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    Having a problem when watching youtube...

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Vball7000, Sep 13, 2010.

  1. Vball7000

    Vball7000 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys!

    OK here is whats going on. It seems when i play a youtube video my comps screen will turn off then back on, and a error message at the bottom left hand corner where my clock is will come up and say you ati card has failed then recovered. Or something along those lines. I haven't had this happen wile playing SC2 yet, but then again i just got my laptop and i haven't used it much. any one have any ideas whats going on?
     
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    O and i forgot to add that after this happens the youtube video is all green.
     
    Vball7000, Sep 13, 2010
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    reborn2003 THE CHIEF!

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    Sounds like some driver issues there chief. Try uninstalling flash plugins and then resintalling them. Check to make sure their up to date as well.

    Also uinstall your GPU drivers and update them as well if you like or just reinstall the current ones your using.
    See how that goes.

    Cheers.
     
    reborn2003, Sep 13, 2010
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    does this on mine too sometimes. Does the video turn green?
     
    dma550, Sep 13, 2010
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  5. Mechanized Menace

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    Right click on the YouTube video and unchecked enable hardware acceleration that will help with the green videos and as the other poster said try reinstalling to a diff driver
     
    Mechanized Menace, Sep 13, 2010
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    thanks guys for the speedy responses! i disabled the hardware enhancement and it hasnt done it yet but ill keep watching for it! if the problem priests ill redo the drivers and so forth.
     
    Vball7000, Sep 14, 2010
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    I used to get this same error message when playing youtube or at random. Dell said they are aware of this issue with 920xm + xfire so they replaced my processor and graphics card but there were more issues with the replacement. So, they sent me a replacement for the whole laptop and guess what, they upgraded my processor to 940xm. No more issues.
     
    calingasan, Sep 14, 2010
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    Glad I could be of help! :) enjoy your youtube endeavors.
     
    Mechanized Menace, Sep 14, 2010
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