Noisy CD-RW drive

[Rob]

Greetings. Lately, my CD-RW drive becomes noisy when I run a disk-
burning program like Nero; it sounds like the CD is rattling in the
drive as it spins up. Is this the sign of a drive that's wearing out?
It won't burn CDs reliably any more. Thanks.

-Rob

 

[JS]

It could be that the spindle that captures and centers the CD is not doing
its job.
Try cleaning the drive (Compressed air with the tray open), it a long shot
but maybe.

If that doesn't work I think you drive is not long for this world.

JS

 

[Jim Macklin]

Probably. Bearing wear allows wobble. Wobble won't allow
the tracks to burn or read as perfect concentric circles,
result, a coaster.


You can buy a DVD-RW DL drive for very little money and do a
real upgrade for $30-70, a direct swap. They are also very
fast.



| Greetings. Lately, my CD-RW drive becomes noisy when I
run a disk-
| burning program like Nero; it sounds like the CD is
rattling in the
| drive as it spins up. Is this the sign of a drive that's
wearing out?
| It won't burn CDs reliably any more. Thanks.
|
| -Rob

 

[Rob]

Probably. Bearing wear allows wobble. Wobble won't allow
the tracks to burn or read as perfect concentric circles,
result, a coaster.


You can buy a DVD-RW DL drive for very little money and do a
real upgrade for $30-70, a direct swap. They are also very
fast.



| Greetings. Lately, my CD-RW drive becomes noisy when I
run a disk-
| burning program like Nero; it sounds like the CD is
rattling in the
| drive as it spins up. Is this the sign of a drive that's
wearing out?
| It won't burn CDs reliably any more. Thanks.
|
| -Rob

Thanks both for your advice. I guess it's time to buy a new drive!