Slow down CDROM drive

[Bart Silverstrim]

Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 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.

Ouch. Sorry...