Is your lite-on dvd-r loud?

[Dave21]

Mines make this clicking noise every once in a while. Sounds abnormal and is not like anything I've experienced with other drives. Does your drive click as well?

Thanks.

[HAL9000]

I used to sell them, seems to me I remember faint click that just seemed a bit weird, but never an issue, as for overall usage, they were loud drives.

[Kubie]

I must be lucky or hard of hearing but my Lite-On is very quiet.

Kubie

[TwoRails]

Don't have any in this box, but I've used them in other builds and didn't notice anything unusual.

What model is it, just for curiosity...

[Dave21]

Originally Posted by TwoRails Don't have any in this box, but I've used them in other builds and didn't notice anything unusual. What model is it, just for curiosity...

It's the http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...facture=Liteon

Everytime I run a disk, burn a disk, there's a click click click, like the drive is ripping my disk apart. Lol.

[HAL9000]

Now that wouldn't be normal.

[Dave21]

Originally Posted by HAL9000 Now that wouldn't be normal.

I would imagine that too but on the reviews, users are experiencing the same problem too. But I guess int he end, it gets the job done and doesn't eat up my disk. *knock on wood*

[pam123]

No; mine is quiet.

[Alexjfinch]

I put one in a friends machine, I'm pretty sure I could hear it spinning up when I was sat outside in my car with all the windows up. Some of them are loud drives.

[rjfvillarosa]

My son (who I could touch with a short stick Alexjfinch) and his friend Rhys (also a member here somewhere) became hysterical with laughter after I announced the purchase of my first LiteOn drive. At the moment I have two running in my own machines and I have fitted about ten to customers machines and as far as I know they are all silent, at least my two are.

[glc]

Mine don't click but they moan like sick cows.

[Panama Red]

Originally Posted by glc Mine don't click but they moan like sick cows.

I thought that sound was only emitted from my 4 cyl Chrys Sebring. I've used Liteon drives exclusively for several years. The older CDRW drives were a bit noisy but the newer DVD-RW's are quiet. No clicking from any of mine either

[rjfvillarosa]

Originally Posted by Panama Red The older CDRW drives were a bit noisy but the newer DVD-RW's are quiet.

I forgot to mention. The only LiteOn drives I have ever fitted have been DVD drives, I have heard that some of the CD drives were noisy.

[freakitchen]

The only LiteOn DVD drive I've bought recently was a super-cheapy, in fact, the LiteOn name doesn't appear anywhere on it as far as I can remember. It's LOUD, very LOUD on operation, at least twice as noisy as my NECs. I'm putting that down to me being ultra-cheap on that purchase, though.

[TwoRails]

Originally Posted by Dave21 It's the http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...facture=Liteon Everytime I run a disk, burn a disk, there's a click click click, like the drive is ripping my disk apart. Lol.

Like mentioned above, that's not normal. The link didn't work for me (I got a "done" but had a blank page). I was just going to Google that particular model and search for similar complaints. I've read a few reviews in the last year or two where some LiteOn models are not up to their normal standards and was thinking maybe your model might be one of them...

[rjfvillarosa]

I bought half a dozen of these awhile back from one of my suppliers:
http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...160P6S&cat=DVD
What made them a good buy was not only the price but the fact they had interchaneable bezels for beige or black cases.
I think I paid about $20 a piece for them on offer and thats possibly a couple of years ago now.

[Dave21]

Originally Posted by TwoRails Like mentioned above, that's not normal. The link didn't work for me (I got a "done" but had a blank page). I was just going to Google that particular model and search for similar complaints. I've read a few reviews in the last year or two where some LiteOn models are not up to their normal standards and was thinking maybe your model might be one of them...

The majority of people complain that it is loud while running. But I don't know if it would be a defect for me to rma. I'll try to record a sound clip with my mic and see if i could upload it somewhere to see if you guys ever heard this clicking sound.

[glc]

Just noticed that you have a Lian-Li case. If it's like my Lian-Li built case (Rocketfish) it has screwless slide-in racks. You need to add a couple screws to mount it more solidly, I bet the clicking will go away.

[Dave21]

Originally Posted by glc Just noticed that you have a Lian-Li case. If it's like my Lian-Li built case (Rocketfish) it has screwless slide-in racks. You need to add a couple screws to mount it more solidly, I bet the clicking will go away.

I think mines is an older case and it does have screws. I have four screws to mount it down

[gods_son_is_me]

I have 2 DVD drives (for just in case situations) and both are quiet. But I must say, the samsung one is silent. The Lite-On one tend to be louder than fans while its playing or burning. no clicking though.

[glc]

I hesitate to recommend Samsungs due to past history of unreliability.