Re: video corruption on main screen
- From: "speedbacon@xxxxxxxxx" <speedbacon@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 8 Aug 2006 14:43:37 -0700
Yeah, on my first install I tried this -- I even tried moving away from
the DVI and went to the analog cable to see if that was the issue. I
eventually got things nice and messed up (MCE was running on second
desktop that was on the analog display, while XP was running on the
digital display). After coming up with nothing there, I did another
reinstall of MCE2005 and then posted to this group.
My 6600GT is from winfast. I do have a video BIOS update for it that I
could apply, but I haven't yet.
Thanks for the help.
Dana Cline - MVP wrote:
My only other suggestion at this point is to go thru MCE's setup again. I
know that at one point, it asks you if you want to use your current
resolution or something different...you might try tweaking that answer and
see if it helps.
And you're using a 6600GT, right? I use that same card (maybe - mine's
EVGA's) and haven't ever seen this, but then again I'm running it at
1920x1080 via the DVI port.
Dana Cline - MCE MVP
<speedbacon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1155049173.668443.321200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the help Dana.
I'm using 91.31 downloaded yesterday from nvidia.com
(91.31_winxp2kmce_english_whql.exe).
I've set both XP and MCE shells to run at the native resolution of the
LCD, which is 1280x1024.
Now for the strange part. Placing MCE in 'windowed' mode eliminates
the artifacts as long as it is the right size (maybe 640x480?). Here
are 2 more screens:
working:
<http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9007/mce2005artifacts2mm6.jpg>
broken:
<http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mce2005artifacts3ty3.jpg>
I'm with you thinking it is a video driver problem, but I've tried an
older version (77.79) with the same results.
Dana Cline - MVP wrote:
Wow, that's an odd one I've never seen before. Offhand my first
inclination
is to suspect the video card. Which driver version are you using? You
mentioned DVI - which resolution are you set for? (I assume the same as
your
default LCD resolution?) And the big question...what happens if you
normalize the window so you can see both Media Center and your desktop?
If
the desktop portion looks good, and the Media Center window still looks
bad,
then I'm out of suggestions. If it all looks good when Media Center is in
a
desktop window, then there's something weird about it switching to Media
Center mode (and I'm still out of suggestions). Which driver version are
you
using?
Dana Cline - MCE MVP
<speedbacon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hey All,
I'm experiencing some strange video behavior on my fresh install of MCE
2005. The best way to describe it is that there are small blotches of
red and pink rectangles across the screen. I've put a screenshot up
here in case that helps:
<http://img83.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mce2005artifactszq8.jpg>
My system is a pretty plain Dell dimension 8400 with an nVidia 6600GT
PCI Express video card. I have the latest drivers and have applied all
the rollup patches to date, but can't seem to shake this issue. I'm
connected to my ViewSonic LCD display via DVI and have run the display
wizard inside of Media Center under the "laptop" config and the "LCD"
config. Both don't work.
Under normal XP things are working great. Videos, games, everything
seems normal except when I launch Media Center from the Start Menu.
Any ideas?
.
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