High pitched whir in CD-R drive

[Jester313]

My OEM writable CD drive started making some high-pictched whirring sounds about a week ago. It's not constant, just when I try to save a file to a CD-RW. The file saves, but it takes a bit longer than usual and there is an incessant high pitched whirring for the duration of the save.

 

[Jtoast]

did you just try a different brand of media?....sounds like the disk you are saving to may be out of balance.

 

[Jester313]

This particular disc I'm using isn't new. That is to say I've been using it for a while.