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    slot drive vibrating?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by the_flying_shoe, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. the_flying_shoe

    the_flying_shoe Notebook Evangelist

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    After putting in a CD into the slot drive to load, the thing goes insane. It starts making this funky noise, and my whole laptop starts vibrating from the drive. It's not like my laptop is getting flung about the desk (lol :rolleyes: ), but if I put my hand on any part of the laptop, it's clearly jittering about. There is nothing wrong with anything - and performance is excellent -I'm only curious as to what could be causing this?

    To better define it, the slot drive whirrs up like normal, but then it goes "beyond" whirring, and it starts to shake the laptop. After the drive is done reading the information it needs, everything goes back to normal.

    Help is appreciated, Thanks!
     
    the_flying_shoe, Oct 15, 2008
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  2. somekevinguy

    somekevinguy Notebook Evangelist

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    I am assuming you have tried more than one disk.
     
    somekevinguy, Oct 15, 2008
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  3. sesshomaru

    sesshomaru Suspended Disbelief!

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    A slight vibration is normal with slot loading drives.. But you can check to see if one of the mounting screws has come loose..
     
    sesshomaru, Oct 15, 2008
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    defective..i got it replace by dell the next day.
     
    vinha916, Oct 15, 2008
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  5. the_flying_shoe

    the_flying_shoe Notebook Evangelist

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    But how is it defective? I'm OK with the noise as long as it works well, and the drive is still operating very well.
     
    the_flying_shoe, Oct 16, 2008
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