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    Some wierd fluke?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by nooboob, May 8, 2008.

  1. nooboob

    nooboob Notebook Enthusiast

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    Currently using a Dell 1420 with C2D 2.4ghz, 2gb of ram, and a nvidia 8400gs.

    Had Firefox playing some music through Youtube and a video file using Windows Media Player Classic on full screen. The video was playing fine for about 15 seconds when...

    For some reason, the screen turned black and the music started skipping. (Sounds as if you had a game on full-screen while playing a song and you went back to the desktop)

    Went on like this for about 10 seconds, and then went back to normal.

    I just got this machine a few days ago... Something wrong with it already?
     
    nooboob, May 8, 2008
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  2. onionring1988

    onionring1988 Notebook Consultant

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    i wouldn't worry.
     
    onionring1988, May 8, 2008
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  3. jeopardy2k8

    jeopardy2k8 Notebook Consultant

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    were you running off battery?
     
    jeopardy2k8, May 8, 2008
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  4. nooboob

    nooboob Notebook Enthusiast

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    nope. ac adaptor
     
    nooboob, May 8, 2008
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  5. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    Welcome to the marvels of using Windows!
     
    Khris, May 8, 2008
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    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    Use a better media player WMP glitches a lot.
     
    Seshan, May 8, 2008
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    JTOverath Notebook Evangelist

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    He was using WMP Classic, it's different then WMP included in Windows.
     
    JTOverath, May 9, 2008
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