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very loud DVD drive
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:43 pm
by ryan
Hi. My DVD/CD-RW drive is extremely loud when it is accessed. In bios I set its speed to "Silent," however that only made it a little more quiet. I've had this problem for awhile, and I think it may be related to when I opened the computer up to replace the wireless card.
Is there anything else I can do? What could the problem be?
edit: Just realized that this is probably in the wrong place.
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:54 pm
by pphilipko
Do you hear any clicking sound, by any chance? Is it vibrating a lot? If so, the dvd drive might be "misaligned".
Btw, was it always that loud?
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:23 am
by ryan
pphilipko wrote:Do you hear any clicking sound, by any chance? Is it vibrating a lot? If so, the dvd drive might be "misaligned".
Btw, was it always that loud?
I don't hear any sort of clicking sound, and it doesn't vibrate very much.
It hasn't always been this loud.
But, when I pull it out, I am able to "rock" the part the comes out forward and backward a few inches. Is this normal?
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:22 pm
by beerak
ryan wrote:It hasn't always been this loud.
Does it happen with all DVDs/CDs ? Try another one.
If the behavior will be the same send DVD-rom back to IBM.
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:35 pm
by ryan
beerak wrote:ryan wrote:It hasn't always been this loud.
Does it happen with all DVDs/CDs ? Try another one.
If the behavior will be the same send DVD-rom back to IBM.
Yup, happens with every CD/DVD. Sending it to IBM is out of the question though because I'm out of warranty.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:39 pm
by beerak
It sounds like bearing malfunction
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:15 pm
by ryan
beerak wrote:It sounds like bearing malfunction
Is there a fix?
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:56 pm
by beerak
ryan wrote:beerak wrote:It sounds like bearing malfunction
Is there a fix?
No, if it is a bearing then you would need to replace whole drive.