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    DVD writer on 5672 wlmi

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by arnaldo, Mar 21, 2006.

  1. arnaldo

    arnaldo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    mine is very noisy! I hear TRA... TRA...TRA... when i insert a CV or DVD... Tra continually!!

    And yours? Maybe because of slot in system?!

    Thanks
     
    arnaldo, Mar 21, 2006
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  2. Intensecure

    Intensecure Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry to be so blunt - but it's a **** burner. Selah! Noisy and slow.
     
    Intensecure, Mar 21, 2006
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  3. arnaldo

    arnaldo Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok, thanks a lot! I thought my burner was broken..
     
    arnaldo, Mar 21, 2006
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  4. Bo@LynboTech

    Bo@LynboTech Company Representative

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    erm I think your burner is broken
    mine sounds just like any other dvd drive
    there is a whirrr and a clunk when it does a horror movie style snatch and takes the disc, but otherwise it runs as expected
     
    Bo@LynboTech, Mar 21, 2006
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  5. arnaldo

    arnaldo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ooooops.... :(

    My drive sounds like a tractor WHEN reads Cd or a DVD.... during the normal operation of read/write... it's very noisy not only taking disk...
     
    arnaldo, Mar 21, 2006
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    iceman80403 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Should be fine, at least mine is really noisy and sounds like it is grinding itself from the inside out. Otherwise it seems great! I can deal with a little bit o noise.
     
    iceman80403, Mar 21, 2006
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  7. arnaldo

    arnaldo Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, then i don't understand if, according all your opinion, my drive is broken or not! :eek:
     
    arnaldo, Mar 22, 2006
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  8. Intensecure

    Intensecure Notebook Consultant

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    OK - let's be more precise.
    They are not good burners, and also not always good readers, but they are functional.
    Try different discs. For example, today I had to load some software on an older CD and it was horribly noisy, constantly spinning up, losing the track, spinning down, clattering, and speeding up again. Got there in the end, but it was noisy and very slow to read.
    But a freshly burned disc, or good quality CD/DVD should read quite quickly and without any mechanical noise other than the "whoosh" of the spinning disc in the drive.
     
    Intensecure, Mar 22, 2006
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  9. Bo@LynboTech

    Bo@LynboTech Company Representative

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    of course a drive is only as good as the discs you use, good advice intensecure
     
    Bo@LynboTech, Mar 22, 2006
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