very loud DVD drive

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ryan · #1 Post by **ryan** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:43 pm

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.

pphilipko · #2 Post by **pphilipko** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 6:54 pm

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?

ryan · #3 Post by **ryan** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:23 am

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?

beerak · #4 Post by **beerak** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 2:22 pm

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.

ryan · #5 Post by **ryan** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 8:35 pm

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.

beerak · #6 Post by **beerak** » Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:39 pm

It sounds like bearing malfunction

ryan · #7 Post by **ryan** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 5:15 pm

beerak wrote:It sounds like bearing malfunction

Is there a fix?

beerak · #8 Post by **beerak** » Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:56 pm

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.

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