Ok whenever I try to run some kind of video file on my computer, the colors are all messed up and everything is brighter and I don't know how to fix it. I've been having this problem for weeks so can someone help me?

What is your operating system? Go to Device Manager and look for any question marks or exclamation marks. Click the plus sign beside Display Adapter and tell us what it says there.

Im using Windows XP Media Center Edition. How do I get to device manager

Go to Control Panel.
Double click the 'System' icon.
Click the Hardware tab.
Click the Device Manager button.
You will see a list of hardware devices recognized by your system.
Do any of them have a red or yellow symbol beside them?
If so look at the properties of the device indicated (by double clicking on it).

Tell us the name of the device and the message in 'Device Status' when you double-click it. Also tell us the info found under Display Adapter.

Im guessing youre trying to use Windows Media Player (latest version)

If so

View > Enhancements > Video Settings

fiddle with the brightness..

Where is the view option

When you open Media Player there is a small round button in the upper left corner. Click that to enable the menus.

Under display adapter it says NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. PCI Simple Communications Controller has the yellow thing. when i double click it, it says The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)

To reinstall the drivers for this device, click Reinstall Driver. which im gonna do

Ok i cant reinstall cuz i don't have the software. Can u tell me ur video settings on Windows Media Player

PCI Simple Communications Controller is a device on your motherboard. Do you have a CD with the motherboard drivers? If you do, you can run that but make sure you shut down everything else first, including anti-virus, and disconnect from the internet.

read the above reply i said. I don't have it. So can u tell me ur video settings on ur media player? maybe that will help

Fix that controller first. My settings are specific to my computer as are everyone else's. Actually, mine are the default.

Run Belarc Advisor and let us know what your motherboard is and we'll help you find the drivers you need.

Just take all of this...

Windows XP Media Center Edition Service Pack 2 (build 2600) ECS M863 1.0
Enclosure Type: Desktop
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.67 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
64 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: ECS M863 1.0
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 080010 08/09/2004
Drives Memory Modules c,d
29.99 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
13.86 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8523B
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

IBM-DTLA-307030 [Hard drive] (30.00 GB) -- drive 0, s/n YKEYKLY8591, rev TX4IA65A, SMART Status: Healthy 512 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB (serial number SerNum0)
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Local Drive Volumes

c: (NTFS on drive 0) 29.99 GB 13.86 GB free

I can't find any info on that mobo. Is that a typo?

Try running EVEREST Home Edition . Look for the motherboard name and model number and the chipset.

Is what a typo? I don't even know which thing is the motherboard on the thing i posted

Is "ECS M863 1.0" a typo. Thats your motherboard (according to Belarc) but I can't find anything on that one.

it is? oh never heard of it lol

Field Value
Computer
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition
OS Service Pack Service Pack 2
DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c)
Computer Name NVIDIA
User Name Christopher


Motherboard
CPU Type AMD Athlon XP, 1666 MHz (12.5 x 133) 2000+
Motherboard Name PCChips M863G (2 PCI, 1 AGP, 1 CNR, 2 DDR

DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset SiS 741GX
System Memory 512 MB (PC2100 DDR SDRAM)
BIOS Type AMI (08/09/04)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)

Display
Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 (128 MB)
3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
Monitor KDS Visual Sensation VS-7i [17" CRT] (BAA40151921)

Multimedia
Audio Adapter SiS 7012 Audio Device

Storage
IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive IBM-DTLA-307030 (30 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
Optical Drive HL-DT-ST CD-ROM GCR-8523B (52x CD-ROM)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Partitions
C: (NTFS) 28600 MB (13201 MB free)

Input
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

Network
Network Adapter SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter (192.168.1.47)

Peripherals
Printer Microsoft Office Document Image Writer
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB1 Controller SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller
USB2 Controller SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller

Motherboard Name PCChips M863G

Motherboard Chipset SiS 741GX

Bingo. Go to SiS Chipset Identification Online Utility and follow the prompts to download and install the chipset drivers. Reboot when it tells you to and go back to Device Manager and see if the yellow mark is gone and try your video agan. Let us know how it went.

ok. u might as well stay in the forum

ok so far I only installed like 2 things because those are the only ones i know how to install. and i gotta go till like tomorrow so adios dude. And thanks for what you have done for me so far.