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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 07:42:01 PM

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Hi,

I've got an Acer Aspire 1502LMi, which incorporates a SlimType DVDRW
SDW-431S drive. Until a few weeks ago, this had no problems.

I then started ripping my audio collection onto the hard drive, and it
started having random problems reading, or even seeing CDs. Now, it makes
strange noises as though something is physically colliding inside the drive
where it shouldn't be.

I now have a suspicion that it is being caused, or is aggrevated by, the
drive overheating from the CD spinning. I have Windows XP Home SP2. Is
there any way to force the drive to only operate at a certain speed maximum?
This way it won't overheat quite so quickly from running the CD faster than
it actually needs to.

Appreciate any help.

Regards,
Rob Straughan.

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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 08:26:23 PM
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It's the drive itself that is dying.

Time to contact Acer.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Robert Straughan" <RobertStraughan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:91609474-13D8-45F3-9D1C-74895BFCE5ED@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've got an Acer Aspire 1502LMi, which incorporates a SlimType DVDRW
> SDW-431S drive. Until a few weeks ago, this had no problems.
>
> I then started ripping my audio collection onto the hard drive, and it
> started having random problems reading, or even seeing CDs. Now, it makes
> strange noises as though something is physically colliding inside the
> drive
> where it shouldn't be.
>
> I now have a suspicion that it is being caused, or is aggrevated by, the
> drive overheating from the CD spinning. I have Windows XP Home SP2. Is
> there any way to force the drive to only operate at a certain speed
> maximum?
> This way it won't overheat quite so quickly from running the CD faster
> than
> it actually needs to.
>
> Appreciate any help.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Straughan.

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Anonymous   08-23-2005 at 08:39:01 PM
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You may need to update the firmware or if it is starting to fry replace the
drive.
The burning software you use may need an update too?
Read all warnings and be careful it's your call...
find your sdw 431s here if it applies:
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/dvdrw_overview.html
Considered official see link below:
http://www.liteonit.com/ODD/Englis [...] d%20rw.asp

j;-)

"Robert Straughan" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've got an Acer Aspire 1502LMi, which incorporates a SlimType DVDRW
> SDW-431S drive. Until a few weeks ago, this had no problems.
>
> I then started ripping my audio collection onto the hard drive, and it
> started having random problems reading, or even seeing CDs. Now, it makes
> strange noises as though something is physically colliding inside the drive
> where it shouldn't be.
>
> I now have a suspicion that it is being caused, or is aggrevated by, the
> drive overheating from the CD spinning. I have Windows XP Home SP2. Is
> there any way to force the drive to only operate at a certain speed maximum?
> This way it won't overheat quite so quickly from running the CD faster than
> it actually needs to.
>
> Appreciate any help.
>
> Regards,
> Rob Straughan.

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Anonymous   05-16-2009 at 04:32:32 AM
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Hi Rob,

This is EXACTLY what happened to my Packard-Bell laptop while I was burning an audio CD. Since then, I haven't managed to get it to read any CDs at all. Someone told me that it was a firmware problem, but I've no idea what's to be done next. This is obviously a generic problem with slim type DVD drives, but no one seems to have a clue as to what causes them to suddenly act up. There are loads of people complaining about the same problem. Frustrating!

Zara

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