Why does my DVD drive do that?

benjo · 6 Apr 2006 at 23:42

Hey all

I've got a Sony DVD 16x drive... And every now and then, including boot up... it just starts going into a fit and spinning really fast, really loud. So annoying, cus it usually wakes people up

Is this normal?

Energize · 7 Apr 2006 at 00:02

Yes its normal if you have the drive as a boot device. Just disable it in the bios.

Rebel=UK= · 7 Apr 2006 at 00:23

Can i ask if you have any starforce protected games on your system , if you not sure check HERE . The reason i ask is that starforce can mess up DVD drives and ive also noticed another thread by you saying your PC restarts at random again this is a "know" starforce thing ......Just an idea

benjo · 7 Apr 2006 at 00:29

Rebel=UK= said:
Can i ask if you have any starforce protected games on your system , if you not sure check HERE . The reason i ask is that starforce can mess up DVD drives and ive also noticed another thread by you saying your PC restarts at random again this is a "know" starforce thing ......Just an idea

Hmm, i did have some of the games on there on my system quite a while ago, but not for a good 6 months. Nothing from that list is on there at the moment though. Thanks for the help anyways

Rebel=UK= · 7 Apr 2006 at 00:33

Starforce installs itself as an hidden IDE driver, during the installation of a game with out your knowledge. It's not in the add/remove program and it will not be uninstalled when you uninstall the game.

http://www.glop.org/starforce/detect.php

Its just an idea it may not be the problem but its worth alook