CD drive

[Safferbeauty]

As you know I have been having problems with it working on and off. It's decided to work again for now but it seems to be making a noice as the cd is playing, is that normal

 

[kiepie]

My old cd writer is doing the same, AOpen. Thought it's because of the read X speed? Can that be?

 

[Gunny]

A light whirring noise is normal when it spins up or reads.

 

[Safferbeauty]

I dont know we have had it since about July and only now making a noise so I dont know we getting it swopped anyways

 

[kiepie]

I dont know we have had it since about July and only now making a noise so I dont know we getting it swopped anyways

I swapped my Samsung DVD writer 7 times! In a matter of 4 months!
They fixed it 3 times, an swapped it the rest of the time.

Wriiten about 20-25 dvd a day. Is that to much, I doubt it

 

[Safferbeauty]

I wont touch a samsung one. It was quite loud but seems to have quieten down now

 

[Highflyer_GP]

Optical drives have a limited lifespan depending on how much you use them. It's silly to think that they're going to last forever, sooner or later they have to be replaced.

 

[Gunny]

Samsungs tend to blowup cd's mine and my brothers eat 2 cd's each havent realy had problems with LG's

 

[masticore]

My LG packed up recently:
1) it would only read DVDs. CDs were a mystery to it ....
2) The only thing that could eject it was Nero (after a burn process.) The eject button on front did half an eject (once in 50 presses it would eject properly.) Explorer couldn't eject it properly either.

Got a BenQ. Cheap. Works. Happy.

 

[Safferbeauty]

I have only had mine sing\ce July 2006 so dont expect it to pack up now but hey I am getting another one soon so cant really complain can i?

 

[Highflyer_GP]

The lifespan is not dependent on how long you have it, it's dependent on how often you use it.

 

[werner]

The lifespan is not dependent on how long you have it, it's dependent on how often you use it.

and how much you smoke. or how dusty your environment is

 

[spiderz]

my LG DVD-RW gave in after 10 months, swapped it out and it just gave in now again after 10-11 months.

 

[kingrob]

I've got two DVD drives in my pc.

The cheap Mustek DVD-Rom drive is used for playing all CDs, install from disc, etc.

My Sony DVD-writer is only used for burning DVDs & CDs. Had it now for almost a year and still going strong...

 

[killadoob]

ive had my dvd rom for 2 years no problems and my dvd writer for 1.5 years

but they are gigabyte and lite-on