled for network polling. Disabled
> it and now music plays as it should. (THANK YOU!)
>
> Again, thanks for the advice. The "guru" moniker fits
> you nicely. Not even IBM Help Desk mentioned it could
> be a network card polling problem.
>
> > "Republicans are nearly three times as likely as
> > Democrats to experience
> > nightmares when they dream" - Berkeley study, 7/9/01
>
> LOL!
>
> =====
> Mike
>
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