Blue Screen on Media Center DVD Playback with i3

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I just upgraded a home-built PC to an Intel i3 Processor with built-in Intel HD Graphics connected to a Sony TV over HDMI. I've installed the latest, posted video driver from Intel however most times I attempt DVD playback in Windows Media Center on Windows 7 the screen freezes with macroblocking and then 10-15 seconds later I see a blue screen that the video scheduler encountered an unexpected error. When I do see normal DVD playback I've never been able to stop it and resume without seeing this behavior. Can someone tell me if this is a known issue? I'd be happy to provide extra info if necessary. If there's some chipset feature I could disable to work around this I'd like to know.

Also I noticed that during DVD playback in Media Center, the video gets pillar-boxed for some reason in a way that Media Center can't compensate for. I also see this in Windows Media Player. Other playback (RecTV, etc) and blu-ray via Cyberlink works fine.

Here's my diagnostic output:

Intel® HD Graphics (Core i3)

Report Date: 6/19/2010Report Time[hr:mm:ss]: 13:9:14Driver Version: 8.15.10.2119Operating System: Windows 7 (6.1.7600)Default Language: English (United States)DirectX* Version: 10.0Physical Memory: 3932 MBMinimum Graphics Memory: 32 MBMaximum Graphics Memory: 1696 MBGraphics Memory in Use: 134 MBProcessor: Intel64 Family 6 Model 37 Stepping 2Processor Speed: 3076 MHzVendor ID: 8086Device ID: 0042Device Revision: 12* Accelerator Information *Accelerator in Use: Intel(R) HD GraphicsVideo BIOS: 1949.0Current Graphics Mode: 1920 by 1080* Devices Connected to the Graphics Accelerator *Active Digital Televisions: 1* Digital Television *Monitor Name: Generic PnP MonitorDisplay Type: DigitalGamma Value: 2.2DDC2 Protocol: SupportedMaximum Image Size:Horizontal: 27.56 inchesVertical: 15.75 inchesMonitor Supported Modes:640 by 480 (60 Hz)720 by 480 (60 Hz)1920 by 540 (60 Hz)

Display Power Management Support:

Standby Mode: Not SupportedSuspend Mode: Not SupportedActive Off Mode: Not SupportedRaw EDID:00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 4D D9 00 95 01 01 01 01 32 0F 01 03 80 46 28 78 0A 0D C9 A0 57 47 98 27 12 48 4C 20 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 1D 80 18 71 1C 16 20 58 2C 25 00 DF A4 21 00 00 9E 8C 0A D0 8A 20 E0 2D 10 10 3E 96 00 30 A4 21 00 00 18 00 00 00 FC 00 53 4F 4E 59 20 54 56 0A 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 FD 00 3A 3E 0F 2E 08 00 0A 20 20 20 20 20 20 01 29 02 03 1B 76 47 85 02 03 04 06 07 01 23 09 07 07 83 01 00 00 66 03 0C 00 10 00 80 01 1D 00 72 51 D0 1E 20 6E 28 55 00 DF A4 21 00 00 1E 8C 0A A0 14 51 F0 16 00 26 7C 43 00 30 A4 21 00 00 98 8C 0A D0 8A 20 E0 2D 10 10 3E 96 00 DF A4 21 00 00 18 8C 0A A0 14 51 F0 16 00 26 7C 43 00 DF A4 21 00 00 98 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 86* Other names and brands are the property of their respective owners. *

[Allan_J_Intel1]

This problem does not seem to appear with graphics driver version 15.17.7.2141

Get this version here

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=19130&ProdId=3231&lang=eng