|
|
 |
|
|
Pages: 1
New ATI Radeon - can't watch videos...
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)
Posted by: aprilynn
Strange problem - I recently bought a new ATI Radeon 9250 - 256mb video card.. the install went successfully - no hiccups at all. Games are running great, no problems, no freezing.... However if I try to watch an mpeg file or any type of video - my entire pc locks up my cpu usage goes to 100% and I have to turn the power off on the pc to get it to respond. When I first got it - I installed the official ATI Catalyst drivers that came with it....THen someone suggested "Omega" drivers so I tried those and still having the same problem. Doesn't matter which program I try to watch the video with - I've tried Winamp, Windows Media, and a DivX player - all of them freeze up. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Dell Dimension 4400
Pentium 4 1.8 Ghz
Intel Motherboard
512mb RAM
40 GB Hard drive - with 13 Gig free.
Sound is a Creative SB Live
OS: Windows XP Home Edition U.S. English 5.1 (build 2600 Service Pack 2)
video: ATI Radeon 9250 with Omega 3.8.221 drivers
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
Try reinstalling the latest directx. If that fails, try a driver cleaner.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Driver_Cl...onal_d3214.html
Posted by: aprilynn
Well I've done that... still the same.... I'm at a complete loss... Doesnt make sense that graphic intensive games run fine and when I try to watch a video from CNN.com or something it dies.
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
I think it's a driver conflict between WMP and the ATI drivers. Seems this problem pops up now and then for people using ATI cards. Here's some suggestions:
1. Update your chipset drivers for your motherboard.
2. Install an older ATI driver.
3. Try quicktime or mplayer. Mplayer bypasses D3d so you should be able to play videos with it.
4. Adjust your hardware acceleration tab for your video card.
Post back. We'll keep working on a solution.
|
|
|
|
|
