Geez! Laptop DVD drive spins too FAST while watching a movie. How to slow it down?

[Garlic]

While watching DVD movies on my laptop the DVD drive spins way too fast creating noise which ruines the entire experiance. How can I slow it down to say 2x so that I can watch movies without all the spinning noise.

I tried nero drive speed and it does nothing for DVD opertation. Its only for CD operation.

HELP!

 

[corkyg]

That noise suggests that your disk is a bit out of balance. Is it just as noisy with a good quality music CD? Anyway, what you ask is most likely not doable, so here's a work-around. Get yourself a good set of headphones, plug 'em in and watch the movie with only the movie's sound track.

 

[Garlic]

Its not out of balance it just spins at full 8X which creates noise.

There is no need to have it spinning that fast while watching a movie....there has to be a fix....I cant be the only one that has this problem...

 

[hans030390]

it's spinning that fast to read it fast...you can't slow it down, and it will screw it up if you do.

 

[Garlic]

Originally posted by: hans030390
it's spinning that fast to read it fast...you can't slow it down, and it will screw it up if you do.

Thanks but you're 100% wrong.....

You only need 1x for DVD playback. There is no reason for it to be running at 8x just to watch a movie.....