I have a nvidia Geforce FX 5500, i have been having a problem for some time. it is slowly getting worse. at least now i know what i can and cannot do to maintain normal operating. If i try to look at pictures or play a video the screen starts flashing. depending on which i am doing determines how badly. sometimes it is flashing so quickly that i cannot see what i am doing or it locks up the computer and my only option is to restart. when the problem first began i would play videos it will come up with the audio but no video will play. at one point the computer shut down on it's own and when it came back up it told me a serious error had occured with my video card and i needed to update. i did what windows recommended and it got worse. now if i try to watch a video it will just lock up or flash so quickly i have to restart. I tried downloading the drivers off the nvidia website. it didnt make a change to the situation. only to the resolution and settings. the computer tells me it can find no better matches for drivers. the windows troubleshooting tells me to lower the acceleration but when i do that, i get a pop up from one of the programs that it needs to be set at full to work properly. if you have any suggestions please let me now. this is driving me crazy. i am so tired or restarting all the time. also, i am able to create videos using my webcam, but i cannot view them myself. up until yesterday i had been able to email them to family and they had no problems watching them. yesterday one that was sent showed no codec and would only play audio.
Thanks,
H

Computers & Internet - MSI - FX5500-TD256 GeForce FX 5500, (256 MB) Graphic Card