Re: Media Center crashes/ freezes when launched (using NVDIAGeForce 66
- From: chromesn <senorpedro@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 02:10:17 -0600
"=?Utf-8?B?amVmZnJleQ==?=" <jeffrey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:D52247BD-2677-4EF1-AC81-19997CD316A9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
> Equipment: WinXPMCE 2005 OS, AMD Athlon 64, 2.2 GHz 3500+, w 2 GIG
> RAM,ATI Radeon Xpress 200, Socket 939: I have a Double Sight dual
> monitor and needed to upgrade my video card to utilize the 2 screens.
> My current video card is installed directly to the motherboard. I did
> not remove any drivers preinstalled on my system. After installing the
> new video card (Chaintech GeForce 6600GT 128MB PCIe w/TV & DVI Out)
> and the drivers both monitors worked until opening the Media Center
> which caused the media center screen to freeze/ crash and flicker. The
> other screen monitor still worked. I hit cntrl alt dlt and stopped the
> media center and regained control over both monitors (Note: 100% sytem
> use prior to halting media center). I already have done a full system
> restore which eliminates the problem when using the installed video
> card. Additionally, I uploaded the 77.79 drivers (for MCE) from NVIDIA
> for my 6600GT card. Someone suggested I change the BIOS settings, but
> I don't know how (it was not explained) HELP! What should I do?
>
here's the link for nvidia preferred bios settings (i'm assuming you know
how to get into the bios: hit del when booting. page through settings and
look for the ones that match the preferred settings: if not there, ignore)
long link lol.also, if you're using nvtweak or coolbits, open card
properties (rclick desktop,properties,settings, advanced,vidcard) and
uncheck "fast writes" under "agp settings". if you're not using one of
these OC progs, this setting may not be available
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/nvidia.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?
p_faqid=78&p_created=1097619611
&p_sid=demNWHVh&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3J
vd19jbnQ9MTEmcF9wcm9kcz0wJnBfY2F0cz0wJnBfcHY9JnBfY3Y9JnBfc2VhcmNoX3R5cGU9YW
5zd2Vycy5zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9Ymlvcw**&p_li=&p_topv
iew=1
one thing i've found, having MCE lock up on me and then spending 3 days at
a time looking for problems, is having installed latest DIVX and XVID
codecs. take 'em out. use media player 10 to open vid files, and it will
automatically search for proper codec, download it an then there seems to
be np with MCE. if you get a file that says it HAS to have DIVX or XVID,
use an older one. (freecodecs.com, i think it's called).
hope this helps.
.
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