- cd rom whines
- Posted by don on May 19th, 2006
I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 which came with a cd/dvd rom drive and all too
often whenever I put a new cd in which came from the back of a new book
purchased that the drive will whine and continue to whine for sometimes over
a minute before it actually lets me read the contents - If I put the same
disk in my older PC's cd rom drive there is no whine at all - is this
because the book publisher uses cheap disks and they are vibrating in my
newer high speed drive? Could this vibration or whatever it is be damageing
my drive?
- Posted by Jerry Attic on May 19th, 2006
"don" <don@panix.com> said in news:e4je08$dbs$1@reader1.panix.com:
More likely the cheap ass drive they put in your new Dell. Some of the
newer models of DVD/CD-RW+- tend to pretty shoddy and make a lot of noise.
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- Posted by JANA on May 19th, 2006
The laser lens may have some dirt on it. Try cleaning the laser with a CD
drive cleaning kit.
If there is still a fault, the laser alignment may be off, or the laser is
weak. Since these drives are not supported for service, you will have to
replace the drive if it is defective.
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JANA
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"don" <don@panix.com> wrote in message
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I have a Dell Inspiron 8600 which came with a cd/dvd rom drive and all too
often whenever I put a new cd in which came from the back of a new book
purchased that the drive will whine and continue to whine for sometimes over
a minute before it actually lets me read the contents - If I put the same
disk in my older PC's cd rom drive there is no whine at all - is this
because the book publisher uses cheap disks and they are vibrating in my
newer high speed drive? Could this vibration or whatever it is be damageing
my drive?
