Q: Hey everyone: just bought a
I Lite-On LTD-166 16x DVD-ROM drive Newegg.
When me in a disc, theres a scratchy sound when it turns up, in addition to the “air” sound in common with fast drives these days. When the drive is running down, you can hear the scratching sound. If the disc still spinning and you eject, you hear the scratchy sound slow, even after the tray completely out.
I also noticed that when I was working at the station there is a sound of something loose there, that looks like the scratchy sound. Maybe a spring or something on a track and go up and down, depending how you drive business. Not sure what it is, but it certainly is annoying!
Is this normal with the LTD and the LTD-163-166 drives? Any help would be great.
Thanks!
Re:Yeah, it's kinda nice to know that the scratchy sound are the balls moving around. It's kinda annoying though, especially since the drive can spin up and down quite a bit depending on your usage patterns.
Re:I also just bought a LTD-166 from newegg. I did notice a jarring spin up sound. While it's a little annoying I'm more concerned with the drive being quiet during playback, which it is.
Thanks for the link. That must be what's making the start-up noise.
Re:Some more info:
ABS (http://www.liteonit.com.tw/english/english-s-tech-3.htm)
Re:Which model do you have?
Re:My Lite On DVD makes the same scrachy sound … no worries
Re:Hey, thanks for the info. Are your models both the same? Which one do you have? Him? The sound is actually really annoying so I'm going to see if I can get another one, but I need to find out which one does that and doesn't. Or is it a crapshoot?
Re:My Lite-ON doesn't make the 'scratchy' sounds and my friends does…..you can hear them slow down when you have ejected a CD, just like yours does….both work fine.
Corm
Re:Amdskip:
does your drive have two different sounds when it's spinning up? The normal "whooosh" air sound as it builds up speed in addition to the scratchiness that comes with it? How about when you're ejecting the CD while it's still spinning? Does the "scratchy" sound slow down even after the tray's already out?
Which drive do you have?
Re:My drive like this is very noisy IMHO. It kinda does sound like somethings loose but yours may be worse.
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