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    Problem with watching videos??

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by dodgehemi0, Aug 8, 2010.

  1. dodgehemi0

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    Ok I have a single 5870 with a I7 820 and 4 gigs of ram in my new Alienware m17x. I can not watch youtube videos and shows on abc and nbc. It will start and freeze up and the screen will go black then recover with a green screen where the video should be, the audio works but no video. Also windows pops up and says the video card faild but recovered?
    Any idea.
    Also, my driver is upto date it is the 8.69 version...
     
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    I can play SC2 just fine thougth just not watch video on the internet. Any idea
     
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    do you have the latest version of flash?
     
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    how do I tell if I do?
     
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    Go to this page and it will tell you. Latest version is 10.1 so the value on that page should look something like 10,1,53,64.

    If you have an earlier version (maybe 9), try upgrading your flash player from adobe to see if that helps.

    Show My Flash Player Version
     
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    dodgehemi0, Aug 8, 2010
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