Fortwilliam Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Anyone any idea why playing a video in any player, Windows Media, Real Player, Pixela or Windows Media Classic makes the program hang with CPU usage showing 100%. The quickest way to get out of the program is to have it pre-selected in Task Manager under Processes. I have 1GB memory and 22GB free disk space with no other programs running. Flash videos on the internet play fine. Because the problem is 'global' I don't think that the settings in any particular player can be at fault. Losing what little hair I have left. Quote
Plastic Nev Posted June 20, 2009 Posted June 20, 2009 Hi, The flash player running files off the net OK, I assume from the likes of Youtube, is throwing me here, so I have to ask is it only videos, or if using media player to play an ordinary sound file, music etc does the problem occur then.? Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I have installed Windows, now how do I install the curtains? 😄
Plastic Nev Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 OK, what machine is it, make and model, also do you have a graphics card installed or is it the internal (motherboard) graphics? It looks like it may be a graphics driver issue, so we need to know a bit more to find a suitable download site for drivers. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I have installed Windows, now how do I install the curtains? 😄
Fortwilliam Posted June 24, 2009 Author Posted June 24, 2009 Thanks for your further reply, the info you requested: Model: Tiny Computers MS-6741 1.0 OS: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 (build 2600) Main Circuit Board - MSI MS-6741 1.0 Processor 2.40 gigahertz AMD Athlon 64 128 kilobyte primary memory cache 512 kilobyte secondary memory cache Bus Clock: 200 megahertz BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. Version 07.00T 04/02/01 Drive 196.72 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 23.21 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space Memory – 1GB Pagefile - 1524MB Graphics Card - NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS Driver: 9.1.4.7 This driver for the graphics card is not the latest. Some time ago, around the start of the year, I uninstalled the driver and installed the latest driver. Big problems with an 'infinite loop' error each time I tried to play Warcraft. After a lot of research I reinstalled the old driver and Warcraft played fine. From recollection the new driver was trying to make the card over-perform. I'm truly not sure if this is when my problems with videos began, but you have certainly got me thinking. Any further thoughts? Regards. Quote
maynardvdm Posted June 24, 2009 Posted June 24, 2009 Hi Did you try this driver: GeForce/ION Driver Release 186 Quote We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. RaidMax Smilodon Gaming Case | Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H M/B | Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.4GHz | 8GB Corsair RAM | Nvidia GTX550 Ti 1GB GDDR5 | Corsair 800w PSU Register for FREE >>here<< | If we have helped you, please consider a donation >>here<< SAS | MBAM | WinPatrol | Avira | ERUNT | Nvidia Drivers http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll57/mjsmileys/userbarnew4sec.gif
Fortwilliam Posted June 26, 2009 Author Posted June 26, 2009 Hi again, Tried the driver you suggested and have my videos back. Yeah!! BUT my Warcraft is hanging again :confused:. Need my Warcraft, withdrawal symptoms already :D. Quote
Plastic Nev Posted June 27, 2009 Posted June 27, 2009 Hi again, Not being a gamer, I am only guessing here, but you say this happened previously, so you rolled back the driver to a previous version as it seemed the new driver was over working the graphics card. Makes me wonder if the graphics card is up to the job of running that game, and whether it may pay to upgrade to a better card. That is only a guess mind, and willing to be put right by someone with more knowledge on games and graphics. Nev. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here. If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members. Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. -------------------------------------------------------------------- I have installed Windows, now how do I install the curtains? 😄
Fortwilliam Posted June 30, 2009 Author Posted June 30, 2009 Thanks for that. The graphics card worked fine until I did the original driver update. It worked fine again after I did the roll back. It works now with the latest driver in OpenGL mode but the framerate is very low. When I return from holiday I think I will do a clean install of XP. Thanks again. Quote
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