i have a sony dru-530A dvd/cd writer drive. i've been bothered by the noise
it makes when i play a audio cd or a data cd with video on it, although
watching dvds and playing cd-rom games is ok. is there anyway i can reduce
the noise?

Noise levels during recording can be considerable with some drives, and
depending on how old or how much use it has seen, playback sometimes too. I
had a Plextor burner that had an awful noise level, and they are considered
among the best.
I had an early Yamaha burner that was terrible, even when brand new. I use
LG drives exclusively now, and except for a random unbalanced disc (you do
get bad ones) LG is very quiet.
I don't know how new or old your Sony burner is, but if you care to invest
in a new one; buy an LG, you will not be disappointed and you will like the
$$. Liteon burners are very popular and they also crap-out
unexpectedly...Some ask me who the hell "LG" is, never heard of 'em, but
they know Liteon and Plextor and other major names. LGs specs are as good as
any burner and the newer dual layer burners also burn RAM discs, the only
burner I know that does.
Most people would say who cares about RAM discs (and what are they good
for?) well, you can rewrite a RAM disc and I use them for data. If this
sounds like I'm pimpin' for LG, you're correct.

"keisuke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:396E38A1-813A-47F9-B9BE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> i have a sony dru-530A dvd/cd writer drive. i've been bothered by the
noise
> it makes when i play a audio cd or a data cd with video on it, although
> watching dvds and playing cd-rom games is ok. is there anyway i can reduce
> the noise?

well, it does make alot of noise when im burning a dvd or cd, but i dont care
about that. well my burner is pretty new, couple months old, and its a 150$
sony one, not like those cheap ones on ebay or online. all i am concerned is
playing cd's (dvd playback is surprisingly very quiet). perhaps there must be
something about lowering the read speed? because on the box, it says that my
drive reads cd's at 40x, so maybe if i could find some way to lower it to
24x, thatll solve my problem... or would that have some kind of risk or not
work?

"Sandman" wrote:

> Noise levels during recording can be considerable with some drives, and
> depending on how old or how much use it has seen, playback sometimes too. I
> had a Plextor burner that had an awful noise level, and they are considered
> among the best.
> I had an early Yamaha burner that was terrible, even when brand new. I use
> LG drives exclusively now, and except for a random unbalanced disc (you do
> get bad ones) LG is very quiet.
> I don't know how new or old your Sony burner is, but if you care to invest
> in a new one; buy an LG, you will not be disappointed and you will like the
> $$. Liteon burners are very popular and they also crap-out
> unexpectedly...Some ask me who the hell "LG" is, never heard of 'em, but
> they know Liteon and Plextor and other major names. LGs specs are as good as
> any burner and the newer dual layer burners also burn RAM discs, the only
> burner I know that does.
> Most people would say who cares about RAM discs (and what are they good
> for?) well, you can rewrite a RAM disc and I use them for data. If this
> sounds like I'm pimpin' for LG, you're correct.
>
> "keisuke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:396E38A1-813A-47F9-B9BE-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > i have a sony dru-530A dvd/cd writer drive. i've been bothered by the
> noise
> > it makes when i play a audio cd or a data cd with video on it, although
> > watching dvds and playing cd-rom games is ok. is there anyway i can reduce
> > the noise?
>
>
>

What you are looking for is Nero DriveSpeed. www.nero.com

r.


