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    Inspiron 9400 dvd-drives slooooooowwww?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by AM Radio, Jan 10, 2007.

  1. AM Radio

    AM Radio Notebook Evangelist

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    got the new laptop about 10 days ago. everything is swell, except the dvd-drive, which i've since replaced couresy Dell. the original Sony for the Optiarc AD-5540A (NEC + Sony).

    the first drive was LOUD and slow -- 7 minutes :eek: to copy a 700mb disc to the HD!!

    the second drive is somewhat quieter (sort of: overall, yes, but it spins a lot louder than the sony during video playback), but it still takes 6-7 minutes to copy 700mb of data to the HD.

    both drives were on DMA too. is this, um, "normal" for a Dell notebook?
     
    AM Radio, Jan 10, 2007
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