The usual is that most OS installers forget the motherboard drivers. Without such, the drives are not in DMA mode.
Some other issues are the MS-Blaster and other worms will invade the system while a person is getting SP4 and such. Since an anti-virus doesn't stop these worms, the OS installer knows to deal with those as well.
Bob
Hello,
Recently installed a new motherboard (Shuttle AN35N Ultra), processor (AMD Athlon XP Barton 2500+), and memory (512MB Kingston PC-2700). I reformatted my hard drive, reinstalled Windows 2000 and most of my other software, including Cyberlink PowerDVD 3.0. I have an LG combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive that I used without problem with my previous computer setup. The trouble I'm having now is that when I try to watch a DVD, I frequently get some "chop" (the video image and sound are not smooth, but jerky).
There is absolutely no reason i can think of for this behavior. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Paul

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