Hi. Whenever I attempt to run DVD/CDs or a programme that uses a CD then the computer experiences huge bouts of slowdown until I cancel the programme. I built the computer myself and thus may have made an error when setting it up. Is this fault easy to diagnose or would further details be required? Thanks.

Edit: whenever I try to play music CDs or games the sound and/or gameplay is exceptionally choppy. The drive is a Optiarc AD-7170A DVD RW.

Maybe you don't have proper drivers for your cd/dvd-drive but this is just a guess. Anyway, updating the driver for it can't hurt you right

Robin

Well I changed the sound card and the CD drive with little change. Anyone know what it could possibly be?