CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive Noise

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Whenever I play a DVD, I seem to hear this noise intermittently every few seconds...almost sounds like a faint car horn. Fades in, fades out. If I take the DVD out, it stops. I toggled the speeds to no avail. Anyone else experiencing this? It's faint, but annoying me. Otherwise, this is a great machine.


This may be related to this thread: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... ise#114818

Not quite sure, however. The poster there says it happens regardless to whether there is media in the drive.

Oh, and Merry Christmas.

[danda821]

In the power manager, you can choose advance, set the CDROM to quiet mode (not normal mode). This will help make the noise lower.

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I'm just wondering if this is a common thing, though. Speed settings don't seem to help all that much.