Sluggish audio and video

Try these -

1. Turn on your HP Pavilion Slimline computer.
2. Press "F2." This attempts to load your HP BIOS. You are prompted to enter a password.
3. Type "merlin" into the password prompt and press "Enter" to unlock the password on your HP Pavilion Slimline BIOS.

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Hello Robert.

Can you please let me know the operating system of this pc. Is it Windows xp?

Thank you.

Check the Device Manager to make sure that the OS does not have any issues with the device. If there is an exclamation point ( ! ), then Windows has issue with it. If there is an " ! " then right-click on the device and select update driver.

If the drive shows in My Computer, right-click on the drive and select "eject" from the list. This will verify that the OS is talking to the device.

Check your BIOS settings to make sure that it appears in the BIOS and is not disabled.

Also, Microsoft recently released an update to disable Auto-Play on CD/DVD drives. If Auto-Play isn't working (due to this update), then put a music/movie cd/dvd into the drive and open Windows Media player and try to play the disc through there.

The drive may not be "broken" it just may be that auto-play has been turned off by Microsoft.

it happens u reinstall ur os as soon as u install do not install any other drivers first u install sound drivers later after 1 restart u install other drivers it works

You can download the drivers from the HP support site here:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=uk&lang=en&product=3199127&

You will need to select your operating system e.g.Winows Vista, Windows XP etc. then select the download that you require.

If you need more help please reply to this message.

besides needing the latest driver installed-to burn a cd you may need software

The DVD drive should have one or two small phillips head screws on the side that will allow you to slide the drive out through the front of the PC. Just be careful that you don't damage the ribbon cable when you do this.

Upgrading a certain parts in the computer depends on what purpose you want it to perform. If you're a GAMER or using imaging sofwares, then use MidRange Video Cards, like 7600GT. If the space on your Casing is very tight, then using low voltage Video cards like 7300LE.

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