Disc station ticks

[CLR-GTR]

The dvd station in my pc, an Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-5170S is making weird sounds since recently.

 

What happens is, I put a dvd or cd in the station, as soon as I start browsing the disc something is making a weird ticking sound. It only happens when I, for example, enter a map, and when I move files from or to the disc in that station. When I do nothing, the thing makes no weird noises. It also only lasts as long as Explorer needs to display the content of the map I enter, so when I can see all mapcontent, the sound stops.

 

I am now afraid something's wrong with it, which could result in damaged discs. Before I put any disc in it again, I want to know what's happening and how I can fix this.

 

Perhaps an important detail: I recently gave my pc to a person we know who knows an awfull lot about computers etc, because we had connectionproblems and we thought it was pc-related. I can't imagine though he damaged that station as he was mainly focussing on networkcards etc.

 

Does anybody have some experience with this, or know what I can do to get rid of this?

[Johnnnyboy15nl]

For so far i know, i bought a new DVD station after i had that problem. Never tried to fix it. :rolleyes:, try to find the solution for your problem on Helpmij.nl (Dutch free computer helpdesk)

[Camel]

It just sounds like it's the laser arm thing(forgot the proper term for it) is catching on something inside the drives casing. The same thing can happen on hard drives as they get older. It shouldn't causes any damage to the disk. But if you're worried about it, the best thing to do would be to buy a new drive. DVDRW drives are quite cheap now, you can get them in the UK for about £15 so probably about €20.