"keisuke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A951BE1F-5B81-461E-90DB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> well, it does make alot of noise when im burning a dvd or cd, but i dont
> care
> about that. well my burner is pretty new, couple months old, and its a
> 150$
> sony one, not like those cheap ones on ebay or online. all i am concerned
> is
> playing cd's (dvd playback is surprisingly very quiet). perhaps there must
> be
> something about lowering the read speed? because on the box, it says that
> my
> drive reads cd's at 40x, so maybe if i could find some way to lower it to
> 24x, thatll solve my problem... or would that have some kind of risk or
> not
> work?
>
> "Sandman" wrote:
>
>> Noise levels during recording can be considerable with some drives, and
>> depending on how old or how much use it has seen, playback sometimes too.
>> I
>> had a Plextor burner that had an awful noise level, and they are
>> considered
>> among the best.
>> I had an early Yamaha burner that was terrible, even when brand new. I
>> use
>> LG drives exclusively now, and except for a random unbalanced disc (you
>> do
>> get bad ones) LG is very quiet.
>> I don't know how new or old your Sony burner is, but if you care to
>> invest
>> in a new one; buy an LG, you will not be disappointed and you will like
>> the
>> $$. Liteon burners are very popular and they also crap-out
>> unexpectedly...Some ask me who the hell "LG" is, never heard of 'em, but
>> they know Liteon and Plextor and other major names. LGs specs are as good
>> as
>> any burner and the newer dual layer burners also burn RAM discs, the only
>> burner I know that does.
>> Most people would say who cares about RAM discs (and what are they good
>> for?) well, you can rewrite a RAM disc and I use them for data. If this
>> sounds like I'm pimpin' for LG, you're correct.
>>
>> "keisuke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:396E38A1-813A-47F9-B9BE-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > i have a sony dru-530A dvd/cd writer drive. i've been bothered by the
>> noise
>> > it makes when i play a audio cd or a data cd with video on it, although
>> > watching dvds and playing cd-rom games is ok. is there anyway i can
>> > reduce
>> > the noise?
>>
>>
>>

For Sandman,

LG GSA-4120b :-)

r.

"keisuke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:A951BE1F-5B81-461E-90DB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> well, it does make alot of noise when im burning a dvd or cd, but i dont
> care
> about that. well my burner is pretty new, couple months old, and its a
> 150$
> sony one, not like those cheap ones on ebay or online. all i am concerned
> is
> playing cd's (dvd playback is surprisingly very quiet). perhaps there must
> be
> something about lowering the read speed? because on the box, it says that
> my
> drive reads cd's at 40x, so maybe if i could find some way to lower it to
> 24x, thatll solve my problem... or would that have some kind of risk or
> not
> work?
>
> "Sandman" wrote:
>
>> Noise levels during recording can be considerable with some drives, and
>> depending on how old or how much use it has seen, playback sometimes too.
>> I
>> had a Plextor burner that had an awful noise level, and they are
>> considered
>> among the best.
>> I had an early Yamaha burner that was terrible, even when brand new. I
>> use
>> LG drives exclusively now, and except for a random unbalanced disc (you
>> do
>> get bad ones) LG is very quiet.
>> I don't know how new or old your Sony burner is, but if you care to
>> invest
>> in a new one; buy an LG, you will not be disappointed and you will like
>> the
>> $$. Liteon burners are very popular and they also crap-out
>> unexpectedly...Some ask me who the hell "LG" is, never heard of 'em, but
>> they know Liteon and Plextor and other major names. LGs specs are as good
>> as
>> any burner and the newer dual layer burners also burn RAM discs, the only
>> burner I know that does.
>> Most people would say who cares about RAM discs (and what are they good
>> for?) well, you can rewrite a RAM disc and I use them for data. If this
>> sounds like I'm pimpin' for LG, you're correct.
>>
>> "keisuke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:396E38A1-813A-47F9-B9BE-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > i have a sony dru-530A dvd/cd writer drive. i've been bothered by the
>> noise
>> > it makes when i play a audio cd or a data cd with video on it, although
>> > watching dvds and playing cd-rom games is ok. is there anyway i can
>> > reduce
>> > the noise?
>>
>>
>>

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:05:02 -0800, "keisuke"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>well, it does make alot of noise when im burning a dvd or cd, but i dont care
>about that. well my burner is pretty new, couple months old, and its a 150$
>sony one, not like those cheap ones on ebay or online. all i am concerned is
>playing cd's (dvd playback is surprisingly very quiet). perhaps there must be
>something about lowering the read speed? because on the box, it says that my
>drive reads cd's at 40x, so maybe if i could find some way to lower it to
>24x, thatll solve my problem... or would that have some kind of risk or not
>work?

Did you upgrade the firmware yet?


Have a nice one...

Trent

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