I am running Windows 8.1 on my laptop and have current versions of Firefox, Chrome and Internet Explorer on this machine. Most of the time, everything works okay but from time to time - and seemingly more often as time progresses - I have trouble playing the video portion of videos. It doesn't seem to matter which browser I use, although I mostly use Firefox: the audio plays fine but the video portion is either solid black or solid green - usually green. It also doesn't matter where the video is - on YouTube or embedded in a news website - I get the same nonsense. It will be like this for a few days then suddenly everything is fine again even though I did nothing but curse in most cases. I've always assumed that the next Firefox update fixed the problem and then the one after that re-introduced it or that Windows Updates were causing the problem and then fixing it.
Can anyone tell me for certain what causes this problem and what the solution is? I am REALLY tired of this horseshit!
Can anyone tell me for certain what causes this problem and what the solution is? I am REALLY tired of this horseshit!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS K55N
- CPU
- AMD A8-4500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.90 GHz
- Motherboard
- not sure
- Memory
- 8.00 GB installed, 7.46 GB usuable
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon
- Sound Card
- not sure
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Built-in laptop screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- one 750 GB
- PSU
- Not sure
- Case
- Not sure
- Cooling
- Not sure
- Keyboard
- Built in to laptop
- Mouse
- None; I use the touchpad
- Internet Speed
- 6 Mbps down, 0.25 Mbps up
- Browser
- current versions of Firefox, Chrome and IE
- Antivirus
- Avast Free
- Other Info
- I *think* many of the questions to which I've answered "not sure" are irrelevant because it is a laptop but if you need to know specifically what model of cooling fans or keyboard or whatever where built in to the laptop, I can try to find that out if you tell me where to look. I don't see this information in the Windows/System display but maybe it is elsewhere. I'm not sure what a "PSU" is: Powe