Were they cheap CDs, because sometimes cheap CDs are not balanced well so the can make noise in some drives and the could be the laser moving back and forth

you know how with an xbox, gamecube etc.. when its loading and you here a small electrci moter sound like E EEEE EE EE EEEEE EE, does is sound like that or is it a buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Message Edited by HTT Good HT Bad on 07-17-2005 06:56 PM

Yeah but it seemed like it didn't have a problem before. When I burned the disc I unchecked the "Close disc" option. Is that okay?

I'm worried because other people told me that the CD could break the CD-ROM.

Message Edited by biscuitz on 07-17-2005 07:53 PM

In floppy drive ( A: ), you know that sound when it tries to read from it but then it makes that sound and tells you to insert a floppy disk. It sounds like ERRRK ERRK.

Now I think there's something worse. I used the Dell Diagnostics and everything checked out okay but when I took out the disc I saw that part of it was chipped off. On the edge of the disk it looks like it's chipped off (the metal piece inside the plastic/glass that holds the data). I don't know when it happened but I just noticed it.

Also when I reinstalled XP I just installed the new chipset driver update download from Intel. Was I supposed to install the original one then install the download from Intel or is it okay?

Message Edited by biscuitz on 07-17-2005 10:54 PM

Predator are you sure that 1/000 of a gram can really do that.

Hi Biscuitz,

Both Mike & HTT are currently off-line. The chip may have been the issue all along, this will as mentioned above cause the disc to be off balance. Just to test, burn another CD but this time use a CD-R instead of CD-RW and see how it plays.
As for the Chip Set Drivers, well I have seen Members say Intel works best, others say Dells, normally we recommend getting them from Dell`s Downloads site, but if everything is working fine, then you should be OK. Do test another CD-R though.


Best Regards
PS: I mean this only in a good hearted way, but I loved the sound stuff guys, reminded me of one those Andy Griffth moments, when that out of town guy was trying to explain the sound of his car to Wally on a Sunday afternoon!!




God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do
and the eyesight to tell the difference.

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Message Edited by Predator on 07-17-2005 11:17 PM

No I mean the Drivers and Utilities CD is chipped. I don't know how it happened but it still works (and it doesn't make noise). Yeah I'll try burning a CD-R instead. I'm gonna reinstall XP and see if it's the driver I'm using.

Hi Bis,

My bad and this is indeed a strange one because normally a chip, crack, label, etc will throw a disc off balance, I guess another good reason to say nothing in this wonderful PC is 100% or set in stone ;) !

Let us know how the CD-R works, again it may simply be that one CD/RW disc especially since even the chipped one works !


Best Regards




God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do
and the eyesight to tell the difference.

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Message Edited by Predator on 07-18-2005 06:38 AM

Amazing. I reinstalled XP, tried burning a CDR, reinstalled the CD-ROM driver, then tried enabling the "Close Disc" option and NOW IT FINALLY WORKS! Kinda stinks because if I want to update the CD I gotta erase it then reburn everything again.

For the CDRW, if it's a "closed disc", then can I delete a single file from it then reburn? Or do I have to erase it then reburn?

Now I'm wondering why the Dell CD is chipped.:(

Thanks for helping out.

Hi Bis,

You cannot truly close a CD/RW in regards as one can a CD-R. Also you cannot erase a CD-R either. How you address files on a CD/RW depends again on the software you are using.

Best Regards





God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.

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CD/RW Link