Toshiba Satellite 2435 User Guide - Page 197
WinDVD problems: General issues, WinDVD controls are disabled., Playback performance is poor.
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197 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict The color of the materials used to make the disc can affect its reliability. Silver-colored CD-ROMs are the most reliable, followed by gold-colored CD-ROM. Green-colored CDROMs are the least reliable. WinDVD problems: General issues WinDVDTM has been configured to provide optimum performance and quality based upon your system's available resources. Changes made to the system or its configuration may impact the playback performance of the WinDVD player. WinDVD controls are disabled. Controls may be grayed out by commands on the DVD. For example, it is common for DVD movie titles to disable fastforward and rewind during the legal notices at the beginning of a movie. Playback performance is poor. The use of DMA dramatically increases the DVD playback performance of your system. To make sure DMA is turned on and to check its settings: 1 Click Start, then Control Panel. 2 Click the Performance and Maintenance icon, then click the System icon. 3 Click Hardware tab, then the Device Manager button. 4 Double-click IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers to expand it, then double-click Secondary IDE Channel. The Properties Box appears. 5 Select the Advanced Settings tab, then select DMA if available from the Transfer Modes drop-down list. In the correct device area, click OK. 6 The system must be restarted for this setting to take effect.