Originally Posted By: Cutehumor
Originally Posted By: Bobert
I have a similar setup as yours but a desktop. P4 3 gigahertz 512 ram. Mine is overclocked and the memory is at a higher speed, but should be in ballpark of your system.
Have you tried Windows Media Player instead of PowerDVD? The WMP9 that comes default with XP will play DVD's. I checked CPU usage with WMP9 and I'm only getting 12% to 18% CPU utilization. Another alternative is to try WinDVD which usually has a free trial download.
Yeah, I used windows media player. I'm getting the same CPU useage. 95-99%, same as powerdvd. do you have the same trident video card?
No it's a old Geforce 4 card but Nvidia drivers are pretty refined.
Have you updated the chipset drivers from Intel? There is a utility you can download to identify your chipset (ChipUtil.exe on at Intel site). Then there is a combo pack that will update your USB, HD controller, chipset etc. The file name is infinst_autol.exe ~ 2.5 MB which is also available on Intel's site. I'm not sure if this will help, but you never know. You might have to reset your DMA settings in Device Manager after the update, but double check just in case.