topic S4XP CD Drive Vibrating in PCs & Accessories

S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

connorn — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:08:32 GMT

Terrible noise when reading CD-R disks. Plays DVDs silently.

Anyone else found this? A solution?

Thanks

Neil

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

kee-lo_ — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 13:39:58 GMT

I have seen this on other models, never worked out why it happens....

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

robpaxton — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:38:31 GMT

The CD will be spinning faster than the DVD. The noise is created mainly by spinning an intrinsically unbalanced 5 inch disc at thousands of RPM. Most drives have a certain amount of acoustic damping built into the mechanism but their effectiveness varies wildly.

High speed notebook type drives are usually the noisiest.

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

ant1uk — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 16:44:02 GMT

do you notice any heat from the bottom of the laptop towards the right side?

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

kee-lo_ — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 17:53:05 GMT

Thanks Rob

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

seb21__ — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:41:26 GMT

You can reduce the RPM and the vibration with Nero Drive Speed.

http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=download.html#nerodrivespeed

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

Twisted-Rizla — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:48:57 GMT

Try using a different brand of disc.

I had the same problem with the CD player in my car - made a right racket whirring and clicking. That was using Verbatum discs but when I changed to Kodak discs the problem stopped.

I think Rob hit the nail on the head - unbalanced discs.

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

seb21__ — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 08:10:43 GMT

Yes. I have this problem too. And it's horrible. My complete VAIO begins to vibrate. I had this problem particularly with PC-magazin discs.

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

diamond1 — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:17:25 GMT

hi,
yes i have only had my vgn-a317m a week now. i have found that when i enter certain websites there are some strange and terrible noises in the background when the download is activated. also i have had a pop up box from the system saying the incorrect volume was put in f drive. what to do?
i find volume very low also in general.

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

kee-lo_ — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:07:42 GMT

Yes I think a lot of it has to do with unbalanced discs, slightly bent can make them hit the tray.

Sorry I didn't quite understand your question diamond1

Re: S4XP CD Drive Vibrating

pazman — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:24:59 GMT

I have a vng - s4m with prob. it did my head in till i sorted it ! Put the roms that make the prob. on a flat surface , look at it as you push it flat . plob. roms are concave . bend it a little and prolem is no more. The dvd drive is so slim there is room for inperfect roms.