Slow down CDROM drive

[Knapp]

On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Bart Silverstrim
<bsilver at chrononomicon.com> wrote:
>
>
> 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.

If it were my drive, I would open it up and see if there is something
I can fix by hand. I have fixed a lot of computer stuff this way.


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Douglas E Knapp

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