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| 255624 | 2004-07-27 00:52:00 | My laptop "freezes" halfway through playing "Last of the Samuri" DVD, yet the same DVD will play satisfactorily on a regular DVD player. "Lord of the Rings" (3hrs) played OK on laptop. Any ideas? Toshiba Satellite A10. 1.8Ghz, 40Gb,256MB XP Home |
Yendor (5933) | ||
| 255625 | 2004-07-27 02:29:00 | could it be something to do with the laser switiching layers on the disc ? Hard to explain why LOTR had no worries tho ... |
KatiMike (242) | ||
| 255626 | 2004-07-27 02:44:00 | What software are you using to play DVD's? | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 255627 | 2004-07-27 02:52:00 | Is it freezing, or turning off the screen/suspending because there has been no mouse or keyboard activity? Check the BIOS power management settings. Perhaps you touched a key while watching LOTR. ;-) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 255628 | 2004-08-04 00:41:00 | Windows Media Player; InterActual Player; Inter Video Win DVD4. All three have the same result. I have a suspicion that it may be an incompatibility between the DVD and the DVD drive.... |
Yendor (5933) | ||
| 255629 | 2004-08-04 00:52:00 | It freezes but I can get to the Task Manager (Ctrl ALt Del) to shut down the player program. Laptop then operates OK The BIOS power management settings are fine.... |
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