Error Message: “Your Sound Card does not support hardware buffering. Sound will only playback from software buffers.” This normally happens when one attempts to run Microsoft DirectX Diagnostic tool which is dxdiag.exe
What it means: The error appears on systems which use VIA’s AC’97 audio codec, if you’re using the integrated audio on a VIA-based motherboard. The error message means that the audio system does not support the 22,050Hz audio sampling rate, which is a frequency tested by DXdiag. Microsoft notices the problem only applies to the Windows XP OS though.
What to do: Chill. The built-in mixer within Windows will switch to a sampling rate that is supported by the VIA codec automatically. The original playback or recording
will remain unaffected/unchanged.
Error: The color on CRT looks all messed up.
What it means: There can be many reason to cause this error.
What to do: If color skewing is the result of electromagnetic interference from a nearby device around the monitor then start with trying to degauss your screen. You might find a button to perform this task on your monitor. If you don’t, then turn the monitor off for 15 minutes and turn it back on.
Poorly shielded speakers can also be a reason for the monitor to behave odd and it can also make the display screen to jitter. The interference source might also be the concealed electrical wiring in the wall. Shifting the monitor to another spot in the room from its original position might bring some positive outcome.
Check if there is any video card problems by plugging the monitor into a different PC.
If it still didn’t help you yet then, check the 15 pin VGA connector for bent or missing pins. Be gentle and careful when straightening a bent pin problem.
If nothing works, then probably the monitor has a faulty color gun inside which
needs to be repaired or replaced.
Error Message: “Cannot Create Video Window” or “Create Overlay Failed” or “Playback Failed Due To One Of The Following Reasons . . .”or a similar error in the interActual DVD Player software. These errors may be seen in other DVD playback titles.
What it means: The video adapter has insufficient resources to play back the DVD-Video content.
What to do: To start with, make sure the video adapter is working properly. Then R Right click on the Windows Desktop Icon and select Properties to check the hardware acceleration settings. Now Click the Settings tab and then click the Advanced settings. In the advance settings when you find the hardware acceleration slider, make sure it is set to Full. Then finish by clicking Apply and see if this fixes the problem.
There is an alternative way to ease the load of the video card by reducing the resolution and color depth. Go to the Settings tab in your Display Properties and drop the resolution the screen to 800 x 600 and also drop the color quality to 16 bit instead of 24 or 32 bit. This will have some color banding effect in the video, but you will come to know if your card is up to the task of DVD playback. If yes, then you need a video adapter with more video memory so it operates properly at higher settings. If a video adapter is built into the motherboard and gets its memory by sharing RAM then consult the manual to learn how to allocate more system memory.
Another important thing is to make sure that DirectDraw acceleration is enabled. Click Start > Run and then type “dxdiag”. Click the Display tab and check if DirectX features are all enabled. Also double check if your monitor type is not listed as Unknown in the same screen message box. If it is listed as Unknown then I am afraid you will have to reinstall your monitor driver again.
Note: When hardware acceleration is set to Full, DVD-Video playback from two DVD drives to separate users do not work properly. So reducing the hardware acceleration fix the problem.
Error Message: “Sync Out of Range” You will see this message on a blank screen.
What it means: The video card is feeding the monitor a signal stream which is too much for the monitor to accommodate. The 2 reason for this error to occur must be the user has either set the resolution or the vertical frequency rate too high. For example, setting a graphics card to display at 1280 x 1024 when the monitor is only able to display 1024 x 768 resolution will show a Sync Out of Range Error.
What to do: You can not make changes in settings from within regular Windows. So yo will have to reboot in Windows Safe Mode. For that start hitting the F8 key repeatedly when you restart your PC. And it will show up a menu of Windows boot options. Select Safe Mode.
1. When the Windows load in Safe Mode, right click the Desktop and select Properties. Go to the Settings tab and drop the resolution with the slider.
2. Now go to the Settings tab of Display Properties. Click the Advanced button and go to the Monitor tab to check the refresh rate. The lowest advisable rate is usually 60Hz. Make a change there if it is not 60 Hz.
Apply the change and reboot your PC.
Error Message: You observe an image persistence or “burn-in” on your display/monitor.
What it means: You have left one image displaying on your screen for so long that you can still see the ghost image of it when you view another different image or turn the screen off.
What to do: With CRT screens, burn-in is permanent, just like TVs. This is why CRT users should always leave a screen saver enabled, and then go into standby mode after a given period of idleness. If you see burn-in on your LCD display do not panic as they are impervious to long term burn-in. All you have to do is leave the screen off for a while, and the ghost image will fade away slowly.
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