Playing a DVD movie locks up my computer

[raycyrx]

No matter what player application I use (WMP, RealPlayer, Quicktime,
Interactual DVD player, VLC Player)... as soon as the DVD begins to be
accessed, the whole desktop locks up. Mouse, keyboard... nothing works and I
have to either hit the master reset button or unplug the machine. The crash
occurs whether I try to play a movie in my DVD-ROM or DVD R/RW drive.

Windows XP Pro
SP2
AMD Athlon XP+ 2800
2.07 GHz, 728 MB of Ram
ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series

I've installed the latest drivers of the video card (7.10) and rolled back
to an older version (7.7). Rolling back got rid of a Direct X error, but did
nothing for DVD play back.

Event Viewer returns this:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: ati2mtag
Event Category: CRT
Event ID: 45062
Date: 10/2/2007
Time: 10:33:21 PM
User: N/A
Computer: RAYCYRXDT
Description:
CRT invalid display type
Data:
0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 5a 00 ......Z.
0008: 2c 00 00 00 06 b0 00 c0 ,....°.À
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........

Device Manager says everything is functioning properly (no yellow
exclamation points).

[raycyrx]

Yes.
I recently did a complete format and re-install of Windows. Prior to that,
I was able to play DVD's just fine.

"Burgy" wrote:

>
> Were you able to ever play them?
> --
> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
> OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
> AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
> ONE NATION UNDER GOD ,
> INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
> AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
>
> "raycyrx" > wrote in message
> ...
> > No matter what player application I use (WMP, RealPlayer, Quicktime,
> > Interactual DVD player, VLC Player)... as soon as the DVD begins to be
> > accessed, the whole desktop locks up. Mouse, keyboard... nothing works
> > and I
> > have to either hit the master reset button or unplug the machine. The
> > crash
> > occurs whether I try to play a movie in my DVD-ROM or DVD R/RW drive.
> >
> > Windows XP Pro
> > SP2
> > AMD Athlon XP+ 2800
> > 2.07 GHz, 728 MB of Ram
> > ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series
> >
> > I've installed the latest drivers of the video card (7.10) and rolled back
> > to an older version (7.7). Rolling back got rid of a Direct X error, but
> > did
> > nothing for DVD play back.
> >
> > Event Viewer returns this:
> > Event Type: Error
> > Event Source: ati2mtag
> > Event Category: CRT
> > Event ID: 45062
> > Date: 10/2/2007
> > Time: 10:33:21 PM
> > User: N/A
> > Computer: RAYCYRXDT
> > Description:
> > CRT invalid display type
> > Data:
> > 0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 5a 00 ......Z.
> > 0008: 2c 00 00 00 06 b0 00 c0 ,....°.À
> > 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> > 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> > 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> >
> > Device Manager says everything is functioning properly (no yellow
> > exclamation points).
> >
> >
>
>
>

[raycyrx]

bump

"raycyrx" wrote:

> Yes.
> I recently did a complete format and re-install of Windows. Prior to that,
> I was able to play DVD's just fine.
>
> "Burgy" wrote:
>
> >
> > Were you able to ever play them?
> > --
> > I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
> > OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
> > AND TO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS,
> > ONE NATION UNDER GOD ,
> > INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY
> > AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
> >
> > "raycyrx" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > No matter what player application I use (WMP, RealPlayer, Quicktime,
> > > Interactual DVD player, VLC Player)... as soon as the DVD begins to be
> > > accessed, the whole desktop locks up. Mouse, keyboard... nothing works
> > > and I
> > > have to either hit the master reset button or unplug the machine. The
> > > crash
> > > occurs whether I try to play a movie in my DVD-ROM or DVD R/RW drive.
> > >
> > > Windows XP Pro
> > > SP2
> > > AMD Athlon XP+ 2800
> > > 2.07 GHz, 728 MB of Ram
> > > ATI Radeon 9550 / X1050 Series
> > >
> > > I've installed the latest drivers of the video card (7.10) and rolled back
> > > to an older version (7.7). Rolling back got rid of a Direct X error, but
> > > did
> > > nothing for DVD play back.
> > >
> > > Event Viewer returns this:
> > > Event Type: Error
> > > Event Source: ati2mtag
> > > Event Category: CRT
> > > Event ID: 45062
> > > Date: 10/2/2007
> > > Time: 10:33:21 PM
> > > User: N/A
> > > Computer: RAYCYRXDT
> > > Description:
> > > CRT invalid display type
> > > Data:
> > > 0000: 00 00 00 00 01 00 5a 00 ......Z.
> > > 0008: 2c 00 00 00 06 b0 00 c0 ,....°.À
> > > 0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> > > 0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> > > 0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
> > >
> > > Device Manager says everything is functioning properly (no yellow
> > > exclamation points).
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >