Comments on: Install Dell OEM PowerDVD on non OEM system

By: marcel

marcel — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:28:18 +0000

Change vendor and CLScan to name your motherboard and its work, i change to Asus(thats my motherboard) installer works fine, sorry for my bad english

By: Damon B.

Damon B. — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 03:24:59 +0000

Awesome! Worked with * on ECS Mobo (barebones)

By: Jon-O-Rama

Jon-O-Rama — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:41:19 +0000

Changing that one lie to "CLScan=*" allowed me to install on an HP Pavilion. Thanks!

By: INTRUDER!

INTRUDER! — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 15:20:37 +0000

I changed it to *, NVIDIA and it SEEMS like it installs but it runs through the motions and finishes without error but it finishes fast and nothing is installed. Anyone else experience that and know how to get around it?

By: Nobby Clark

Nobby Clark — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:31:48 +0000

Used an "*" on the Dell OEM version of 5.1 and it's worked a treat on my new self-build.

Genius.

By: Bryn Ryver

Bryn Ryver — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:55:07 +0000

YOU FUC**** Rock!!!!!!!!!!!

By: koor

koor — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:47:26 +0000

thx a lot

By: Deepak

Deepak — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 12:27:56 +0000

Ya Dane, thanks a million, the trick worked very well. The only thing required on non-branded computer is this extra step:

Copy the contents of the Dell folder to the INTEL_ folder, then the PowerDVD will work as required.

(Note: to automatically populate the INTEL_ folder just type this : BiosVender="INTEL_" in the custom.ini file and elsewhere.) Also note that this folder {INTEL_} must be generated automatically don't manually create this folder inside the Customizations folder)

By: Mig

Mig — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 14:36:30 +0000

Dane. Your suggestion worked. I just tried it on an old Gateway laptop. The other things didn't work until I copied the contents from the Dell folder to the Gateway folder, then PowerDVD worked fine. Before i did that, it wouldn't do anything when i loaded a DVD or double clicked on the shortcut.

Thanks a whole bunch! (or a hole bunch)!

By: Dane

Dane — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:10:24 +0000

This was a big help. I had to take a little bit from each entry but I got it to work. Here is what I did.
CLScan=*
Vendor=Hewlett-Packard
BiosVendor="Hewlett-Packard"
This was for the Custom.ini file on the root of the CD. Also had to modify the Custom.ini file in the PowerDVDDX** folders as well. These are for XP and Windows 7 installer. After doing that was able to get it installed but would not run. I went to Program Files/Cyberlink/PowerDVD DX/Customizations. In here there was Dell and Hewlett Packard Folder. I copied the contents of the Dell Folder into the Hewlett Packard Folder and was then able to run the program and play a DVD