xfx 6600gt wont play video

hi all,just got this card to replace my old geforce4 ti46oo,only to find it wont play video,at all,with any media player you care to mention,winamp,media player 10 etc etc,as soon as i click a video to play the machine almost locks,in task manager cpu hits 100% and the player that is trying to play runs in the high 90's,plays games ok 3dmark03 score is 6800,but just wont play avi's mpeg's etc,i got 300 gig of vid's on this machine so it would be useful if this card would play them!!if i refit the 46oo ti all back to normal,have tried latest drivers but they gave me sli errors(?)so i'm running 77.72,have tried xfx but no reply yet! thanks in advance

That SLI message seems to be a bug in the latest drivers, the message is annoying, but it is harmless. I would definitely try the latest drivers. It might be best to completely uninstall the old ones in Safe Mode first, it sounds as if the drivers may not have spotted the different hardware and that is what is causing the problem.

That SLI error is a bug, and must be ignored for now.

Try the very latest driver (91.xx i believe).

Check dxdiag by going to Start|Run|dxdiag.

And problems in Device Manager? Have you checked BIOS settings?


Liam

thanks nick,for the quick reply,i'll try wiping old drivers and try 91.31 again,

"Check dxdiag by going to Start|Run|dxdiag.

And problems in Device Manager? Have you checked BIOS settings"
thanks for the reply liam,
pass's dxdiag tests,no prob's in device manager,and what should i check in the bios?i have the latest bios (v1013) and agp 8 support is enabled,is there something else in the bios to check?

Aperture size, and double check the onboard is disabled, under Integrated Peripherals (Or something along those lines), i know it may of affected the old card, but to cut it out of the possibilities anyhoo....


Liam

aperture size is 64m but i have tried 128m but made no diference,the mobo doesnt have onboard gfx,

Try Nick's suggestion for drivers in Safe Mode, and then test it again, and if you have no joy, go back into Safe Mode and test video playback there.


Liam

liam ,will do,thanks mate

ok wiped drivers and new drivers in safe mode 91.31,still the same but....play video in safe mode and all is ok!?so why is that?

In Safe Mode it uses the plain vanilla VGA drivers only, it only uses the "proper" graphics drivers when you boot into Windows normally. I'm a bit baffled by this one, but it still seems to be a driver issue. The fact that you can play the vids in Safe Mode indicates that it can't be a codec problem, and the fact that it plays games indicates that the hardware of the card is OK. I think I would be inclined to try an over-the-top reinstall of Windows and let all the hardware be redetected from scratch.

"I would be inclined to try an over-the-top reinstall of Windows and let all the hardware be redetected from scratch." do you mean format or reinstall over xp?

I really don't think you need go as far as a format and reinstall. Re-installing over the top should be all that's necessary. Boot up with the XP CD in the drive and let Setup run. Go past the "C" and "R" repair options by presssing Enter just as if you're doing a clean install and you'll eventually get an option to "Repair an existing installation". That's the one you want. If it asks about formatting you've gone wrong, so start over.

You'll get to keep your existing apps & settings, but you need to re-install SP2, Windows Updates & any unsigned drivers afterwards. NOTE: Be aware that you'll lose any protection from Blaster / Sasser type worms. Don't go online without a firewall, whether the built in Windows one or 3rd party.

How to perform a re-install of WinXP

Repair XP

WinXP Non-destructive Total Rebuild

wow nick,that was fast,ok i can do that,just didnot want to format,scsi drivers etc if i could help it,thanks nick,ill post back

ok,latest update,reinstalling didnt help ,during install i got com+ errors etc,so have just finished formatting and now doing fresh install

jazzyr1,
I have a XFX GeForce 7800gt. I had some driver problems also. When loading my video card I had to make sure the XFX Drivers loaded from the CD instead of the Windows XP Drivers loading. I later tried updated drivers from nVIDIA but had the same problems so I'm back to the XFX Drivers from the CD. I think I even tried updated drivers from XFX site too, but I know I'm back to the XFX Drivers from the CD.
Just after posting I went to the XFX site and downloaded 91.31 Drivers. It's been a while since I downloaded new drivers (these are a different driver than what I downloaded before). They seem to work fine with my card!
I wanted to make sure your Downloading the correct Drivers from the XFX Site.

When you choose your Operating System make sure you DON'T CHOOSE:
Windows XP Pro/Windows Server 2003 64-bit

Make sure you DO CHOOSE: Windows 2000/XP/XP Media Center Edition

ill try xfx ones on the cd but i have used 91.31 and no good,formating made no difference,so im waiting on xfx to get back to me we'll see,thanks for the reply

Did you get the 91.31 drivers from the nVIDIA Site or the XFX Site?
It does make a difference. Make sure you get them from the XFX Site!
I did find something I didn't like on the 91.31 Drivers, I lost the ability to Overclock my Video Card. I did a Rollback on the drivers and still can't find the place where I overclocked before. I then uninstalled the video card and drivers in Safe Mode, reinstalled drivers from the XFX CD and still can't get it to work!

to fix your problem. download old nivida drivers (71.84) they should work fine i dont know why but the new nvidia drivers dont seem to work well with 6600 cards i have this problem myself and only known way to fix it is using older drivers. :)

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Originally Posted by bugspop1

Did you get the 91.31 drivers from the nVIDIA Site or the XFX Site?
It does make a difference. Make sure you get them from the XFX Site!
I did find something I didn't like on the 91.31 Drivers, I lost the ability to Overclock my Video Card. I did a Rollback on the drivers and still can't find the place where I overclocked before. I then uninstalled the video card and drivers in Safe Mode, reinstalled drivers from the XFX CD and still can't get it to work!

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when you install new drivers you will need to unlock the O/C options that show up under the Nvidia control panel options as they are hidden by default. you will need to download a program that unlocks it. here is the one i use;
http://www.guru3d.com/rivatuner/

ok, the latest,the card wont work with any drivers 9*.** but will work with anything upto and including 8*.**.so im on 81.98 and it works,so it must be something in 9* series of drivers the card doesnt like ,so im beat for the time being ,thanks for eveyones help

Glad to hear the problem is solved!