How much quieter is burning a DVD from a SSD drive? PC Vibration Reduction

DollyTheSheep

DVD burning is a dying art now, just wondering whether any MSE techies still do this often using a SSD drive and can remember the noise difference (if any) between using a SATA drive.

We burn lots of DVDs, as we put CVs we do for customers on them as part of a service. However, the vibration noise from simply burning a DVD does come through into the living room from upstairs and can be quite noisy due to the DVD drive vibrations - which when you here the drive in action is surprising. The choice of DVD drives is becoming narrow these days, but the Liteon iHAS324 has always been good.

There is a Draper Vibration Mat on Amazon I might try, but if anyone has any proven tips or product recs for reducing PC vibration I would be very grateful.

https://www.ebuyer.com/663413-liteon-ihas324-24x-internal-dvd-writer-with-sata-retail-ihas324-17
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-30743-300mm-Vibration-Absorber/dp/B000UQ7CZK

Jenni_D

Did you mean IDE drive rather than SSD drive? Or perhaps USB drive? (i.e. a DVD drive connected by USB).

Jenni x

dan958

If its the DVD drive that is vibrating, then the storage drive (hdd/ssd) the file is being read from won't make a difference.

jsmith9

I burn dvds from my laptop using the inbuilt drive and it is pretty much completely silent and vibration-free apart from drawer opening / closing .

AstonSmith

Burning at a lower speed, say 4x will normally make the disc rotate slower and thus reduce the noise.

External DVD drives tend to be quieter.

Carrot007

dan958 said:

If its the DVD drive that is vibrating, then the storage drive (hdd/ssd) the file is being read from won't make a difference.

There is alwasys the possibility that the combined resonance makes it worse! However I do put it at about 0.001% likely.

OP: It really should not make a diffrence. Check that the drive (internal I assume) is properly secured, both sides. I have seen some badly secured ones in my time,but since it's not screws these days they really should be, but if installed later many can be too lasy to remove the panel from the other side and secure it there as well.

And people really want DVD's these days with a really small file on? You just mentioned a cv, but the lead in and out will cause noise and increase the time. Maybe look into bulk buying really small usb sticks that no-one wants anymore and are cheap! Possibly cheaper than blank disks in bulk (and more reliable).

JJ_Egan

Burn DVD from HD  no sound almost from HD  , need to be real close to hear HD spinning .

Burn DVD from SSD  no sound from SSD .

Above in both cases DVD drive is slightly noisy in spinning up etc .

Noise tighten dvd screws/ use rubber washers .

Neil_Jones

Realistically if you can hear the DVD spinning from another room (and upstairs?) then something is very wrong.  Tighten up the screws on either side of the drive inside the computer.  In normal operation it should make some noise, but it should not be audible on the next level, surely?

DollyTheSheep

Neil_Jones said:

Realistically if you can hear the DVD spinning from another room (and upstairs?) then something is very wrong.  Tighten up the screws on either side of the drive inside the computer.  In normal operation it should make some noise, but it should not be audible on the next level, surely?

You'd be surprised what a bit of light vibration can do to floorboards and below. I'll give the screws thing a go, think that is the best option. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUJhJAE4q2w

I thought with all the quiet PC stuff over the last few years, there may be some good little sound absorbtion products people use. I suppose with SSDs now and better cooling generally, noise issues aren't the thing it was 10 years ago.

jsmith9

To be honest it would be more interesting to have a video of your dvd writer burning a DVD and disturbing the neighbours!

Mr_Spoon

Jenni_D said:

Did you mean IDE drive rather than SSD drive? Or perhaps USB drive? (i.e. a DVD drive connected by USB).

Jenni x

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