Nvidia FX 5900 problem with unified driver v71.04

[Larry]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Hi, I hope someone out there can help me with this. I have a FX 5900
card with 256MB RAM that is connected to my TV via an S-Video cable. My
OS is Windows Media Center 2004. When I run the card under driver
version v6.14.10.4404, I have no problem displaying the desktop or
video in color. As soon as I upgrade to the latest nVidia driver
(v71.04), I get a black and white picture with black borders all around
the screen on the TV.

I searched the nVidea FAQ, and the only thing that I saw about a "black
and white" picture said to go into the advanced display properties and
make sure that the signal settings are correct. I did that, and it is
set for M/NTSC, which is correct for the U.S.. The "video output
format" is set to "Auto select". I changed the cable select
specifically to S-Video, but there was no change when I rebooted. The
only other thing the FAQ suggested was to make sure that the S-Video
cable was less than 12 feet long. Mine is only 6 feet, and besides, it
used to work fine before the update.

Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? If you need any more
info, please ask.

Thanks!

Larry

 

[Larry]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Pat,

Thanks for the reply. The reason I wanted to move to the new driver is
because I wanted to make sure that my video driver was DirectX 9
compatible in order to play some of the newer games. I don't think the
driver I currently am using is.

Larry

 

[pat]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Why not just go back to the old driver? You said it worked fine. Is there a
reason you switched drivers in the first place? I'd guess what's wrong is
that you're using a driver that's optimised for the newer cards.



"Larry" <lhowe2001@onebox.com> wrote in message
news:1112062849.987062.100770@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, I hope someone out there can help me with this. I have a FX 5900
> card with 256MB RAM that is connected to my TV via an S-Video cable. My
> OS is Windows Media Center 2004. When I run the card under driver
> version v6.14.10.4404, I have no problem displaying the desktop or
> video in color. As soon as I upgrade to the latest nVidia driver
> (v71.04), I get a black and white picture with black borders all around
> the screen on the TV.
>
> I searched the nVidea FAQ, and the only thing that I saw about a "black
> and white" picture said to go into the advanced display properties and
> make sure that the signal settings are correct. I did that, and it is
> set for M/NTSC, which is correct for the U.S.. The "video output
> format" is set to "Auto select". I changed the cable select
> specifically to S-Video, but there was no change when I rebooted. The
> only other thing the FAQ suggested was to make sure that the S-Video
> cable was less than 12 feet long. Mine is only 6 feet, and besides, it
> used to work fine before the update.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong? If you need any more
> info, please ask.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Larry
>



----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Larry wrote on 29 Mar 2005 06:35:51 -0800:

> Thanks for the reply. The reason I wanted to move to the new driver is
> because I wanted to make sure that my video driver was DirectX 9
> compatible in order to play some of the newer games. I don't think the
> driver I currently am using is.

I'm on 56.72 and playing games that require DX9 compatibility fine. AFAIK
DX9 compatibility was added in the 5x.xx.

Dan

 

[pat]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

> I'm on 56.72 and playing games that require DX9 compatibility fine. AFAIK
> DX9 compatibility was added in the 5x.xx.
>
> Dan


Agreed. The 5X.XX drivers as well as most of the 6X.XX drivers work very
well for the 5900 series cards.

Pat



----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==----
http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups
----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----

 

[Larry]

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?)

Hi guys,

Well, I was just able to get my picture back to normal under the new
version 71.84. I had to go into the "TV Settings", then click the
"Device Adjustments" button, then click the "Restore Defaults" button
and BAM!, colors and screen size were back. Go figure! I know in the
past I had made some customizations to some of the settings, so maybe
what I had was incompatible with this new version for some reason.

Anyway, I'm where I want to be now. Thanks for your help and support!

Larry