Equium L20-197: CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer problems?

Hey there...
I recently used the little software button called "CD/DVD Drive Acoustic Silencer" to quiet the CD Drive whilst playing a CD.
Before this, a DVD would play fine... now... a DVD wil stutter, this is in ANY player. WinDVD5, Windows Media etc... I have clicked "Normal mode" hibernated, rebooted, turned off... nothing seems to work...
DVDs still skip... any help on this issue?

Hello Danny
Which notebook model you have exactly? Was this software already preinstalled on your unit or you have installed it on your own?
Try to use system restore utility and roll back the system to earlier time. I dont know if this will help but you can try it.

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