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    Weird sound from ODD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by IndoPr0, Apr 8, 2013.

  1. IndoPr0

    IndoPr0 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't know what it is. It started the first time while playing this on my drive. Then there's the weird sound. Something like vibration. And i can make sure it's from the ODD. It came from the very right side of the laptop. The sound happens not all the time, but it's there even if no drive is in the ODD.

    Any guess what happened?
     
    IndoPr0, Apr 8, 2013
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  2. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    If it's the ODD drive itself, then it will be either the disc inside has not latched onto the motor spindle straight, or the motor itself it going bad.
     
    radji, Apr 8, 2013
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    MickyD1234 Notebook Prophet

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    Mine sounds like it is mounting a disk at random times with nothing in there. Lasts about 2~3 seconds. I have heard others mention it - weird!
     
    MickyD1234, Apr 8, 2013
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    DDDenniZZZ Notebook Deity

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    I have the optical drive 'initialise' i guess, it makes a weird loading/click sound. Nothing to be worried about I don't think. You can trigger it usually be opening itunes, or possibly when the computer shuts down a hard drive to stop spinning, and when you wake the hard drive it might wake the ODD as well. Some other times its just random it seems. All of this with no disk in the ODD as well.
     
    DDDenniZZZ, Apr 8, 2013
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  5. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    This is a common feature in the m17x R4. On the R3 though it might mean that the drive is not working properly.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Apr 10, 2013
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    Thanks, I think I have figured out what triggers it on mine. System Mechanic Pro (as recommended by AW rep) seems to be doing some background task that triggers it.
     
    MickyD1234, Apr 10, 2013
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    Disable USB emulation in the BIOS.

    USB emulation allows the laptop to boot from a USB device, if you don't have a USB you need to boot from it seems to me like a good choice.

    Pardo tried it on his m17x and the spinning has reduced by almost 95% on his computer.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Apr 10, 2013
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