Techs! I CHALLENGE YOU!! ASUS A7S266VM Video Problems

[sgallagher27]

I'm Running a 2200 Anthlon XP in a Asus A7S266-VM. OS is WinXP Professional version. The problem is when I load up ANY video in Realplayer, WMP, Quicktime, etc,etc. AND put it into full screen the screen will blank, then pause, then it will (sometimes reverse) shrink back to %200 size, and WILL NOT stretch to full screen. I believe this to be a Video card issue. I'm using the onboard video which is a integrated 4x AGP graphic. It SHOULD work, but something is not right.

I've tried every setting I can think of in the BIOS (with this awful mobo)but I still can't get the thing to work correctly.

Only other device that is hooked up is a SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum card.

So....what do you guys think?

are you using the latest updates for each other these programs? do you have the latest drives for the video card. i dont think i have ever heard a video card doing that

[Kc2iLq]

Make sure your overlay controlls are set to defaults or normal values. Also, if your video is overclocked with coolbits or whatever, set those back to default. That's about all I can think of right now.

-Kc2iLq

[sgallagher27]

Ya so I'm an idiot...

I forgot to install the drivers for the video card. Minor step huh?

Remember to actually use that little disk that comes with the Mobo...

[Etruscan]

If you've got a 'third party' video application installed, divx apps come to mind, they sometimes change all settings on your regular players when they were installed. I would classify some of the install programs for third party players as 'near virus'. The only solution I found was a reinstall of Windows for the problems they caused me, when I naively installed them. To make a long story short, the problems your describing are similar to what I experienced. I would suggest, off hand, you have software problems - not hardware problems as you believe.