Media Player Issues after new Video Card

Wasn't sure where this should go.

I just installed an NVidia Geforce 6200a to replace my old and dying Geforce4MX420.

The drivers were causing issues so I ended up using Driver Cleaner in the perscribed manner to get whatever I missed and the card worked fine, but I realized later that anytime I play video in Windows Media Player 10 it either turns sluggish and I have to end the process, or my machine outright reboots. It plays games with no problem, for descent amounts of time (havent played more than say 4 hours so I can't vouch for an extended amount of uptime) but even right after it boots, I can pretty much replicate the the problem every time.

I have yet to get on say youtube or something to see waht it does but google played videos on it. I installed the drivers again (using Driver Cleaner) and reinstalled media player, still no good.

Any thoughts?

 

I did that originally and it would lock the machine until I used Driver Cleaner. Am I doing something wrong?

 

Yes, I tried those drivers as well as the latest ones.
I have yet to try a driver from maybe a step back, I know sometimes that seems to smooth out some glitchy issues with video cards.

 

Just some other thoughts. Do you have a good set of chipset/motherboard drivers installed?

Did you uninstall the drivers and software for the old card before you installed the new one? (Don't worry, I've forgotten many times myself.) The drivers and software for the old card will have a lot of the same files, but older versions.

I don't use driver "cleaners" either. If I find problems I boot into Safe Mode, uninstall the software in Add/Remove Programs then go to Device Manager and uninstall the graphics adapter if it is still listed. I then find that when Windows boots into normal mode and the New Hardware wizard runs I usually click Cancel and run the driver installation program when I get to the desktop (at the next boot, if the New Hardware wizard runs again at startup I point it to the drivers CD).

If it is going to be a real fight, I would go back to the beginning. Put the old card back in and install it's drivers and software. Boot into Safe Mode and uninstall those. Shutdown and put the new card back in. Run the installation as I mentioned.

Matt