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DVD Burner issue
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Hi All,
I have a Dell Dimentia 4700 with an onboard dvd/cd burner. I have yet
to burn a dvd, but do use it fer cd's.
I am using it to rip cd for mp3 use and about 3 days ago it had an odd
sound to it, like fan was wacked. Today I took compressor blew out
whole computer, the machine is now much much quieter.
About the same time I noticed it was reading slow for ripping
purposes. I noticed , But am not teckie enough to understand why ,
but it must have been spinning the drive a lot when not in use Two
diff anto virus programs say no to virii, adaware and another find
the usual assortment of crap and delete the stuff.
SO I am wondering is the drive about to croak, or is in need of a
drive belt, or lube job on the motor or rails?
I believe it is a panasonic drive.
I have fixed many vcr's and a belt job shouldn't be too devastating to
do. Harder to get the belt then fix it ,(usually).
any help appreciated
respond here or to
christiepontello:at:yahoo.com
please put in subject line that this isbout the dvd drive ripping.
thanks
chris
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DVD burners do not have belts, they are direct drive. And yes the drive
probably is near the end of it's life. Plan on getting a new one soon.
That's one of the EOL symptoms, reccurrent reads to get the data read
off properly.
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