Hi Dorothy,

Is it mainly one particular CD or any CD you put in the drive?
Does the CD drive work, despite the vibration?

If it is one particular CD, it is possible it is unbalanced. I have had 
a couple CD's over the years that would do this. I haven't seen one 
lately though as manufacturing processes and quality control have gotten 
a lot better. Aso check the CD to see if anything got stuck to it. Along 
time agon, people used to put sticky white labels on CD's, and back 
then, when CD's were only 1 or 2X (300RPM), this wasn't a problem, 
however with CD drives running at 48X (6000+RPM), then the slightest 
imbalance can be a problem.

If it is any CD you put in, then I would suspect the drive might be bad, 
it should not make a loud noise or vibrate excessively. You may be able 
to get a replacement drive, check the HP website, they have a section 
where you can lookup spare/replacement parts.

Russ Poffenberger
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D JONES wrote:
> I do know about the slight noise created by a spinning CD but this is loud enough to be uncomfortabler and not at the normal decibels of a spinning CD.
>
> Dorothy Jones
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Thomas Mayer <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Monday, 1 June, 2009 3:36:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Noisy laptop
>
> The CD drive does not spin unless there is a CD in it. When you place a CD in the drive, there will be a slight noise and vibration created by the drive spinning. In my experience this is normal.
>
> Tom
>
> D JONES wrote:
>   
>> Is my lap top on the way out?
>> I have an HPCompaq nx 6325 running Windows XP Pro with only half my hard drive used.
>>
>> When I put a CD into the laptop to download a program, I get a buzzing down and I fell the vibration through my desk top. Can anyone telll me what is happening?
>>     

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