PowerDVD <any version> no longer working with nVIDIA ION chipset

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PowerDVD no longer working with nVIDIA ION chipset

dthengineer

Newbie Joined: Dec 20, 2011 12:02 Messages: 3 Offline

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May 31, 2012 17:34

I ran the BluRay advisor and it gave me a grey light on the NVIDIA ION chipset and a red light on their latest drivers.

Power DVD 9, and 12 refuse to play any BluRay disc. I have to assume 10 and 11 will also fail.

Reverting back to November NVIDIA drivers has fixed this issue. But I find this unacceptable as windows keeps updating them automatically to the latest WHQL version

I'm getting close to bailing. The hassle of dealing with this software isn't worth it when I get can get a dedicated player that uses less power for $70 at Walmart. And that includes YEARS of free updates.

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Jeff R 1

Senior Member Joined: Jan 09, 2010 14:05 Messages: 176 Offline

May 31, 2012 19:32

Sounds like you made up your mind already, but if not, change Windows update to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download and install them".

Letting Windows find and install any driver automatically is never a good idea, your case is a perfect example.

Many people will disagree with me, but I was never a believer in updating a driver when things are working fine. If it's working, leave it alone.

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