DVD choppy with 770z, need DEVA?? Advice needed.

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erin · #1 Post by **erin** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:26 am

Hi--
I recently was given a 770z (I have a newer desktop for regular use...this is mainly for typing papers when i'm at the library).

...But then I realized i could purchas a dvd drive for my thinkpad, so I went for it....I bought a dvd drive on ebay and now I realize my video card sucks (trident 3d excelerator dvd or something). I thought the 'dvd' in the discription ment it could handle dvds...guess i was very wrong!

I did some research and saw I could purchase a enhanced video display card (on ebay they go for approx $30).

machine specs: PII 366, 128 mb ram, 12 gig hd, windows 2000

Will the DEVA help my dvd playback? It's very, very choppy. Also if i order a bare DEVA IBM only offers MPEG installs to go with it. Is this sufficient.

Sorry for the long post. Thank you for any help in advance.

~erin

mdbrown · #2 Post by **mdbrown** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:30 am

Definitely get the DEVA card. I have a 770x with a 400Mhz PII and it's choppy without it. With it it plays great. My 770ed plays DVDs fine with a 266Mhz PII and DEVA card.

I bought mine on ebay for $35 shipped, best money I've spent thus far on this machine. Depending on what OS you have the software installation will run from simple to a little convoluted but well worth the effort.

Guest · #3 Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 12:35 am

Thanks for the quick reply! did your DEVA come with drivers? If not what will i need to install? I'm usually pretty good with this stuff, but I'm used to doing PC upgrades (this is my first laptop).

John560e · #4 Post by **John560e** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:50 am

Get DEVA P/N 12J0411 and 770z MPEG & Video Capture drivers from:
http://www.pc.ibm.com/qtechinfo/DSHY-3PGT93.html

erin · #5 Post by **erin** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:09 am

Does anyone know if I will have to use dvdexpress with the DEVA card for it to work or can I use powerdvd?

mdbrown · #6 Post by **mdbrown** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:20 am

Depends on your OS but windows media player 9 works quite well. Powerdvd will not use the DEVA card, neither will WinDVD.

erin · #7 Post by **erin** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:49 pm

Thanks. You've been very helpful. I will order it this week and post again once I've installed it

erin (again) · #8 Post by **erin (again)** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:53 pm

I just checked windows info on the upgrade site, it says windows media 9 only supports dvd playback in XP

mdbrown · #9 Post by **mdbrown** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 2:59 pm

If you are using win2k you can use dvdplayer, it's part of the OS. If you are using anything else, you will have to use dvdexpress unless someone else knows of a player that will utilize the deva card.

sickofit · #10 Post by **sickofit** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:23 pm

With Xp,you just use the W2K Mpeg files(click continue anyway,when error pops up),and use Windows media player....

Same with W2K...

If you have 95\98\ME use the DVDExpress that was installed when new,which is so very nicely provided to us from Bill Morrow's FTP site..!!!

http://www.thinkpads.com/ftp_resource.htm It's right down on the bottom...now this way is picky in the order you install everything....I THINK it was install the newest Video Features(see IBM link below)...then the DVDExpress from Bill's site...then the DVDExpress update from the IBM site http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... SHY-3PGT93 ...then the Mpeg Features.....I THINK !!!!....never used 98,always used XP Pro....

Have fun..!!!

Greg St.L

Guest · #11 Post by **Guest** » Wed Jun 16, 2004 3:23 pm

Thanks. I am using win2k, so I guess that will work out alright.