Still having video playback problems

Posted: 02-16-2004, 04:46 AM

Christopher Vitek

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I went out and got a new video card (ATI 9200 Radeon, 128MB Ram). However,
I am still having problems playing any video. These are any types of
video - streaming, downloaded from website, transferred from video camera,
etc. I haven't tried playing a DVD player. The video will play for up to 1
and a half minutes (usually between 30 seconds and 1 minutes) and then the
computer will freeze. Not responsive at all, it requires the reset button
to reboot.

Some specs

Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, latest Nvidia drivers (built in ethernet and
sound)
ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB AGB 8X video card
AMD 2200 Processor, running at about 1800Mhz.
120 GB Western Digital hard drive
Direct X 9B
768 MB DDR Ram (Crucial brand, PC3200, running at 266Mhz)
1 PCI USB/Firewire combo card

Memory has been tested, and no errors found. I will be happy to post any
specs or test results (so long as people tell me how to run the test). This
is getting to be very tiresome!! I even tried paying for Microsoft Tech
support, but they had a problem on their website and wouldn't accept my
credit card!!

ANY AND ALL HELP is appreciated.
Chris

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Christopher Vitek

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Re: Still having video playback problems

Posted: 02-16-2004, 02:20 PM

I will try that, thanks!

I do have the AGP drivers for the motherboard installed. The video card
doesn't haveits own fan, but I did install one of those venting fans right
next to it.

Chris
"Peter" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:797D0F35-2728-477E-98A2-5EF979A342A0@microsoft.com...

> Hi,
>
> Try right click on desktop/properties, click the setting tab and then

click the advanced button.

> Click the Torubleshoot tab, move the Hardware acceleration pointer from

right to left to reduce the acceleration rate from full to mininum.

> Click Apply and OK then reboot.
> If symptom disappeared, increase the acceleration rate bite by bite.
> If the symptom persists when the acceleration rate has been setted to

mininum, it may be a heat or hardware problem of the vedio card.

> Make sure the fan on the vedio card is running and there is adequate

ventilation inside the chassis.

> Or you can try to lower the resolution and reduce the AGP from 8X to 4X

(change the BIOS setting).

>
> By the way, have you installed the AGP drivers for your mobo?
> The drivers should be on the CD that come with the mobo.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Peter
>
>
> ----- Christopher Vitek wrote: -----
>
> I went out and got a new video card (ATI 9200 Radeon, 128MB Ram).

However,

> I am still having problems playing any video. These are any types of
> video - streaming, downloaded from website, transferred from video

camera,

> etc. I haven't tried playing a DVD player. The video will play for

up to 1

> and a half minutes (usually between 30 seconds and 1 minutes) and

then the

> computer will freeze. Not responsive at all, it requires the reset

button

> to reboot.
>
> Some specs
>
> Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, latest Nvidia drivers (built in ethernet

and

> sound)
> ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB AGB 8X video card
> AMD 2200 Processor, running at about 1800Mhz.
> 120 GB Western Digital hard drive
> Direct X 9B
> 768 MB DDR Ram (Crucial brand, PC3200, running at 266Mhz)
> 1 PCI USB/Firewire combo card
>
> Memory has been tested, and no errors found. I will be happy to post

any

> specs or test results (so long as people tell me how to run the

test). This

> is getting to be very tiresome!! I even tried paying for Microsoft

Tech

> support, but they had a problem on their website and wouldn't accept

> credit card!!
>
> ANY AND ALL HELP is appreciated.
> Chris
>
>
>

Malke

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Re: Still having video playback problems

Posted: 02-16-2004, 04:19 PM

Christopher Vitek wrote:

> I went out and got a new video card (ATI 9200 Radeon, 128MB Ram).
> However,
> I am still having problems playing any video. These are any types of
> video - streaming, downloaded from website, transferred from video
> camera,
> etc. I haven't tried playing a DVD player. The video will play for
> up to 1 and a half minutes (usually between 30 seconds and 1 minutes)
> and then the
> computer will freeze. Not responsive at all, it requires the reset
> button to reboot.
>
> Some specs
>
> Asus A7N8X-X motherboard, latest Nvidia drivers (built in ethernet and
> sound)
> ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB AGB 8X video card
> AMD 2200 Processor, running at about 1800Mhz.
> 120 GB Western Digital hard drive
> Direct X 9B
> 768 MB DDR Ram (Crucial brand, PC3200, running at 266Mhz)
> 1 PCI USB/Firewire combo card
>
> Memory has been tested, and no errors found. I will be happy to post
> any
> specs or test results (so long as people tell me how to run the test).
> This
> is getting to be very tiresome!! I even tried paying for Microsoft
> Tech support, but they had a problem on their website and wouldn't
> accept my credit card!!
>
> ANY AND ALL HELP is appreciated.
> Chris

Chris, I have a vague memory of something about Asus m/bs and ATI cards
needing a patch. This is very vague, so I can't point you to anything
specific. I'm going to suggest you check out the forums on
www.amdmb.com for further help. Here's a direct link to the forums:

http://forums.amdmb.com/

There are *lots* of them - in particular, there are forums for Asus
motherboards and video hardware. I really don't think your problem is
an XP issue, so try AMDMB.

Good luck,

Malke
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MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"

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