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    Green Video youtube,gametrailers etc

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Arctic_Rush, Feb 12, 2012.

  1. Arctic_Rush

    Arctic_Rush Notebook Guru

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    Hey all i just updated my drivers and im getting a green screen when i try to watch videos, any thing i can do to fix this? thanks.

    uh so i uninstalled flash and reinstall so now the videos all start green then when i click the progress bar and when i change the location of it it shows the video but its annoying that the video always starts out green, still open to any fixes lol
     
    Arctic_Rush, Feb 12, 2012
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  2. xeroxide

    xeroxide Notebook Deity

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    try disabling hardware acceleration in youtube.

    rightclick the video and select settings.
    make sure hardware acceleration is unticked and press close.

    try restarting the browser and see if that helps.
     
    xeroxide, Feb 12, 2012
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  3. tommyxv

    tommyxv Notebook Evangelist

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    You updated your video card drivers???
     
    tommyxv, Feb 12, 2012
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