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    Buzzing sound from the BD/DVD/CD Drive

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by dtj122389, Feb 9, 2012.

  1. dtj122389

    dtj122389 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a L702X with the Blue ray disk drive in it. When the drive spins up and starts to make a buzzing sound and will not quit buzzing until the drive stops. what could cause this and how can i fix it. :)
     
    dtj122389, Feb 9, 2012
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    mknott Notebook Enthusiast

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    im not sure if it has anything todo with the drive or not as i have had it at times but it is only with some cd/dvd/bd and yet others work fine so it could be down to the disk in the drive.

    have you tried other disks?
     
    mknott, Feb 9, 2012
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    rabbitz Notebook Consultant

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    I switched out my dvd drive for a hard drive adaptor but I get the same buzzing as well. I think the sound is from the drive vibrating against the body of the laptop. Try pressing down slightly on the right side of your palm rest... the sound should stop.

    This is probably either a design problem or just poor fitment... i fixed it by stuffing in some material between the top of the drive and the laptop and the problem went away completely.
     
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    toronto Notebook Deity

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    I get the same thing on my XPS 15. The optical drive seems much flimsier than the one in my 7-year-old Inspiron 6000. The old one also had much more metal parts, whereas the new one in the XPS is more plastic.
     
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