Can't play video files

MinhHoang · 04-12-2009, 08:27 AM

Hello,

Recently my laptop screen just didn't work for some reason. I have to press hard onto the laptop screen for the images to appear and after 10 seconds it disappears again. I have tried to use an external monitor connecting to the laptop and it seemed to be ok. I set the image appeared on the external screen to be the same as the image appeared on the laptop screen.

However when i play any video files except flv files ie avi, mp4... i can't view any image from the players (i tried real, win media, win media classic, vlc, klm player ). I thought it was because i lacked some codecs or something but it wasn't because on my original laptop screen i can still watch the files (although i have to press it hard on the laptop screen to catch any image).

Could you please help me ? I really don't know what to do.
My laptop is Acer Aspire 4520

ghost0001 · 04-12-2009, 11:14 AM

have you tried to use it as an expanded desktop and make it your primary monitor?

**TriggerFinger** · 04-12-2009, 08:26 PM

If you need to press hard on the screen to make it work then it could be a loose video cable. What part of the screen do you press to make the screen viewable? Most often the video cable runs and plugs on the left side of the LCD.

Btw, if you do not press the screen, is the screen dim (you can still see your Desktop but faintly) or is the screen totally dark/blank?

04-12-2009, 08:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
MinhHoang Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	Can't play video files Hello, Recently my laptop screen just didn't work for some reason. I have to press hard onto the laptop screen for the images to appear and after 10 seconds it disappears again. I have tried to use an external monitor connecting to the laptop and it seemed to be ok. I set the image appeared on the external screen to be the same as the image appeared on the laptop screen. However when i play any video files except flv files ie avi, mp4... i can't view any image from the players (i tried real, win media, win media classic, vlc, klm player ). I thought it was because i lacked some codecs or something but it wasn't because on my original laptop screen i can still watch the files (although i have to press it hard on the laptop screen to catch any image). Could you please help me ? I really don't know what to do. My laptop is Acer Aspire 4520

04-12-2009, 11:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
ghost0001 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 12 OS: Vista Home Premium 64 bit	Re: Can't play video files have you tried to use it as an expanded desktop and make it your primary monitor?

04-12-2009, 08:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,851 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: Can't play video files If you need to press hard on the screen to make it work then it could be a loose video cable. What part of the screen do you press to make the screen viewable? Most often the video cable runs and plugs on the left side of the LCD. Btw, if you do not press the screen, is the screen dim (you can still see your Desktop but faintly) or is the screen totally dark/blank? __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE