Detonator 3.0.8.7 causes freqent crashes

[Nabeshin 0]

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.

[Admiral LSD 0]

I'd try the latest 4-in-1's as well. You may not *think* your mobo is at fault but with Via chipsets you never know.

 

edit: The above goes double seeing as you have an SBLive.

[adamvjackson 0]

Also latest bios updates seem to help with via/sb live, too.

[Nabeshin 0]

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!

[Nabeshin 0]

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.

[Jerry Atrik 0]

i had a goofy little prob with my leadtek 4200 where the det drivers only saw it as a 4400 and wouldnt start. no crashes though

the det drivers would only instal with a clean version of xp.

 

maybe try d/l the msi drivers?

[Nabeshin 0]

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

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

try an 28.*** driver.

 

i had some what the same prob, on 2 diff, mobo's, alwasy said the nvdis something .dll in the blue screen, so i went back to a 28.* driver and never had the problem again.

 

but also recently i formated my comp, and put back in the 30.87's and it has not crashed.