Nope - IDE enabled on both primary and secondary channels so that's not the
problem but thanks for the input.

Bill

"Usenetter" wrote in message
...
IDE in PIO mode ?


"Bill L" wrote in message
...
Hello all

Had a Sapphire 9700 np in the PC for about 2 weeks now but am getting
serious playback problems with DVD movies (note: this is the only way I
can
currently watch DVD movies). Basically the video stutters and move out
of
sync with the soundtrack (you know the actor speaks and the dialogue is
heard a fraction of a second later) eventually the movie becomes
un-watchable.

If I enable hardware acceleration there is a marginal improvement but to
I
have to keep stopping and restarting a movie to get to the end of it.

What gives? I never had this problem with my old GF3 Ti200 and I
understood
that ATI's DVD playback capabilities were superior to my old card - was
I
wrong to assume this?

I'm using PowerDVD as my playback program and have also looked at the
Rage3D
forums where it was suggested that the sound card could cause DVD
problems.
However, this was in regard to Creative Audigy SC's (sp?) and I'm using
the
built in MCP SC on my MSI Mobo.

Hope someone can help.

TIA

Bill

Sys spec/config
AMD XP1700+ (1.66 GHz)
MSI KN420 PRO (Using on-board audio & NIC)
768 MB DDR RAM (1x512 1x256 MB DIMMs PC2100, CAS 2.5)
Sapphire 9700 (non-pro) 128MB

GlobalWin 802 ATX Midi Case
Antec TruePower 330 Watt PSU

Primary IDE Channel
1 x 120 GB Maxtor ATA133 (Master)2 Partitions
1 x 40 GB IBM ATA66 (slave)3 Partitions

Secondary IDE Channel
Liteon 40x12x48x CDRW (Master) DL: F
Liteon 16x DVD (Slave) DL: E

OtherHW
HP 940C USB Printer
Cannon LiDE30 USB Scanner
Belkin 7 Port USB HUB
Hauppauge WinTV PCI

OS: WinXP Pro SP1