NEC dvd +/- rw ND-3650a

I'm having problems playing sound CD's and movie (video) DVD's on my player.
It plays for 10-15 sec and then becomes unresponsive.
DVD player comes with DELL Demension 9200. Have installed Vista Ultimate
build 6000.
Some say it is the build in codecs from Vista. Other forum says its the
hardware which is causing the problem.
Does someone recognises the same problem?
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