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| Thread ID: 89555 | 2008-05-04 00:08:00 | DVD drive making a funny noise | aidanmaz (7180) | Press F1 |
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| 665647 | 2008-05-04 00:08:00 | My liteon dvd has begun making this funny funny noise, when you close the tray witha disc it makes this noise like those toy cars do......you know the ones u pull backwards and it makes the clicking noise? it makes that sound. Yet there is no errors in event manager, it reads cd/dvds, and burns perfect. It also makes this noise when i boot the pc, any ideas what it is? It does happen when a disc is in the drive. | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 665648 | 2008-05-04 00:25:00 | Sounds (no pun intended) that its got gearing problems. You could try blowing it out in case theres some crap in there, other wise could be time for a new one. They are cheap enough these days. Has the drive ever had a CD/DVD shatter in it ? |
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| 665649 | 2008-05-04 00:39:00 | yes it had a windows 2003 server enterprise disk shatter in it bout 3 months ago. I know they are cheap to replace but i dont see the point if its fixable. | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 665650 | 2008-05-04 01:29:00 | When the disc shattered it could have damaged the drive gears, tiny pieces of disc would have been left in the drive unless the drive was completely dis-assembled/stripped and cleaned out, and over time they act like grinding paste, slowly cutting away at the gears . Sooner or later they simply get worn out / sloppy . You might be able to get new gears from someplace but apart from taking the Drive apart and giving it a good blow / clean out theres not much more you can do . Finding gears may be a time consuming job, add in the cost/ time to get them - especially when you look at places like Price Spy ( . pricespy . co . nz/search . php?br=LiteOn_86" target="_blank">www . pricespy . co . nz), and places have Liteon Drives for around the $40 area, I'd just get another drive . |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 665651 | 2008-05-04 02:54:00 | okies, thanks will do. I have had it since 2006 so maybe it is time to upgrade. | aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 665652 | 2008-05-04 12:28:00 | Take the coffee cup out of the tray before closing it :thumbs: | RandomCarnage (9359) | ||
| 665653 | 2008-05-04 12:40:00 | Take the coffee cup out of the tray before closing it :thumbs: yeah.....i heard that helps xD |
aidanmaz (7180) | ||
| 665654 | 2008-05-04 18:09:00 | yes it had a windows 2003 server enterprise disk shatter in it bout 3 months ago. I know they are cheap to replace but i dont see the point if its fixable. problem found and solved seriously, running a drive full of plastic shards sounds like a good way to damage the drive and damage the disc you next put in there next time mentioning the shattered disc might help:thumbs: (and drive brand/model incase it's a known problem) |
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