Slow down CDROM drive

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/9/2 Bart Silverstrim <bsilver at chrononomicon.com>:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> The CDROM drive of my Dell Inspiron laptop spins too fast- the whole
>> machine shakes and it sounds like a helicopter is attacking. How can
>> one slow down the CDROM drive? Thanks in advance.
>
> I've seen this if there's a flaw in the CD, where it's unbalanced or
> something of that nature...usually accompanied by not being able to read
> the data properly.
>

There was- in a CD from the university that I had over a month ago. It
was unbalanced, and it seems to have thrown my spindle off balance as
well. So now _every_ disc spins as if unbalanced. Replacing the drive
is not an option at the moment.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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