i tried it out first on a 32bit system and found that playback was only successful with the drive connected to the IDE port.
i then decided to upgrade the system and used the 64bit system and the drive connected to sata, i updated the firmware and bios and found that i was getting some playback, but it seems that Powerdvd 7.3.x.x stops responding from time to time causing the BD to stop play.(very annoying)
i have tried both PDVD 8 & 9 but these just wont play at all.
please help.