Dimension 8400 CD drive *loud*

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Is it a Lite-On drive? They tend to be noisy.



"David Casey" <sgtcasey@IH8SPAMcableone.net> wrote in message
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> Just got my 8400 yesterday and I have to say that the CD-RW drive sounds
> like a jet engine when it is being used. It's *much* louder than my old
> desktop's CD-RW drive. Is this normal with the CD drives Dell uses? It
> works fine, just very loud.

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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:26:07 -0600, David Casey wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:46:58 -0400, Edward J. Neth wrote:
>
>> Is it a Lite-On drive? They tend to be noisy.
>
> It's a Sony. I think I'll just replace it with the Samsung CD-RW 52x drive
> from my old desktop. I liked the Nero software it came with better than
> the Sonic junk on the Dell. :-)

Do you follow me to *every* newsgroup I inhabit?... <g>

BTW, what prompted the buy instead of another build?

-Jeff B.
yeff at erols dot com

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On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:26:07 -0500, S.Lewis wrote:

>> Just got my 8400 yesterday and I have to say that the CD-RW drive sounds
>> like a jet engine when it is being used. It's *much* louder than my old
>> desktop's CD-RW drive. Is this normal with the CD drives Dell uses? It
>> works fine, just very loud.
>
> I assume you're correct in putting the noise on the optical drive.
> Hopefully, you'll not experience the CPU fan at maximum RPMs. The amount of
> air and noise generated is significant coming from a (normal quiet) Dell.

Oh yeah, it's the CD-RW drive. The computer itself is actually pretty
quiet compared to my last desktop which has 1 120mm fan, 1 80mm CPU fan, 2
80mm case fans, and 2 fans on the power supply.

The only time the CD-RW makes noise is when it spins up and is reading a
CD. You surely know when the CD-RW drive is working. I'm just going to
replace it with the Samsung CD-RW drive from my old computer. It's whisper
quiet.

Dave
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