Nabeshin

My hardware: Athlon XP 1800+ Abit KX7-333 MSI Geforce 4 Ti4200 (64MB) (yes, I have the latest xp drivers, 3.0.8.7) Soundblaster Live Value (ditto) Etc. The problem: WMP crashes if I try to play *anything* with it. It's not an audio problem, because winamp 2.x has no problem playing back anything I throw at it. Dvd playback has also caused a few crashes, but it seems to work now. Also, inexplicable crashes are frequent, and the reported cause is always the vid card driver. What I've tried: I've gotten all critical and all driver updates from windows update. I've tried every xp compatible version of the detonator drivers, with the exception of the 40.xx beta, which I am getting now. I have uninstalled and reinstalled WMP. I have upgraded to WMP 9 beta. I have installed the Via 4-in-one drivers that shipped with my mobo, but have yet to d/l the latest version and install them, since I don't suspect my mobo is the cause of the problem. EDIT: I forgot to mention that I also tried Global DivX player and DivX Player 2.0 Alpha, of which the former has an error regarding a missing or unregistered ocx file and the latter causes a total lockup. Any suggestions for fixes? Or should I just dump the vid card and get an alternative? Thanks for any replies.

I tried MSI's drivers. They were no better than the reference drivers.

Update: The latest 4-in-1 drivers and a bios update have not helped. Neither did the 40.xx detonator drivers. I'm gonna try ripping out the SB Live and reinstalling XP without it. Everybody should stay away from the KT333/SB Live/GF4 Ti4200 combo.

Thanks for the suggestions. I checked Abit's website for a bios update, but it only had a fix for onboard or addon raid controllers. I will try that if the 4-in-1's don't work, though. Hell, I'll do a straight up trade for somebody's Radeon 8500!