Power DVD used on Laptop causes blue screen

[The_Sundog 0]

I have a Toshiba Tecra 8200 and am using Windows NT 4.0 SP6a. I have a DVD player with it and have purchased Power DVD, but when I try to use it I get a blue-screen of death every time. It is an IRQL-equal-or-less-than error, and I can not find out what to fix, or a fix anywhere. Anyone else had problems with this program in NT?

 

thanks,

 

The Sundog

[Sampson 0]

What version of DirectX do you have installed? Is this PowerDVD 4.0?

[Sampson 0]

Went to Toshiba. There is a bios upgrade date 4/11/2002: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/...p;x=21&y=12

[Brian Frank 0]

Try that first. Failing that, I'd suggest getting WinDVD instead. Power DVD seems to crap out after awhile under Win2k and XP, where as WinDVD never gave me any trouble at all. I'm not sure if the same scenario is with NT 4.0, but I figured I'd mention that.

[The_Sundog 0]

Thanks,

 

Trying a different version of direct x, already flashed bios, and downloaded power dvd updates, still no luck.

[Sampson 0]

What Message is it giving you when it fails? I noted that Toshiba included WinDVD as part of its software package. I checked PowerDVD to see if it was compatible with the Trident video drivers for your machine and the Yamaha audio drivers for your machine. It claims to be. Are the Trident XP drivers the same as the Blade drivers or Cyberblade drivers? It is sometimes not wise to change the Toshiba enhanced drivers for those from Trident, but this is the webpage: http://www.tridentmicro.com/drivers/drivers.html

[The_Sundog 0]

I'd like to thank everyone who helped me on this. I found the cure by replacing the propriatary IDE controller that toshiba uses with the latest Intel controller driver and it fixed the DMA issue.

 

Thanks again

 

The Sundog