Help!Video doesnt play....

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This is the configuration of my rig...
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
MSI K8N Platinum Motherboard
Transcend 2*512mb
XFX Geforce 6600 graphics card...
Western Digital 80 GB SATA HDD
i also have a server grade power supply so i know it isnt a power problem...
I have Windows XP Professional Installed...without any Service Packs
i have DirectX 9.0c installed...
everything else works fine...but when i play video,after a few seconds the monitor switches off and the sound plays on a loop..i have no other choice but to restart...this is very annoying..frabkly i aint sure if this is a software or a hardware issue...please help me out...

drivers ???? VMR settings ???

may be u should load the SP2 also try getting the upto date drivers for display card and Sound... load the chipset drivers also... and yes, set a manual Page File at a non OS pertition...

check the power settings of the Computer, where the monitor is program to switch of to save power or not....

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also make sure the PSU has enough juce...

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the drivers for the motherboard,graphics card and all are the latest...today morning i installed the AutoPatcher XP Jul2005 Full version...the PSU has enough juice..i am sure of it cause i checked the powers on the rails when buying it...so thats not an issue...One thing though,i dont have either of the service packs installed...can this be the cause of this problem?I have heard that Service Pack 2 causes some problems in the systems?is it true?thanks for the replies....i dont know what a vmr setting is...and i have checked the power conservations etting in my comp ..they are fine..

How long this problem is there? Is it since you bought the System?
You must install the Chipset drivers first , before installing anything. Service Pack
may interfere with some software causing it to malfunction. Even if you don't install SP you should be able to play Video & audio without any issues. What version of Media Player you are using 9 or 10? Try installing RealPlayer or any other media player to make sure if it works. Check for any hardware conflicts.

steps of repairing your video
step I. To change your ram.
step II. To check your media player.
step III. Check IDE cables.

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i read somewhere that the refresh rate of my monitor and my graphics card might not match which can cause this problem...is this possible?i even tried locating the drivers for xp for samtron 55v monitor but apparently couldnt find it anywhere...what should i check in IDE cables??

1.)sp2 does not create PROBLEMS in ur system....it closes some of the loop holes in ur system....u would face probs only while playing some games( incompatibility issues) but in no way harm ur system....

2.) plz check ur codec packs....update them..for the video prob...

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JGuru said:
You must install the Chipset drivers first , before installing anything. Check for any hardware conflicts.

I must say the order of driver installation can cause problems. So do wat said above

2ndly go to Start --> Run --> type "dxdiag" without quotes

Go to Display and take the tests , check if there are any problems,
Do the same with Sound

Check whether there's any conflict between onboard graphics and GPU

also check the default sound settings

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in the troubleshooting for my graphics hardware page,when i turn of all directdraw and direct3d accelrations,i dont have this problem anymore...
but if i turn it to full acceleration,then i am back in the same boat...