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    Optical drive going very loud

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by neo4evr, Oct 24, 2011.

  1. neo4evr

    neo4evr Notebook Guru

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    Hi,

    Sometimes when I give dvd/cd for burning using the Bluray ROM, it gets very loud and produces a strong vibration with grinding noise... Is this normal?

    The writing process is going smooth though...
     
    neo4evr, Oct 24, 2011
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    deerchaser Notebook Consultant

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    Does it do it with all disks?
     
    deerchaser, Oct 24, 2011
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    mpalandr Notebook Consultant

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    Try it with different disks. Some disks are slightly out of balance and cause a vibration because they are spinning so fast. Supposedly this can be caused by the silkscreening/ink used printed on the disk.
     
    mpalandr, Oct 25, 2011
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