Tim writes:

In article ,
lid says...
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

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.

Try cleaning the lens manually (not a cleaning disc).

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