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    DVD/cd drive

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by BlackLight, Mar 28, 2008.

  1. BlackLight

    BlackLight Notebook Consultant

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    i own my laptop for 7 months now and i love movies and burn alot of them soo i use my dvd drive alot and for a couple of months now eveytime i put my pc on it makes a loud noise like the lense is trying to read a disc that is not there. when i do put a disc there is reads it with no noise at all very quiet. was wonder if anyone have the same problem or any suggestions on what might be causing that, and how to stop it..

    HP Pavilion dv6500 Notebook PC
    Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
    2046 MB
    Vista Home Premium 32-bit Operating System
    200 GB HD @4200 rpm, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I think your computer has the optical drive set as the first device in the boot sequence, so each time you start it is trying to read a disc.

    Go into the BIOS and change the boot sequence to put the hard disk first. Most notebooks also have a key which you can press when the BIOS splash screen shows which allows you to select a different boot device. For example, F2 may get you into the BIOS but Esc, or F10 or F10 will bring up a boot menu.

    John
     
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  3. BlackLight

    BlackLight Notebook Consultant

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    thank you soo much for your quick responce. well its F10 for me but the BIOS is soo sensitive and u can mess up ur pc if u dont know what ure doing. so do u know exactly where in the BIOS can i change the boot sequence soo the hard drive can boot first. when i put on my pc there is a black screen and the dvd drive does it thing (NOISE) for like 3-4 seconds and then the splash screen apprears.

    ok i got into the BOOT Options

    the dvd-cd drive was indeed first and i changed it i put the notbook pc HD first and the dvd-cd drive third but it still does the same noise trying to read a disc,????????????? that is soo annoying i really want to make that stop any more suggestions ???
     
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  4. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Their should be an option in the bios, maybe under the advanced tab, which will let you change the spindle speed of the cd drive.
    It usually says Performance, Quiet, balanced. Try changing to one of these settings if you have the option.

    K-TRON
     
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  5. joeyrb

    joeyrb Notebook Evangelist

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    God, I hope he meant "disc"....in the original quote.
     
    joeyrb, Mar 28, 2008
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