Not always having the latest drivers can resolve the problem or improve things because if your system is not upgraded as well then they may create a conflict with drivers and applications.
This seams to be an issue that it is related to Nvidia. Just as you mentioned that when you go and play games or unable to play any type of video.
My suggestion is to go into Safe Mode, then under device manager uninstall ALL the display adapters (if they are not missing...or creating a conflict, red x, question mark, exclamation point). This is a fresh and clean Start.
Then login normal into Windows, within a few seconds you will see messages as for "new hardware found" do not click on them and run the CD that came with your video card Nvidia GeForce 5200. To install the Windows drivers, directx 9.0 from there, reboot as indicated, then just run the Nvidia utilities that is on the Control Panel, there you will have to adjust the display resolution and refresh rate. Everything is self explanatory.
Now.... For the MPEG codec, most of the time it is included in the applications that uses DVD because it is the main codec that enables DVD formats for PC viewing. If you can not watch anything try to uninstall the application for DVD viewing and re-install it.
I have similar problems with my Dell Dimension 9100 with Win XP SP2 and Radeon X300 SE 128MB Hypermemory video card (fw 6.14.10.0278).
To clear the fuzzy text when it appears, I go to display properties and change the color depth from 32 bit to 16bit. After the screen refreshes, I cancel the change. This is enough to refresh the monitor to clear up the text. I keep looking for a firmware update to address this, but none found so far.
Also, when playing video in media player I see distorted video (pink horizontal bars moving vertically on one occassion. The video playback problem seems intermittent because I have not found the root cause.
When using the Power DVD that came with my Dell (with the updated firmware 5.6) to play back DVDs, my computer frequently locks up or displays the Windows blue screen of death. I accepted Microsoft's bug submittal report, but I'm not sure which driver is causing the problem.
I'm happy with the monitor besides these major driver errors. I'm still not sure if the monitor driver, display driver, or Power DVD software is the main cause of any of these problems. Let me know if you find anything to help with these.
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Jeff521
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September 23rd, 2005 01:00
I have similar problems with my Dell Dimension 9100 with Win XP SP2 and Radeon X300 SE 128MB Hypermemory video card (fw 6.14.10.0278).
To clear the fuzzy text when it appears, I go to display properties and change the color depth from 32 bit to 16bit. After the screen refreshes, I cancel the change. This is enough to refresh the monitor to clear up the text. I keep looking for a firmware update to address this, but none found so far.
Also, when playing video in media player I see distorted video (pink horizontal bars moving vertically on one occassion. The video playback problem seems intermittent because I have not found the root cause.
When using the Power DVD that came with my Dell (with the updated firmware 5.6) to play back DVDs, my computer frequently locks up or displays the Windows blue screen of death. I accepted Microsoft's bug submittal report, but I'm not sure which driver is causing the problem.
I'm happy with the monitor besides these major driver errors. I'm still not sure if the monitor driver, display driver, or Power DVD software is the main cause of any of these problems. Let me know if you find anything to help with these.
Jeff