Nvidia GEForce 6200 has problems displaying video

[Steve]

This has been an ongoing problem, and very strange. I have long had
problems displaying live video with this display adapter; the system
just hangs hard when attempting to display video, whether avi, mpeg,
etc., and regardless of the application. Since installing a 2nd
monitor, I've discovered that sometimes the video window must be split
across the two displays in order to display video - it just hangs if
completely on one display or the other. I've also discovered that I can
start video playing with Nero 7, and the system will appear to hang or
get extremely slow, and the video window completely hangs. If I then
ctrl-alt-del, and do nothing but Esc back to where I was, the video
displays just fine.

Win 2000, SP4. Nvidia GeForce 6200, Gateway 21" analog monitor, Hanns-G
19" LCD DVI monitor (recently added, and helping to gain the partial
success described above), Nero 7, Kworld analog video capture card.
Does anything here raise any red flags?

 

[Steve]

This has been an ongoing problem, and very strange. I have long had
problems displaying live video with this display adapter; the system
just hangs hard when attempting to display video, whether avi, mpeg,
etc., and regardless of the application. Since installing a 2nd
monitor, I've discovered that sometimes the video window must be split
across the two displays in order to display video - it just hangs if
completely on one display or the other. I've also discovered that I can
start video playing with Nero 7, and the system will appear to hang or
get extremely slow, and the video window completely hangs. If I then
ctrl-alt-del, and do nothing but Esc back to where I was, the video
displays just fine.

Win 2000, SP4. Nvidia GeForce 6200, Gateway 21" analog monitor, Hanns-G
19" LCD DVI monitor (recently added, and helping to gain the partial
success described above), Nero 7, Kworld analog video capture card.
Does anything here raise any red flags?

Continuing my own post: During installation of a new CD/DVD drive, I
noticed a BIOS setting for the AGP memory window, with possible
settings of 32M, 64M, 128M, and 256M. It was set at 64M. Trying 256M
slowed the system and made the above problem worse; changing it to 32M
has made things a little faster. Does that shed any light on the
situation? Has anyone else had problems with the video overlay on an
XFX G-force video card, or any similar cards based on the Nvidia 6200?

 

[Steve]

Continuing my own post: During installation of a new CD/DVD drive, I
noticed a BIOS setting for the AGP memory window, with possible
settings of 32M, 64M, 128M, and 256M. It was set at 64M. Trying 256M
slowed the system and made the above problem worse; changing it to 32M
has made things a little faster. Does that shed any light on the
situation? Has anyone else had problems with the video overlay on an
XFX G-force video card, or any similar cards based on theNvidia6200?

XFX tech support urged me to update the motherboard drivers, bios, and
video drivers. I already have the latest BIOS (A05) and motherboard
drivers. In desperation I tried loading the Dell-recommended driver
for Nvidia-based video adapters with 256 MB, and got at best 600x800
SVGA (prehistoric, isn't it?). Then I tried reloading Nvidia drivers
v81.87 that I had downloaded a long time ago. Same behavior as before.
Finally I reloaded the current 84.21 version that I had loaded before,
and now everything seems to be working fine!?! This is the only time
since I've had the card that it actually worked properly. I just hope
that persists across a reboot - I'd hate to have to uninstall and
reinstall three different video drivers every time I reboot! For the
moment at least, I've got a working system.