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Rocky you indicated the noise was "normal". I'm very sorry I assume you
have noisy CD and DVD drives and probably consider it normal. :-(
Joan
Rocket J. Squirrel wrote:
> I'm not an engineer. The issue of noisy CD and DVD drives is widely reported
> (and not restricted to Dell). Be glad that yours are quiet.
>
> An argument analogous to your own: The 1987 Pontiac Grand Am was widely
> reviled by all the major automobile reviewers as being, among its many other
> sins, mechanically unreliable. Yet, my 1987 Grand Am didn't suffer so much
> as a minor breakdown until it was 7 years old. Were the reviewers wrong?
>
> Rocky
>
> "Joan Hansen" <user@my.net> wrote in message
> news:yx%ac.14309$of.1100@lakeread03...
>
>>Question? On my Dimension 8200 (16X DVD & CD R/W 48X) no noise on
>>either. On my Dimension 8300 (DVD 16X and DVD R/W 4X not sure) but
>>neither make noise. What's different between my 2 PC's and his 4600?
>>Just very curious.
>>
>>Joan
>>
>>Rocket J. Squirrel wrote:
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>>>Normal.
>>>
>>>Rocky
>>>
>>>"DocRocs@cisnet.com" <docrocs@cisnet.com> wrote in message
>>>news:lqWdnT2attZhzvHdRVn-hA@pghconnect.com...
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>>>>The drive makes noise when i put in a CD for a new program, as I just
>
> did.
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>>>I
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>>>>seldom listen to Cd's on the PC, as I have a stereo.
>>>>
>>>>A good example, just putting in the Dell Resourece CD weiil make the
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> drive
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>>>>make a lond whirling noise.
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>>Doc
>>>>"dim4600" <xdpl5d602@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:addaff1a.0403311616.707ce8e9@posting.google.com...
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>>>>
>>>>>To repeat what I posted when this question was asked a couple of weeks
>>>>>ago:
>>>>>
>>>>>New CD drives are real noisy playing audio CDs because they spin at
>>>>>the maximum speed of the drive, even though a much lower speed is
>>>>>sufficient for audio.
>>>>>
>>>>>The solution is to install a program that lets you select the drive
>>>>>speed. I've got a Dimension 4600 with WinXp and DriveSpeed by Nero
>>>>>works fine: set the read speed to 1X when playing audio CDs and
>>>>>suddenly you've got a silent drive. It's free:
>>>>>
>>>>>http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=download.html
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>>>>
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