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slayer676
26 Dec 2006, 20:22
ok so my problem when playing movies my pc drastically slows down to a halt not even task manager works. The only thing that could be the problem is windows. i changed form a ati to a nvidia card. uninstalled drivers everything even tried different drivers but nothing works. is there maybe a fix beside a format and reload?
]H[ellboy
27 Dec 2006, 07:06
have you got one of those 1 million in 1 codec apps installed? Most of those are infected with some type of worm get yourself VLC and be happy :)
J1nX
27 Dec 2006, 11:05
Nvidea, that's your problem right there :P
[N]Haja
27 Dec 2006, 11:15
slayer, i had a kinda similar problem. It used to take me about 5 times as ling to unzip a file on my hdd (250 gig ATA). If I tried to play a movie off iut, it also took aes to start, and kept my processor going at 100%.
I thought my hdd was dying. However, i re-installed windows on my SATA, and the hdd was fine after that (the ATA). I did not touch the hdd, just did a reformat on the SATA drive.

So in short, sounds to me like a windows problem. How long since you re-formatted? And as a last resort, have you done a spyware and virus check recently (and if so, what programs you use?)
Karnaugh
27 Dec 2006, 11:21
check on this.

http://www.michna.com/kb/WxDMA.htm
igloo
27 Dec 2006, 12:46
Nvidea, that's your problem right there :P

http://www.geocities.com/foryoutam/DSC00050.JPG

What!? You have an ATI X1950XTX you'd like to sell me for R50?

Shove it - worst cards ever.
J1nX
27 Dec 2006, 13:41
ROFL - seems this is an emotional issue for you HAHA

I'm STILL on my trusty 1yr old laptop with a 128mb x700 pro innit :)

Sorry, all your xthis19that mumbo jumbo doesn't phase me, my ATI is still going strong :D
slayer676
27 Dec 2006, 20:12
hmm ok after a fresh install its still dosent work. witch makes me belive that there is a driver and hardware problem somewhere... the latest nVidia driver dont work and haj i disconected all my hdd except for my boot drive(sata drive) and its a vid file that dosent even need codec's to work :S and suggestions would be great.
and thanks karn but that didnt help ether...
]H[ellboy
28 Dec 2006, 07:48
Nvidea, that's your problem right there :P

who is n-vi-deee-aaa?

it's nvidia no wonder you think they're crap see what happens when you buy knock-off kit
sneaky
29 Dec 2006, 19:33
Start swapping cables and stuff
slayer676
30 Dec 2006, 02:15
Start swapping cables and stuff


well i swaped GFX cards and still the same switched to onboard and its all fine. So all i can suspect is that there is a driver and hardware conflict between the onboard GFX and the AGP slot(even when the onboard is disabled). So i give up till i upgrade witch will be real soon(i hope :) )