DVD Movies Quit Playing After Awhile



Document ID: 98060221

 

Posted Date: 2001-01-31

 

Last Updated: 2000-12-28

 

Distribution: View Public Website

 

Applicable Models
Satellite 2695DVD
Satellite 2715XDVD
Satellite Pro 4300

 

Issue
After an hour or so the DVD Movie will freeze up.
Resolution
This may be caused by the CPU Sleep Mode being Enabled in the BIOS.

  1. To disable this setting do the following:
  2. Power on the computer while pressing the Esc key. Press F1 when prompted.
  3. Highlight the Battery Save Mode value. This will bring up a submenu showing the the CPU Sleep Mode.
  4. Move the highlight using the arrow keys to highlight the word Enabled.
  5. Press the Spacebar once and the value will change to Disabled.
  6. Save and exit by hitting the End Key followed by the letter 'Y'.

The computer will restart with CPU sleep mode disabled.

Export Control and EULA
Use of any software made available for download from this system constitutes your acceptance of the Export Control Terms and the terms in the Dynabook end-user license agreement both of which you can view before downloading any such software.